[MSN] While talking about the economy during his speech at the Prince George’s Community College in Maryland on Thursday, September 15, Biden said, "We’ve seen record lows in unemployment particularly — and I’ve focused on this my whole career — particularly for African Americans and Hispanic workers and veterans, you know, the workers without high school diplomas."
Understandably, this remark, made during the televised speech, rained heavy criticism on the 80-year-old President, with some even going so far as to call him a racist, according to the New York Post. However, it turns out this is another one of Biden's humiliating gaffes, where he mistakenly says something very wrong.
According to the official transcript of the speech, released by the White House, Biden was supposed to say "and" before saying "the workers without high school diplomas." By making that small mistake, Biden appeared to infer minority workers do not have high school diplomas, instead of saying that the workers without high school diplomas are also seeing record lows in unemployment along with minority workers.
Adding the "and," Biden's speech would read, "... particularly for African Americans and Hispanic workers and veterans, you know, and the workers without high school diplomas."
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