President Joe Biden made a slip when dismissing the “immediate” debate challenge by Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.
Biden laughed and said he’d “want to debate me, too.”
Trump has skipped every single Republican presidential primary debate so far, but has still run up the score on his well-funded opponents in the first two contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Only former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is still opposing Trump, who is expected to cruise to victory that would set up a rematch of the 2020 election.
“Well, if I were him, I’d want to debate me, too,” Biden said when asked about Trump’s challenge while visiting Las Vegas.
After pausing for a second to consider what he’d said, Biden added: “Because he’s got nothing else to do.”
Whoops!
Take a look —
"Trump says he's ready to debate you right now. Do you accept?"
BIDEN (confused): "If I were him, I'd wanna debate me, too!" pic.twitter.com/tqAVq9OH9E
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 6, 2024