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Uncomfortable laughter broke out at a national education conference Friday after President Joe Biden made awkward remarks toward a female audience member.
During a speech before the National Education Association in Washington DC, Biden spotted a girl in the crowd and in typical fashion directed bizarre comments at her, claiming he met her at an adolescent age when he was 30.
“She was 12 and I was 30.”
– Joe Biden pic.twitter.com/bmit4z9oqa
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 23, 2022
“Gotta say hi to me,” he told the unidentified audience member, pausing in the middle of his speech.
“We go back a long way. She was 12, I was 30, but anyway,” he said as some of the audience laughed
“This woman helped me get a lot done, but anyway,” he added.
Here’s a full version of the video for context, (FYI, it’s still creepy):
The gaffe raised eyebrows and turned heads on social media, with some suggesting his comments were further evidence of dementia.
As dementia progresses, patients lose more of their filter and tend to blurt out the truth.
Biden: “She was 12, I was 30.”pic.twitter.com/20eVw4pLeI
— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) September 23, 2022
Ashley Biden listening to Joe’s “She’s was 12, I was 30 line” today pic.twitter.com/5mqkNfTIR7
— Torrey M. Spears
(@torreymspears) September 23, 2022
Could someone ask the press secretary to spin that please?
— TacticalSnail (@TacticalSnail) September 23, 2022
I cringed as soon as he said it
— Ginger Ninja (@HappyCamperKat) September 23, 2022
BIDEN: ‘She Was 12. I Was 30’ – Todd Starnes When you have dementia, in the later stages you lose your inhibitions about what people might think of you and just start speaking the truth as it comes up!! https://t.co/XIoMWb9Ysq
— Martha Dunlap (@mgdunlap67) September 23, 2022
At this point, it’s almost obligatory for Biden to commit verbal blunders in public, but this one takes the cake in terms of creepiness and definitely makes one re-examine rumors that he’s a pedophile.