January 1, ‘I Applaud China’: Biden Raises Eyebrows with Latest Gaffe [Video]

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President Joe Biden mistakenly praised China during a recent speech — a blunder that some of his Republican critics labeled a “Freudian slip.”

Biden’s latest gaffe came during his address to the Canadian parliament, in which he evidently mixed up China and Canada.

“In the United States we’re expanding legal pathways for migration to seek safety on a humanitarian basis, while discouraging unlawful migration that feeds exploitation and human trafficking. So today I applaud China for stepping up. Excuse me, Canada. I applaud Canada…you can tell what I am thinking about China, we won’t get into that yet,” Biden said.

BIDEN: "I applaud China…" pic.twitter.com/PJgxSanGCM

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 24, 2023

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), a member of the House Oversight Committee, responded to Biden’s eyebrow-raising gaffe on Twitter.

“Gaffe or Freudian slip? Biden ‘accidentally’ praises China when addressing the Canadian Parliament. China is on his mind, and the @HouseGOP knows why,” he tweeted.

Gaffe or Freudian slip?

Biden "accidentally" praises China when addressing the Canadian Parliament.

China is on his mind, and the @HouseGOP knows why. pic.twitter.com/0M8Rix5nds

— Congressman Byron Donalds (@RepDonaldsPress) March 24, 2023

Greg Price, the communications director of the State Freedom Caucus Network, said the timing was interesting given intelligence information leaked earlier this month, alleging that China interfered in Canada’s recent election.

“It’s even funnier when you realize that we just learned members of Biden’s family got millions of dollars from a Chinese energy company and how the biggest political story in Canada right now is how China interfered in their last two elections to elect Trudeau’s party,” Price wrote.

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Source: Washington Examiner