Biden butchers line from Lincoln’s inaugural address after saying ‘I want to make sure I get this quote exactly right’
By Social Links forMelissa Koenig
Published Feb. 26, 2024, 7:43 a.m. ET
President Biden butchered one of Abraham Lincoln’s most famous lines while speaking to the nation’s governors over the weekend — after saying “I want to make sure I get this quote exactly right.”
The 81-year-old president read from a notecard at the Governor’s Ball Dinner on Saturday, which apparently contained a quotation from Lincoln’s inaugural address.
“Standing here in front of this portrait of the man behind me, I want to make sure I get this quote exactly right,” Biden began, standing in front of a painting of the 16th president.
United States President Joe Biden welcomes Governors and their spouses for a black-tie dinner at the White House in Washington, DC.
“He said, ‘We — the better angels,” he said, ‘We must address the counsel — and adjust to the better angels of our nature.’”
“And we do the — and we do well to remember what else he said. He said, ‘We’re not enemies, but friends.’
https://nypost.com/2024/02/26/us-news/biden-butchers-line-from-lincolns-inaugural-address/
