{"id":2868,"date":"2023-04-14T16:37:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T21:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2868"},"modified":"2023-04-14T16:37:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T21:37:52","slug":"wh-cleans-up-transcript-after-biden-gaffe-involving-irish-rugby-team-and-a-british-military-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2868","title":{"rendered":"WH Cleans Up Transcript After Biden Gaffe Involving Irish Rugby Team and a British Military Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-87.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-2869\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-87.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-87.png 817w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-87-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-87-770x404.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-87-293x154.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-87-390x205.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The White House has stepped in to clean up a mix-up President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ijr.com\/tag\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>&nbsp;made when speaking about a famous victory by Ireland\u2019s rugby team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a trip to Ireland, Biden&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/04\/12\/remarks-by-president-biden-participating-in-a-community-gathering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spoke<\/a>&nbsp;about a tie with a shamrock on it that was given to him by a rugby player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis was given to me by one of these guys right here. He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the Black and Tans,\u201d the president said.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added, \u201cBut it was when you \u2014 or it\u2019s Solider Field. Wasn\u2019t it, the game?\u2026 Chicago. And after it was all over, he gave my brother \u2014 allegedly for me, but if it wasn\u2019t, I still took it. I still got the tie. I wear it with great pride.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch the video below:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In yet another incoherent babble at an Irish pub Joe Biden speaks of his delight at Ireland beating the \u201chell out of the Black and Tans\u201d.<br>He meant the All Blacks of New Zealand.<br>The Black and Tans were a British unit during the 1919-21 Irish independence war.<br>Utter embarrassment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MBzCBOMVsG\">pic.twitter.com\/MBzCBOMVsG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Darren Grimes (@darrengrimes_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/darrengrimes_\/status\/1646416009794928640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Conservative commentator Darren Grimes pointed out the issue in Biden\u2019s comment as he wrote in a tweet, \u201cIn yet another incoherent babble at an Irish pub Joe Biden speaks of his delight at Ireland beating the \u2018hell out of the Black and Tans\u2019. He meant the All Blacks of New Zealand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Black and Tans were a British unit during the 1919-21 Irish independence war. Utter embarrassment,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/apr\/13\/white-house-corrects-black-and-tans-to-all-blacks-after-biden-gaffe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;noted<\/a>, \u201cIreland\u2019s rugby team won a famous victory against the All Blacks at Soldier Field in Chicago in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it added, \u201cIrish rebels fought a bloody conflict against the Black and Tans \u2013 an auxiliary military force nicknamed for the colours of their uniforms \u2013 during the 1919-21 Irish war of independence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The White House transcript of the event added a correction to the president\u2019s remarks. It reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">\u201cAnd the closing comment I make: You see this tie I have with this shamrock on it?&nbsp; This was given to me by one of these guys right here.&nbsp; He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the&nbsp;<s>Black and Tans<\/s>&nbsp;[All Blacks].&nbsp; Oh, God.&nbsp; (Laughter.)\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The White House have now corrected Joe Biden\u2019s embarrassing Ireland gaffe. I wonder how much of their time is spent doing this? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z7bAvRvbxL\">pic.twitter.com\/Z7bAvRvbxL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Darren Grimes (@darrengrimes_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/darrengrimes_\/status\/1646432387734073344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/apr\/13\/white-house-corrects-black-and-tans-to-all-blacks-after-biden-gaffe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;The Guardian<\/a>, commentators in Ireland brushed off the gaffe, \u201cIn Ireland most commentary seemed to view it as funny and harmless. The Irish Times called it a \u2018delicious gaffe\u2019, while the Irish Mirror said Biden had left people \u2018in stitches\u2019. Twitter users called it a highlight of the trip. \u2018A fantastic Freudian slip. Good lad Joe,\u2019 said one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was not the first gaffe Biden made during his trip. He struggled over the word \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ijr.com\/video-biden-butchers-words-badly-twitter-users-ask-speaking-language\/\">young<\/a>,\u201d which led some to joke he was speaking a different language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/ijr.com\/wh-transcript-biden-gaffe-involving-rugby-team-military-force\/\">https:\/\/ijr.com\/wh-transcript-biden-gaffe-involving-rugby-team-military-force\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ijr.com\/author\/bradley\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House has stepped in to clean up a mix-up President&nbsp;Joe Biden&nbsp;made when speaking about a famous victory by Ireland\u2019s rugby team. During a trip to Ireland, Biden&nbsp;spoke&nbsp;about a tie with a shamrock on it that was given to him by a rugby player. \u201cThis was given to me by one of these guys right here. He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the Black and Tans,\u201d the president said. 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