US President Joe Biden appeared to have struggled to form a sentence during a speech last Friday.
The president had a tough time finding words to describe Republican Sen. Rob Portman during his speech to celebrate the start of construction for a computer chip factory in Ohio.
In a statement released by Biden to retiring Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio at the ground-breaking ceremony of an Intel factory, he said that “I’m trying to find the words for him, but he’s a good man. Thank you. You’re leaving a hell of a legacy as you leave what you’re doing as a consequence of you in large part.”
The president also flubbed the name of Republican Rep. Troy Balderson and mistakenly called him “Tony.”
According to the Columbus Dispatch, as did Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, Biden used the speech to celebrate the passage of the CHIPS Act, the event which Republican Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio also attended.
Amid the speech, Biden also had another apparent flub, the transcript revealed.
“The United States of America, we used to rank number one in the world in research and development; now we rank number nine. China was number eight a decade ago; now China is number two.” Biden said.
Biden also had a tough time forming his sentence and
stumbled over words in prior addresses.
Furthermore, during his speech on August 30 when he attacked “MAGA Republicans” and called for a ban on so-called “assault weapons,” he also reportedly mixed up the Democratic candidates for governor and United States Senate, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro.
On July 8, president Biden also misread a teleprompter during his speech regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
Last July, the Congress passed the CHIPS and Science Act into law.
The law has started authorizing up to $252 billion in grants for research and subsidies for domestic computer chip manufacturers.
Prior to the passage, Republicans have expressed their disagreement and opposed the legislation after Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced his support for the Inflation Reduction Act.
