DAILY WIRE
President Joe Biden fumbled LL Cool J’s name before calling the rapper “boy” at a Congressional Black Caucus Foundation event on Saturday.
“LL J Cool J, uhh, by the way, that boy’s got — that man’s got biceps bigger than my thighs,” Biden said during the 2023 Phoenix Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C.
Biden made the comment as he described LL Cool J, who was born with the name James Todd Smith, and MC Lyte as “two of the great artists of our time” who represent the “groundbreaking legacy” of hip hop in the United States.
BIDEN: “LL J Cool J, uhh, by the way, that boy’s got— that man’s got biceps bigger than my thighs” pic.twitter.com/ulCQRkEp0l
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Biden has employed the word “boy” in the past, which has gotten him into trouble with the black community in particular.
In 2019, during the last presidential cycle, Biden was criticized for what he said about working with well-known segregationists in the Senate and finding room for civility. In talking about Sen. James O. Eastland (D-MS), who was often referred to as the “Voice of the White South,” Biden said, “He never called me ‘boy,’ he always called me ‘son.’”
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), a black man who was running for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, was among those who rebuked Biden, saying, “You don’t joke about calling black men ‘boys.’”
