Twitter users, including a GOP national spokesperson and Republican congressional candidate, knocked President Joe Biden Monday after he used the word \u201cboy\u201d and fumbled in \u2026<\/b>
\nTwitter users, including a GOP national spokesperson and Republican congressional candidate, knocked President Joe Biden Monday after he used the word \u201cboy\u201d and fumbled in his introduction of a black senior adviser. Biden held Monday a briefing on the government\u2019s recovery efforts after Hurricane Ida wrought havoc in Louisiana. The president met online with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell, Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, The Hill reported. At the outset of the briefing, Biden introduced White House senior adviser Cedric Richmond as a \u201cboy who knows Louisiana very, very well, and New Orleans.\u201d His use of the term that is perceived to be derogatory towards Black people received criticism online. GOP national spokesperson Paris Dennard, who is black, pointed out that Richmond \u201cis a 47 year old man.\u201d \u201cJoe Biden just continues to insult Black men openly and in public because he doesn\u2019t care,\u201d Dennard wrote. Lavern Spicer, a Florida congressional candidate, called Biden a \u201crude, condescending racist,\u201d adding that Richmond is \u201cnobody\u2019s boy.\u201d In a May 2020 podcast, Biden said African Americans who are still trying to figure out whether they would vote for him or then-President Donald Trump \u201cain\u2019t black.\u201d \u201cPoor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids,\u201d Biden said, delivering remarks at his campaign event in Iowa back in August 2019. During a 2007 interview with a New York Observer journalist, Biden was asked about former President Barack Obama\u2019s candidacy. \u201cI mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that\u2019s a storybook, man,\u201d the president said of his yet-to-become running mate.<\/p>\n