Touting his $5.8 billion pledge to HBCUs, Biden told a mostly black audience at Bowie State University that “HBCUs don’t have the privileges that other people have, but guess what? You’re just as smart, you’re just as smart, you’re just as good as any college in America.” The president’s remarks were reminiscent of a gaffe he made on the campaign trail in 2019, when he told a crowd in Iowa that “poor kids are just as smart and talented as white kids.” At one point during his speech, Biden appeared to forget the name of one of the Maryland Democrats he was running for. “And, of course, you have this next governor. What’s his name? Wes… Wes…,” Biden said as several people in the crowd held up “Wes Moore” signs spotted by the president. “Wes Moore!” Biden yelled when he saw the signs go up. “The guy is the real deal, man.” “He is a combat veteran and a Rhodes Scholar. I always worry about Rhodes scholars, though. They are so smart. I wonder, you know?’ Biden added. The president also rebuffed a group of workers – telling one of them “you look crazy”. “You are a disgrace!” the first of many cheerleaders shouted at Biden during a rally for gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore just outside Washington. “I tell you, let him sing! Let the man sing,” Biden said, before flipping off another annoying guest. “Hey man, don’t jump. You look crazy enough to jump,” the president told the second fan, who was wearing a hat emblazoned with a US flag at historically black Bowie State University. A pool reporter said three patrons walked away and all were white men. Another journalist at the event, France 24’s Sonia Dridi, tweeted that she saw at least five revelers walking away. Biden spent just 20 minutes speaking during his only public remarks of the day and managed to stay on message after going off script repeatedly over the weekend. The White House issued a scathing apology Saturday to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WVa.) after Biden said Friday near San Diego that “we’re going to shut these down [coal] plants across America and have wind and solar power.” President Biden told a madman “you look crazy” during a speech in Bowie, Maryland on November 7, 2022 ahead of Election Day. Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images On Sunday, Biden boasted in New York that he had not expanded oil drilling on federal lands — saying, “there’s no more drilling … I haven’t formed any new drilling” — even as he spent months rejecting Republican blame for high oil prices. gas. partly blaming the oil companies for not drilling more. Biden’s recent campaign stops have avoided states that are relatively unpopular, and his latest pitch in Maryland focused heavily on Moore’s Republican rival, the state of Del. Dan Cox, who reportedly arranged for buses to bring people to the rally before last year’s Capitol riot. “He tweeted it [former Vice President] Mike Pence was a traitor. Think about it,” Biden said of Cox, comparing him to Moore, a veteran and author who previously headed the Robin Hood charity. Biden on stage at the rally with gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore, First Lady Jill Biden and Sen. Chris Van Hollen. Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images “For Wes Moore, patriotism meant leaving his family and donning his country’s uniform and leading his fellow soldiers into battle. For his opponent, patriotism means wearing a baseball cap and inviting people to attack the Capitol,” Biden said. Biden repeated his recent claims that the fate of American democracy could be shaped by whether voters choose Democrats, saying “we know in our bones that our democracy is at risk.” Although Biden has sought to resurface the Capitol rebellion as a final argument against Republicans, polls show voters are more worried about the economy amid the worst sustained inflation since 1981, rising interest rates and fears of a recession. A CNN poll released Wednesday found that 51 percent of likely voters said the economy and inflation were the most important issues determining their vote, followed by abortion (15 percent) and “voting rights and election integrity » (9%). An NPR/PBS/Marist College poll, also released Wednesday, found that 36 percent of those who said they would definitely vote on Nov. 8 cited inflation as their top issue, but 31 percent said “preserving democracy” was the most important.
