The president faced criticism after having difficulty saying the names of three Hawaiian members of Congress, including both the state's senators.
While giving a speech in Lahaina, Biden struggled with several of the names of local officials, including both of Hawaii's Democratic senators—indicated in an official transcript from the White House, which features several strikethroughs and corrections.
Listing names, he referred to Sen. Brian Schatz as"Brian Schantz" before adding:"Senator Mazie Hir... By the way, Mazie, I told my granddaughter, whose name is Maisy as well — she said,"That's why I like her." Anyway. But her name is Maisy as well." Biden then continued:"And, and Jill... er... To.. Tokuda," an attempt at pronouncing the name of one of Hawaii's Democratic representatives.'s name. Then he struggles to pronounce the name of a Hawaiian official," news aggregator Citizen Free Press posted in reaction to the stumble."It's pretty clear why they didn't want Joe to go out there. He's a mess.
Joe Biden having a laugh about Mazie Hirono's name. Then he struggles to pronounce the name of a Hawaiian official.
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