On Twitter, President Joe Biden’s detractors slammed him for a couple of awkward racial remarks he made during a recent town hall address for American veterans in Delaware.
In his speech on Friday, Biden asserted that despite being Irish, “he’s not stupid,” and that his wife’s family is Italian, so he must have “a little Italian” in him. Nevertheless, many online users criticized the comments as being in bad taste.
He jokingly said, “I may be Irish, but I’m not stupid. I married Dominic Giacoppa’s daughter so, you know, I got a little Italian in me now.”
After a video of the speech went viral on Twitter, several well-known users commented, alleging that the president was repeating anti-Irish sentiment and, on top of that, misrepresenting his wife’s ancestry.
Hate crime https://t.co/VJg7d668dg
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) December 16, 2022
Conservative digital strategist Greg Price told users on Twitter what was behind Biden’s latest embellishment writing, “Jill Biden’s father’s name is Donald Jacobs,” and that, “Giacoppa is apparently the Italianized version of Jill Biden’s maiden name lol.”
Even though Jill Biden’s great-grandfather was the last member of her family to bear the name Giacoppa before immigrating to the United States, she does have Italian ancestry. Her maiden name is Jacobs.
A special advisor for communications for Ted Cruz, replied, “FACT CHECK: Giacoppa was actually Jill Biden’s grandfather, not her father.”
How do the Irish feel about this comment Biden just made?
"I may be Irish, but I'm not stupid." pic.twitter.com/QhhIQFLCP9
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) December 16, 2022
Businessman and conservative user Eoghan McCabe shot back at Biden, tweeting, “Irishman here. I feel neutral because I think he actually is stupid.”
Biden loves this Bidenism (he’s said it in the past before) — just casual old school anti-Irish stereotyping, but he thinks it’s a fun part of his gift of the gab because he considers himself Irish (his great-great-great grandfather moved to America from Ireland in the 1800s.) https://t.co/VJrcjdYzax
— Jerry Dunleavy ???????? (@JerryDunleavy) December 16, 2022
The Washington Examiner’s Jerry Dunleavy also commented on Biden’s comment, tweeting, “Biden loves this Bidenism (he’s said it in the past before) — just casual old school anti-Irish stereotyping, but he thinks it’s a fun part of his gift of the gab because he considers himself Irish (his great-great-great grandfather moved to America from Ireland in the 1800s.)”
Author Helena Morissey tweeted, “My Irish-born husband says: Biden is not Irish and he needs help.”
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