President Joe Biden appeared to ask Wednesday morning if the late Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) was in attendance for a speech he delivered in Washington, D.C.
Biden’s mistake came during his remarks at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. Walorski, who was tragically killed in a car crash in August, was a core congressional ally in planning the conference alongside Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN).
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“I want to thank all of you here, including bipartisan elected officials like Rep. McGovern, Sen. Braun, Sen. Booker, Rep. — Jackie, are you here?” the president said near the top of his remarks. “Where’s Jackie? I thought she was going to be here — to help make this a reality.”
In August, when news of Walorski’s passing first broke, Biden wrote in a statement that the accident left him and first lady Jill Biden “shocked and saddened.”
“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,” his statement continued. “She also served as co-chair of the House Hunger Caucus, and my team and 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.”
The White House did not respond to inquiries by press time.
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