Symone Sanders-Townsend, a top Biden campaign surrogate who was the chief spokeswoman for Vice President Kamala Harris, defended White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's response to President Joe Biden's 'unfortunate' gaffe involving the late Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN).
Symone Sanders-Townsend, a top Biden campaign surrogate who was the chief spokeswoman for Vice President Kamala Harris, defended White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's response to President Joe Biden's"unfortunate" gaffe involving the late Rep. Jackie Walorski .
Sanders-Townsend, who left the Biden administration to join MSNBC earlier this year, was appearing on NBC's Meet the Press as a panelist on Sunday when she was asked how she would've handled the president calling out for the congresswoman at a White House event this week, even though she was killed in a car crash in August.
Sanders-Townsend went on to point out Biden's own traumatic family history, as his first wife, Neilia, and one-year-old daughter Naomi were killed in a car crash at the start of his political career. The losses shaped the lives of himself and his sons, Beau and Hunter, and turned Biden into a known healing figure for trauma victims.
"I mean, I think everyone understands that the president unfortunately uniquely understands how the family is feeling, and I'm sure he made that very clear to them when they came to the White House on Friday," she said."I think just to acknowledge it, he had a slip of the tongue. Move on. It's unfortunate. Again, life is here. He understands and empathized. I think that's what's most important here. And I think Karine did try to do that.
While the president has long been known for his gaffes — he was born with a stutter that he spent years working to overcome and made a name for himself in politics with his off-the-cuff remarks — the Walorski gaffe spoke to a larger concern about Biden's old age affecting his capacity to perform his duties to the best of his ability.
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