The President said ‘We went to 54 states’ as he recalled the campaign defending Obamacare in the 2018 midterm elections
By Nick Allen in Washington 30 October 2022 • 6:54pm
Joe Biden said there were 54 states in the United States in a new gaffe on the midterm elections campaign trail.
There are 50 US states but the president got the number wrong during a speech at a Democrat campaign event in Pennsylvania.
Mr Biden was recalling how, during the previous midterm elections in 2018, Republicans had vowed to overturn the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare.
He said: “And, of course, they’re going to try for the 499th time, or whatever the number is.
“They’re still determined to eliminate the Affordable Care Act. And, by the way, if they do that means, not a joke everybody, that’s why we defeated it in 2018 when they tried to do it. We went to 54 states.” Mr Biden faced a torrent of criticism from social media for getting the number of states wrong.
It was the latest in a series of recent gaffes by the 79-year-old president. He got the name of the new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, wrong, calling him “Rashee Sanook,” and appeared to get lost and go the wrong way in the White House garden. A behind-the-scenes Democrat whispering campaign has begun in an attempt to dissuade Mr Biden from running for re-election in 2024. But sources have told the Telegraph that Mr Biden is determined to run again.
By Nick Allen in Washington 30 October 2022 • 6:54pm
Joe Biden said there were 54 states in the United States in a new gaffe on the midterm elections campaign trail.
There are 50 US states but the president got the number wrong during a speech at a Democrat campaign event in Pennsylvania.
Mr Biden was recalling how, during the previous midterm elections in 2018, Republicans had vowed to overturn the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare.
He said: “And, of course, they’re going to try for the 499th time, or whatever the number is.
“They’re still determined to eliminate the Affordable Care Act. And, by the way, if they do that means, not a joke everybody, that’s why we defeated it in 2018 when they tried to do it. We went to 54 states.” Mr Biden faced a torrent of criticism from social media for getting the number of states wrong.
It was the latest in a series of recent gaffes by the 79-year-old president. He got the name of the new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, wrong, calling him “Rashee Sanook,” and appeared to get lost and go the wrong way in the White House garden. A behind-the-scenes Democrat whispering campaign has begun in an attempt to dissuade Mr Biden from running for re-election in 2024. But sources have told the Telegraph that Mr Biden is determined to run again.
Joe Biden says there are ‘54 US states’ in latest election gaffe
President got the number of states wrong during a campaign event in Pennyslvania ahead of the midterm elections
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