‘This guy’: Slurring Biden takes shot at Trump, those trying to ‘erase our history’ at Juneteenth church event
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By Charles Creitz Fox News
Published June 20, 2025 12:28pm EDT 44
Former President Joe Biden slammed critics of Juneteenth as he spoke Thursday at an AME church service in Galveston Island, Texas – the city where, on June 19, 1865, Gen. Gordon Granger issued the final federal orders enforcing emancipation at a time before telephones.
Biden criticized the idea that Juneteenth is not worthy of federal holiday status. He also recalled visiting the Black community in Northeast Wilmington often while growing up in Claymont – suggesting he visited the underserved neighborhood after attending early-morning Catholic Mass in Greenville, Del.
He also appeared to stop himself before slamming President Donald Trump by name – mentioning "this guy" – then pausing to make the Sign of the Cross to applause from the congregants.
"I used to chair the African Affairs subcommittee," Biden claimed. "I've been to the origins of where slavery started [in Africa]. And to listen to them talk about it now, how things are changing. We have to remember, our country is founded on the promise of freedom; freedom for everybody," he said.
"So, the events of Juneteenth are of monumental importance to the American story," he said, calling slavery "America’s original sin."
Of the holiday’s critics, he said, "They don’t want to remember – but we all remember the moral stain. . . . "
"Well, I took the view as president, we need to be honest about our history, especially if there's been any time going ever to erase our history. Not just here, but, this guy--" he added, trailing off and signing himself.
"Too many people are trying to erase our history, especially in the face of ongoing efforts to erase history from our textbooks and our classrooms."
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