Biden sparks backlash telling White House attendee to ‘hush up, boy’

DAILY MAIL

• Joe Biden sparked backlash after telling an interrupting White House attendee to ‘Hush up, boy’
• The awkward interaction came during an celebration to mark the Islamic holiday Eid-al-Fitr
• The event previously came under fire after New Jersey’s Muslim mayor was blocked from the celebration after being denied entrance by the Secret Service

Joe Biden sparked backlash after telling a White House attendee to ‘hush up, boy’, during an event celebrating Islamic holiday Eid-al-Fitr. 

The awkward exchange came as the audience member, who is believed to be a Muslim man, interrupted the president as he marked the occasion before a packed crowd.  

‘You want to come and make a speech?’ Biden shouted after he was berated from the audience.

‘Hush up, boy,’ he continued in a mimicked Southern drawl, a remark which was met with laughter from the other attendees. 

According to reports, the incident erupted after a member of the audience heckled Biden for failing to mention the first Muslim federal judge in attendance. 

‘Hey, judge, how are you?’ Biden said after initially being interrupted. ‘I don’t know why you wanted the job, man… I appoint all the federal judges, but thank you for serving.’ 

As the attendee continued to speak over him, Biden called him ‘boy’ in his response. The gaffe quickly sparked backlash due to the historic connotations behind the word ‘boy’, which has been used as a racist slur against black people. 

Footage of the encounter was quickly circulated online, including by Texas state delegate Sarah Fields, who slammed the president’s off-the-cuff remarks and claimed the individual was a service member…