Blundering Biden says ‘I may be Irish but I am not stupid’ before calling Putin a ‘murderous dictator and pure thug’ in St Patrick’s Day speech
- President Biden spoke at the traditional St. Patrick’s Day luncheon in the Capitol on Thursday
- He started with a joke saying ‘I may be Irish but I am not stupid’, then turned to upping his attacks on Putin
- Biden called the Russian leader a ‘murderous dictator, a pure thug who is waging an immoral war against the people of Ukraine’
- In the wide-ranging speech he also discussed China, democracy, his family and his Irish heritage
- He shared favorite sayings from his mother, his father, and his grandparents
- Biden is reported to only be about five-eighths Irish, but is known for playing up his Irish heritage
- Biden’s latest war of words are the most direct at the Russian leader in the 21 days since the invasion
- The Kremlin has also upped the ante on the West by warning the U.S. may need to be ‘put in its place’
- Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi read a poem by U2 frontman Bono comparing Ireland and Ukraine