President Joe Biden suffered another gaffe during a speech as he tried to portray his opponent, former President Donald Trump, as untrustworthy.
Biden, at 81, the oldest president in American history, appeared before supporters at a Tampa community college, a week before Florida banned abortions beyond six weeks.
He called Trump, his opponent in the 2024 general election, solely responsible for the “cruelty and chaos” that occurred after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
However, in doing so, he accidentally asked: “How many times will he have to prove that we can’t be trusted?”
ABC News attempted to cover up the president, replacing the word “we” with “he” in the description of the speech, although he was clearly heard saying “we.”
President Joe Biden suffered another gaffe during a speech as he tried to portray his opponent, former President Donald Trump, as untrustworthy.
Biden, at 81, the oldest president in American history, appeared before supporters at a Tampa community college, a week before Florida banned abortions beyond six weeks.
In 2024 alone, Biden made several mistakes, publicly forgetting the name of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny’s widow, forgetting that a German chancellor he had spoken with died in 2017, and confusing the leaders of Egypt and Mexico.
Biden was attempting to describe Trump’s rhetoric on abortion, blaming him for the end of Roe v. Wade and any future rollbacks.
“He described the Dobbs decision as a miracle,” Biden said of Trump. “I think it comes from this Bible he’s trying to sell.”
“I almost wanted to buy one just to see what’s in it,” Biden added of the $60 purchase.
In January, days before the Iowa caucuses — which Trump easily won — the former Republican president participated in a town hall on Fox News and bragged about the “miracle” of ending the constitutional right of women to abortion.
Former President Donald Trump, who was in court Tuesday, held up a Bible that he was selling for $60.
Trump warned, however, that Republicans who support extreme bans would be “decimated” in the election.
Biden underscored that political reality Tuesday, noting that Trump is “worried” that voters are considering holding the presumptive GOP nominee “accountable.”
“Donald Trump fears that voters will hold him responsible for the cruelty and chaos he has created,” Biden said.
“The bad news for Trump is we’re going to hold him accountable,” Biden continued. “We are – he should be held accountable.”
Florida voters have the chance to overturn the abortion ban if they approve Amendment 4 in November, which would allow abortions up to the point of viability, generally considered around 24 weeks.
This measure requires the support of 60% of Florida voters.
The Biden campaign hopes it will reinvigorate enough pro-choice voters to give the president a chance to flip the state.
Trump won Florida by a 3.4-point margin in the 2020 campaign, improving on his performance four years earlier when he beat Hillary Clinton in the state by 1.6 points.
“I think Florida is in play nationally,” Biden said after his prepared remarks.
“This election is an old-fashioned election,” continued the president, explaining that everything will depend on the participation rate.
The Biden campaign argues that once Florida’s law takes effect, abortion will effectively be banned throughout the southeast.
Nearly 7,000 women came from out of state last year to have an abortion performed by doctors in Florida, according to a report from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.
Florida voters have the chance to overturn the abortion ban if they approve Amendment 4 in November, which would allow abortions up to the time of viability, generally considered around 24 weeks.
This measure requires the support of 60% of voters.
Trump has not yet said how he will vote on Amendment 4.
Abortion is banned in most cases in 14 states.
Seven other states have restrictions that prevent abortion between six and 18 weeks of pregnancy.
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