US EditionBiden Appears To Forget Name of ‘Black Man’ Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in BET Interview
- President Biden stumbled over Lloyd Austin's name while mentioning the backlash for appointing a Black man to a key position.
- The video of Biden's slip went viral, with critics accusing him of forgetting Austin's name and reducing him to just "the black man."
- Biden emphasized the importance of treating people with dignity, citing the example of putting a Black man as Secretary of Defense.
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US President Joe Biden forgot the name of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, calling him a “black man.” The embarrassment occurred during an interview with the politician for the African American website Bet+; a fragment of the conversation is published by Strana.ua. The Head of State stressed that it is necessary to treat people with dignity. After that, he said, as an example, that he had appointed a black man to the post of defense chief, but…
Video shows Biden struggling to name his defense secretary during interview
CNN’s MJ Lee reports on updates about President Joe Biden’s health amid a Covid diagnosis. This comes as a new video emerges about Biden struggling to remember the name of his Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during an interview with BET.
Biden appears to forget name of his secretary of defense, calls Lloyd Austin 'the black man'
President Joe Biden suffered yet another gaffe in a recent interview. During a sit-down interview with Black Entertainment Television that aired on Wednesday, Biden seemingly forgot the name of his secretary of defense and called him "the black man." The 81-year-old president made the remark while speaking about his record of appointing black individuals in his administration during a BET segment called "Black America Votes." “And so ... it’s al…
On Wednesday, the 81-year-old president appeared in an interview with Ed Gordon of BET News to answer many topics and issues he faces. Thus, at one point but, referring to the secretary of state of defense, the leader at the White House could not remember the name of Lloyd Austin and called him “the black man.” Biden tried to correct himself by saying Austin's name, but instead named Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, an associate member of the U.S.…
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