National Security Council spokesman John Kirby defended President Joe Biden’s latest inaudible gaffe during a Thursday appearance on Fox News.
Fox News’ Martha MacCallum played a recent clip of Biden sitting down with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday. During the meeting in the Oval Office, Biden could be heard saying, “We brought Israelis and Palestinians together at a political level and uh, uh, a, uh,” before looking down and awkwardly mumbling. It’s unclear what Biden was saying as he spoke in a low tone and appeared to slur his words, but Herzog appeared (or at least pretended) to understand, responding “yes.”
“This moment got a bit of attention. It’s not the only one that is kind of like this that we sometimes see,” MacCallum said before rolling the tape.