Confused Biden Hosts NBA Champs: 'What Are We Supposed to Do Now?'
Susan Jones | November 9, 2021 | 5:57am EST(CNSNews.com) - President Joe Biden welcomed the champion Milwaukee Bucks to the White House on Monday, congratulating the team for their winning season; thanking them for taking a stand "for justice and peace in the wake of the Jacob Blake shooting" in Kenosha, Wisconsin; and also thanking them for encouraging fans to get vaccinated.
At the end of his mostly scripted remarks, the president -- confused -- told the team, "So, congratulations, Milwaukee Bucks, the best of luck for the rest of this season."
Biden then corrected himself, saying, "Actually, this is a season just beginning for us here. But all kidding aside, best of luck next year, but you all are the best, you're the best, and it's a great honor to have you here. Now, I think I'm supposed to introduce somebody, but I'm not sure who am I supposed to introduce now," Biden said, flipping through his script.
The president of the United States turned this way and that, joking with the men behind him -- "I'm Joe Biden," he said.
"I get you guys confused, you know. Come up," the president told Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry, shaking his hand, but not saying his name. . . .
. . . For the record, in the PBS recording of the event, someone -- maybe someone on the set -- whispers, “Oh, God,” after Biden asks who he’s “supposed to introduce now.”
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