President spells out ‘D-O-T’ from the teleprompter while reciting web address
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Biden’s final Ron Burgundy moment: President spells ‘DOT’ from teleprompter as he recites a web address during his student loan speech
- Biden held an event at the White House on Monday to promote student loan relief
- He praised a new form and website and urged Americans to reply
- But he spelled ‘DOT’, suggesting he read the instructions aloud
- But he also said people should hang up if fraudsters asked them for information
- He set up a website to report fraud
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President Joe Biden was caught giving instructions from a teleprompter during his White House address on Monday.
He made the apparent blunder when he urged Americans to sign up for up to $20,000 in student loan relief — while aware of fraudsters who would try to monetize the new program that could cost $400 billion according to one congressional scorer. amounts.
“If you get any questionable calls, let us know by going to ReportFraud – ReportFraud – dot – FTC.gov,” Biden said, stumbling over the website’s address in what sounded like his latest ‘Ron Burgundy’ mix.
Obviously he wasn’t supposed to spell the “dot” part of the address. An official White House transcript added the correct address after Biden’s comment as “[ReportFraud.FTC.gov].’
The FTC portion refers to the Federal Trade Commission.
President Joe Biden has muted the website address of a government website handling fraud complaints related to the new student loan debt relief. He spelled out ‘DOT’ and drew more comparisons to Ron Burgundy from the Anchorman series
“I’m telling everyone who qualifies for these loans, or who is trying to qualify for these loans. If you get a call like they’re from the government trying to help you with your loans, let’s be clear: Hang up. You never have to pay for federal aid from the Student Loan Program,” Biden said.
Conservative critics ridiculed Biden’s latest gaffe online. The Republican National Committee Research arm was one of the first to jump on the deviation.
Joe Biden wrote out DOT, which is the . today in an email address. He really is Ron Burgandy,” radio host Clay Travis wrote, misspelling the main character in the “Anchorman” comedy films.
Online critics pointed to Ron Burgundy from the comedy film series Anchorman
“Biden is so crazy that he reads literally EVERY WORD they put on the teleprompter for him,” wrote Washington Times columnist Tim Young with a mind-bending icon.
The RNC pushed the meme way back in July, when it cited Biden’s tendency to say “end quote” when reading the quote during prepared remarks.
Biden, 79, made the comment at an event where he said millions of people had already visited a test version of the website where individuals earning less than $125,000 a year can seek student debt relief of up to $10,000.
Pell Grant recipients can get $20,000 in aid.