Joltin ‘Joe is back.
President Biden made one of his most disconcerting comments on Thursday since he was sworn in when he told an American aerospace engineer that immigrants from the subcontinent are “taking” the U.S..
“It’s fantastic. Americans of Indian descent are taking over the country: you, my vice president, my word writer,” Biden told Swati Mohan, the leader of NASA’s guidance and control operations. for the disembarkation of the rover from Perseverance to Mars.
Biden made the seemingly deaf effort of lightness before telling the NASA group that diversity in the U.S. allows for “every lonely culture” to improve.
The president said: “One of the reasons we are such an amazing country is that we are such a diverse country. We bring out the best in every lonely culture in the world, here in the United States of America, and give people a chance to let their dreams move forward. ”
Biden, 78, concluded his webcast statements by describing himself as “like a poor relative … when I’m invited, I show up.”
“So be careful. You know the poor relatives, they show up. They stay longer than expected. I’m one of those guys, ”he said.
As a presidential candidate last year, Biden struggled with controversial comments about ethnic minorities.
In May, Biden left comments behind by telling voters that “they are not black” if they supported a candidate other than him.
He said in August that blacks are less diverse thinkers than Hispanics.
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio humorously suggested Thursday that Biden should “seek training on unconscious prejudice” after he used the word “Neanderthal” this Wednesday to criticize Republican rulers. Greg Abbott of Texas and Tate Reeves of Mississippi, who ended COVID-19 mask mandates.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ mother was born in Chennai, India, and is the first non-white vice president since American Indian Charles Curtis to hold office from 1929 to 1933.