Thirteen times Biden aides cleaned up after his gaffes
by Sarah Westwood, Investigative Reporter |
| June 06, 2022 05:00 AM
President Joe Biden has kept his aides busy by frequently misspeaking in ways that require walk-backs and clarifications — a pattern that came into focus amid reports this week that the president has grown frustrated with the cleanup routine.
Administration officials have deployed a wide variety of excuses for Biden’s many gaffes, including that he was simply being emotional, that he misremembered details, or that he did not mean the words he spoke.
As his approval ratings plummet, Biden has put himself in fewer situations where his misstatements tend to occur, holding press conferences less frequently and shunning sit-down interviews for months.
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