Jackie Walorski

2022 - 9 - 29

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Biden calls out for late Rep. Jackie Walorski at White House hunger ... (GPB)

Biden mistakenly called out for the Indiana Republican who died in a car crash in August. She had cosponsored a bill to fund the conference.

And a pre-produced video tribute to Walorski was played on the main stage of the conference in the afternoon. In an interview this month with 60 Minutes, Biden said that people should look not at his age but the job he's doing. "I appreciated her partnership as we plan for a historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health this fall that will be marked by her deep care for the needs of rural America," Biden said in an August statement. Condolences for Walorski, who had been a member of the House Hunger Caucus, were extended during the event by Rep. As president, Biden has made a number of gaffes. President Joe Biden mistakenly called out for the late Rep.

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'Where's Jackie?' Biden seeks lawmaker Walorski who died in ... (Cyprus Mail)

US President Joe Biden publicly sought out Jackie Walorski, an Indiana Congresswoman who died in a car accident in August, during a conference on hunger on ...

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President Biden Appears To Forget About Rep. Jackie Walorski's ... (93.1 WIBC Indianapolis)

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden asked where late Congresswoman Jackie Walorski was during a speech at the White House yesterday, forgetting her death in ...

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Joe Biden asks for dead congresswoman in gaffe during speech (Sky News)

The US president, 79, appeared to forget that Jackie Walorski, the former Republican representative for the state of Indiana, had died in a car crash in ...

No. [Mr Biden](https://news.sky.com/topic/joe-biden-7848), 79, looked around the room in Washington and said: "Jackie, are you here? She must not be here" on Wednesday.

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Biden becomes a meme as 'Where's Jackie?' blunder goes viral (HITC)

President Joe Biden is an internet meme once again after his embarrassing 'Where's Jackie?' blunder on Wednesday.

– I think she was going to be here,” he said. “I want to thank all of you here, including bipartisan elected officials like Representative McGovern, Senator Braun, Senator Booker, Representative Jackie – are you here? [ The New York Post](https://nypost.com/2022/09/28/late-gop-rep-jackie-walorskis-bro-biden-doing-best-he-can/) that the President called the family to offer his condolences, and he released a public statement. [died](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/indiana-rep-jackie-walorski-killed-car-accident-rcna41410) in a car crash on August 3 at the age of 58. [said](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/28/biden-walorski-hunger-conference/) he was “acknowledging her incredible work”. [messing up](/en-gb/2020/09/22/joe-biden-pledge-of-allegiance/) the Pledge of Allegiance, [waving at nobody](/en-gb/2020/09/17/joe-biden-waving-at-no-one/) and [falling on the steps](/en-gb/2020/09/17/joe-biden-waving-at-no-one/) of the Air Force One.

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Biden criticized after asking “where's Jackie Walorski” during speech (963xke.com)

WASHINGTON D.C. (ADAMS) – President Joe Biden is facing harsh criticism after he asked where late Congresswoman Jackie Walorski was during a speech at the ...

The Republican and two staff members were killed in a crash. Many thought that he seemed to forget that she was killed in a tragic car wreck in August. (ADAMS) – President Joe Biden is facing harsh criticism after he asked where late Congresswoman Jackie Walorski was during a speech at the White House yesterday.

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'Where's Jackie?': Biden's miscue raises fresh questions about his age (Washington Examiner)

President Joe Biden's Wednesday slip asking for a deceased lawmaker during a White House event left reporters at the afternoon press briefing with a ...

But a newer ABC News/Washington Post [poll](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-struggles-party-democrats-2024-poll/story?id=90427262) found that 56% of Democrats still prefer another 2024 nominee to 35% who want Biden again. Making it to the end of a speech without a gaffe was a challenge for Biden as a younger man. 2 went off-script to mock Chief Justice [John Roberts](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/john-roberts) for mixing up the oath of office. "If the late congresswoman was top of mind for the president and her family was expected to be here and that's what he was thinking about, why was he looking for her?" [Barack Obama](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/barack-obama) was visibly displeased when his new No. "We may have represented different parties and disagreed on many issues, but she was respected by members of both parties for her work on the House Ways and Means Committee on which she served," he said. In June, a former top Obama adviser raised the age issue. “It is, unsurprisingly, a sensitive topic in the West Wing,” the outlet reported. This would show much the president ad-libbed and whether the staff had prepared any kind of reference to Walorski in the original speech. I thought she was going to be here — to help make this a reality." [THREE MIDTERM SCENARIOS THAT COULD INFLUENCE BIDEN’S 2024 DECISION](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/three-midterm-election-scenarios-biden-reelection) "What happened in the hunger event today?"

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Republicans Demand President Biden Apologize For Jackie ... (Radar Online)

Republican lawmakers demanded President Joe Biden apologize this week after he called out for late congresswoman Jackie Walorski during an event at the ...

“Biden and the entire White House staff should apologize.” “Her family deserves better than this,” House Rep. “Truly an awful and disgraceful blunder,” GOP Rep. “Jackie was a selfless leader and a dear friend.” — I think she was going to be here,” Biden said to the shock of everyone in attendance. "We want to thank all of you here, including bipartisan elected officials like Representative [Jim] McGovern, Senator [Mike] Braun, Senator [Cory] Booker, Representative Jackie — are you here?

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'I feel sorry for him': Brother of Jackie Walorski responds to Biden gaffe (Washington Examiner)

The brother of the late Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) downplayed an apparent gaffe by President Joe Biden in which the president asked for the late ...

[Demilitarized Zone](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/harris-korean-dmz-visit) on the Korean Peninsula, Vice President Kamala Harris [had a slip-up](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/harris-accidentally-commends-alliance-with-north-korea-during-dmz-visit) in which she hailed the United States's strong alliance with the “Republic of North Korea." She likely intended to refer to the "Republic of Korea," or South Korea — a stalwart ally of the U.S. Biden was not the only one who drew attention for a verbal gaffe in recent days. Biden called the Walorskis after her death and issued his condolences. ['WHERE'S JACKIE?': BIDEN'S MISCUE RAISES FRESH QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS AGE](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/biden-walorski-age) “I feel sorry for him, really.” Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Sen. Jim McGovern (D-MA), Sen. I thought she was going to be here — to help make this a reality." Braun, Sen. McGovern, Sen. [White House](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house) Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health Wednesday, Biden asked if Walorski was in attendance, despite the fact that she died in a car crash in August.

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What Joe Biden's memory lapse about the late Jackie Walorski ... (USA TODAY)

Joe Biden says presidents have 'a duty to care' for all Americans. Donald Trump never saw it that way and blamed blue states when tragedy struck.

Is that what 2022 voters want?](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/06/14/biden-impeachment-investigations-republicans/7602515001/) [hoping he won’t run for reelection](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/06/21/biden-2024-election-younger-democrats/7680072001/) in 2024. Follow her on Twitter: [@JillDLawrence](https://twitter.com/JillDLawrence) [two days before the fifth anniversary of Maria](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/21/hurricane-maria-recovery-puerto-rico/10428442002/) and still struggling to recover, [Puerto Rico was battered by Hurricane Fiona](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2022/09/24/puerto-rico-mostly-without-electricity-water-hurricane-fiona/8081241001/). DeSantis for some time,” [Biden added ](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/09/28/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-white-house-conference-on-hunger-nutrition-and-health/)Wednesday. Trump [warned Democratic governors](https://apnews.com/article/nyc-wire-public-health-donald-trump-ap-top-news-virus-outbreak-744ea7fa48991a906bd4e7daa36db7b2) at the outset to be “appreciative” or his administration would not be responsive, singling out Washington’s Jay Inslee and Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer as particular offenders in the appreciation department. By then, he and his World Central Kitchen had served [ 3.6 million meals](https://www.marketplace.org/2018/09/13/how-jose-andres-fed-island/) in Puerto Rico. [Biden’s response](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/09/22/remarks-by-president-biden-on-hurricane-fiona-recovery-efforts/): “We are with you. He’s going to [turn 80](https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000444) in November and let’s face it, this seemed like a memory fail – a particularly embarrassing one. That’s the job of a president, a duty to care, to care for everyone in America.” [White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said ](https://twitter.com/presssec/status/1574908623213535232)after they talked. [2020 presidential campaign](https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/joe-biden-north-carolina-speech-transcript-october-18): "I'm running as a proud Democrat, but I will govern as an American president.

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'Where's Jackie?' Biden asks after dead lawmaker at event (Indiana Daily Student)

Jackie Walorski, who was an Indiana representative, died in a car crash Aug. 3.

Biden said that although he disagreed with Walorski on many issues “she was respected by members of both parties for her work on the House Ways and Means Committee on which she served.” Biden at the gathering laid out a plan to tackle high obesity rates and end chronic hunger by 2030. “I don’t think it’s all that unusual to have someone top of mind, especially as there’s a big event.” Two of her staffers were also killed in the collision, which occurred in her Indiana district. Mike Braun and the late Republican Indiana Rep. Read a letter from the editor about it

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Biden Calls On Any Spirits Of Dead Lawmakers Present To Make ... (The Onion (satire))

WASHINGTON—Interrupting his remarks Wednesday at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, President Joe Biden reportedly called on any ...

Strom! Speak to us, Strom!

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Biden's bizarre 'Where's Jackie?' episode cause for alarm ... (Fox News)

Several Republican lawmakers spoke out with their concerns on the president's mental state, with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, telling Fox News Digital that "Joe ...

"It appears there is nothing the White House won’t do to cover up for a failed president and a failed administration," Murphy added. "White House Spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre’s explanation is a disrespectful lie to Jackie’s constituents and the American people," Hupfer added. She was at top of mind for the president." "Doing so has been critical to his success in everything from rallying the world to support Ukraine to empowering Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices," Patterson added. A few months before Joe Biden launched his presidential campaign, Hunter Biden was exchanging text messages with Keith Ablow, his therapist and friend, in early January 2019. "So, of course, she was on his mind. The White House's comments came after Jean-Pierre struggled to explain away his latest gaffe. "The American people can see that Mr. "It doesn’t take a neurologist to realize he’s in serious cognitive decline. "I think she was going to be here to help make this a reality." Several Republican lawmakers spoke out with their concerns on the president’s mental state, with Sen. "I want to thank all of you here, including bipartisan elected officials like …

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Joe Biden searches for dead congresswoman Jackie Walorski ... (Roya News English)

United States President, Joe Biden, called out to a crowd searching for an Indiana congresswoman called Jackie Walorski although she passed away in a car ...

During a press conference on Wednesday, Biden, 79, started by saying “I want to thank all of you here for including bipartisan elected officials like Representatives and Governors. I didn’t think she was going to be here.” “What is unusual is to have a completely senile President, and it's a problem,” said American television host, Tucker Carlson, replying to the comments of the White House Press Secretary.

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Biden signs bill to honor Jackie Walorski (The Hill)

President Biden on Friday signed a bill to honor the late Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.), days after the president asked if the congresswoman, who died in an ...

Jean-Pierre on Friday noted that the issue to combat hunger is bipartisan when asked about McCarthy visiting the White House. “The president has been looking forward to hosting the late representative’s family and other lawmakers to honor her legacy,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Friday. Biden signed it in a private ceremony with members of Walorski’s family and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), according to the White House. President Biden on Friday signed a bill to honor the late Rep. Walorski and two staffers were killed in an Aug. She had served in Congress since 2013.

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Biden meets with family of late Rep. Jackie Walorski for bill signing ... (Washington Times)

President Biden met Friday with family members of the late Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana to sign a bill that renames a veterans health clinic in her honor ...

Walorski, a Republican who was killed in a two-vehicle crash in her northern Indiana district. “The majority of bill signings are not necessarily always done in public.” Biden asked, “Where’s Jackie?” in an attempt to give bipartisan credit to Mrs.

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Kevin McCarthy attends White House bill signing after Biden's ... (Washington Examiner)

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) joined Rep. Jackie Walorski's (R-IN) family and friends at the White House for a bill signing that caused the ...

Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Mike Braun (R-IN), when he made the mistake. I thought she was going to be here — to help make this a reality." Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Sens. He looks, very much looks forward to discussing her remarkable legacy of public service with them when he sees her family this coming Friday." "Like I mentioned in the briefing a couple of days ago, the president has been looking forward to hosting the late representatives' family and other lawmakers to honor her legacy." "She was top of mind for the president.

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