In his latest pre-election gaffe, 2020 Democratic Party nominee hopeful Joe Biden has said that children from poor backgrounds are just as “talented as white kids” during a campaign event with Asian and Latino voters.
Many felt that Mr Biden, who has since been unrelentingly and scathingly mocked for the blunder, seemed to imply that all poor kids are non-white.
“We should challenge students in these schools and have advanced placement programs in these schools. We have this notion that somehow if you’re poor you cannot do it”, Biden said in Iowa at an event about education held by the Asian and Latino Coalition PAC.
“Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids”, Biden then blurted out, followed by a long pause, during which a few distant claps could be heard. Biden then quickly added, “wealthy kids, black kids, Asian kids… think how we think about it”.