President Biden has come under fire in recent days after making a comment about the Irish that criticized many on social media.
The US President was speaking at a US veterans’ town hall in the state of Delaware when he cracked a joke some consider “anti-Irish”.
In his speech on Friday, Biden said, “I may be Irish but I’m not stupid”, reports The Mirror.
During the same outing, Biden also confused Jill Biden’s last name, saying, “I married Dominic Giacoppa’s daughter”.
However, Dominic Giacopa was actually Jill’s grandfather and her father’s name was Donald Jacobs.
The general consensus, however, was no acceptance of his comments. One person commented on the clip, saying, “Did Biden just insinuate the Irish are stupid?”
Another said: “That is despicable and an insult to an entire nation and its emigrants across the globe,” reports The Mirror.
Another person said: “True Irish people, like myself, don’t give a flying…. Call us whatever you want. We don’t offend easily. Now come sit. Have a beer … Slainte,” reports The Mirror.
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