President Joe Biden turned in another awful performance while new polls show him getting crushed by former President Donald Trump in a head-to-head matchup.
Biden was delivering a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus on Saturday night when rapper LL Cool J, whose birth name is James Todd Smith, and MC Lyte received the Phoenix Award for their musical contributions.
Biden first mangled LL Cool J’s name and to try to fix the mistake slipped up and referred to the rap legend as “boy,” before quickly correcting himself to the tune of nervous laughter from a stunned crowd.
“Two of the great artists of our time representing the groundbreaking legacy of hip hop in America , LL Jay Cool J, uhhh…” he said as the crowd laughed at the gaffe.
“By the way that boy — that man’s got biceps bigger than my thighs,” Biden added.
According to The New York Post this is not the first time Biden used the racial epithet to describe black men:
Earlier this year, Biden used the word while referring to Maryland’s first black governor, Wes Moore.
The president has frequently used “boy” to refer to younger politicians, though he took flak while on the campaign trail for using the term to describe his ability to work with segregationist senators.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), then competing with Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination, rebuked him in a statement, saying: “You don’t joke about calling black men ‘boys.’”
BIDEN: “LL J Cool J, uhh, by the way, that boy’s got— that man’s got biceps bigger than my thighs” pic.twitter.com/ulCQRkEp0l
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 24, 2023
