Biden be mocked for utterin' 'pause' on the magic teleprompter like a landlubber! Aye, he be Ron Burgundy! Arrr!
2024-04-25
Arrr, President Biden be lookin' a bit confused, like a landlubber tryin' to navigate the high seas! He be shoutin' for four more years, but then suddenly stoppin' like a scallywag who's lost his treasure map! Aye, 'tis a comical sight to behold, me hearties!
Biden’s week of gaffes continued Wednesday with an embarrassing teleprompter reading. At a trade union conference in Washington, D.C., Biden, reading off a teleprompter, appeared to incorporate script instructions in the middle of his speech, resulting in an awkward applause line. "Imagine what we could do next. Four more years, pause," he said before laughing as the audience began chanting, "Four more years." Biden’s "pause" moment quickly led to online reactions ranging from outright mockery to concern.OutKick founder Clay Travis agreed, "Joe Biden read the instruction ‘pause’ on the teleprompter. The guy is Ron Burgundy. He just keeps getting worse." "The best part about this isn’t that Biden pulled a Ron Burgundy and read ‘pause’ from the teleprompter, it’s that it took him a solid 6-7 seconds of confused silence to even understand what was happening. Outstanding," OutKick writer Ian Miller added.Fox News contributor Steve Cortes explained, "Biden’s teleprompter blunders would be funny if he weren’t president. Here, he reads the ‘pause’ instruction — such directions are clearly differentiated on his screen, usually with multiple parentheses, telling the speaker ‘don’t say this part’!!!" Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee wrote. Biden almost repeated that same gaffe Wednesday but appeared to catch himself. "Are you ready to choose freedom over democracy—for democracy?" Biden said before the audience applauded.As the RNC Research account pointed out, the official White House transcript did not include the word Biden saying the word "pause" at Wednesday's event, it just says "(inaudible)." Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.