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Biden takes flak for joke suggesting the Irish are dumb
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President Biden took flak for a joke that seemingly implied the Irish are silly.
After being launched by Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Biden started his remarks by turning to Rev. Thomas O’Connor, making the signal of the cross and joking, “Father, earlier than I start: Bless me, father, for I am about to sin.”
O’Connor jokingly responded by making the signal of the cross in response.
“Properly, I simply need you to know, I could also be Irish, however I am not silly,” Biden continued. “I married Dominic Giacoppa’s daughter.”
Dominic Giacoppa is the Sicilian identify of Jill Biden’s father, Donald C. Jacobs.
President Joe Biden applauds for entertainers who carried out throughout an occasion celebrating St. Patrick’s Day within the East Room of the White Home March 17, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Photograph by Win McNamee/Getty Photographs)
“You understand, the nice spirits and emotions as nicely that exist on St. Patrick’s Day appears to be a type of few occasions — and I should not say few — we must always have extra occasions like this for Democrats and Republicans to get collectively, and we really not solely agree on one factor, however we remind ourselves we really like one another,” Biden additional stated. “That is a helpful factor.”
Biden confronted criticism on social media for his “silly” remark, which critics claimed was an insult to individuals of Irish heritage.
President Joe Biden listens as Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks through the annual Pals of Eire Luncheon on the Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 17, 2022.
(Al Drago/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs)
“Is both of his assertions true?” write Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.
“What did the Irish do to deserve this?” requested radio host Joe Cunningham.
“He simply referred to as the Irish silly,” wrote TimCast.com editor-in-chief Cassandra MacDonald.
“No remark,” wrote Fox Information contributor Miranda Devine.