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Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) sits between Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) during a meeting between President Donald Trump and congressional members on Feb. 13, 2018. |
During his opening comments at a White House conference on hunger, nutrition, and health, President Joe Biden accidentally mentioned the late Rep. Jackie Walorski, an Indiana Republican who passed away in a vehicle accident in August.
Walorski has been a supporter of lowering American hunger and was one of four co-sponsors of a bill to fund the conference.
"Is Jackie present? How is Jackie? "Looking out into the crowd on Wednesday morning, he replied. She was coming, I said.
Following the demise of Walorski, Biden and their first wife Jill Biden released a statement expressing their sympathies.
In an August statement, Biden added, "I enjoyed her participation as we planned for a historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health this autumn that will be distinguished by her profound caring for the challenges of rural America." The people of Indiana's Second District, who lost a representative who was one of their own, as well as her husband Dean, and the families of her staff workers Zachery Potts and Emma Thomson, who died while working for the government, are all recipients of our sincere sympathies.
In remembrance of Walorski and her staff members who were also slain, the White House likewise lowered the flags to half-mast.
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) expressed his condolences for Walorski, a former member of the House Hunger Caucus, in his remarks after Biden's address. Following the president's remarks, White House policy advisor Susan Rice stated that she "of course" misses Walorski, "who passed away in August," at the beginning of a panel discussion with senators.
The conference's main stage also included a pre-made video tribute to Walorski in the afternoon. In both the floor debates and the hearings, Walorski advocated for answers to the hunger problem on Capitol Hill.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre did not correct Biden's error at an afternoon briefing. When asked for more information by reporters, Jean-Pierre said that Walorski had been on Biden's mind as he announced the congressional advocates for the hunger conference. Additionally, the president will commemorate Walorski on Friday by signing a law renaming a VA clinic in Indiana in her honor. "That's what he was contemplating. He was considering her "said Jean-Pierre.
Biden has a history of making gaffes
Given his lengthy record of linguistic gaffes, Biden has previously referred to himself as "a gaffe factory."
Biden has made a lot of mistakes while serving as president. For instance, he referred to the Australian prime minister Scott Morrison, who was in office at the time, as "that fellow Down Under" during a video conference to discuss a new defense alliance.
Biden is the senior member of the current administration, and some have questioned if his advanced age is a hindrance. In an interview with 60 Minutes last month, Biden stated that people should consider his work rather than his age.
According to him, it depends on how much energy you have and whether the work you're doing is something that anyone of any age could perform.
No matter if it's physical, mental, or anything else, there are things Biden doesn't do anymore. "How'd an elderly person achieve that," remarked Scott Pelley in response to the interviewer when he mentioned his series of legislative victories.
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