Former Vice-President Joe Biden appeared to announce his candidacy for the 2020 presidential election, before immediately correcting himself.
Joe Biden made the slip while addressing 1,000 Democrats at a dinner in his home state of Delaware.
The democrat said his record was the most progressive “of anyone running for the United-” before correcting himself and saying, “anybody who would run”.
The audience stood up and chanted “run Joe run”, while the 76-year-old crossed himself and said: “I didn’t mean it!”
Addressing party brokers and leaders in the city of Dover, Joe Biden said that it was time to restore the country’s “backbone”, but that they needed political consensus to move beyond what he called today’s “mean”, “petty” and “vicious” political landscape.
“I’m told I get criticized by the new left,” Joe Biden said, referring to a group of popular new left-wing Democrats that includes congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
“I have the most progressive record of anybody running for the United- “
The former vice-president then corrected himself, saying: “Anybody who wouldrun.”
As the diners rose to their feet and chanted “run Joe run”, Joe Biden laughed and insisted: “I didn’t mean it!”
“Of anybody who would run,” he continued.
“Because folks, we have to bring this country back together again.”
Joe Biden, who was vice-president from 2009 to 2017, added that the 2020 election will be the most important vote in a century.
Speculation that Joe Biden would announce his candidacy has reached feverish levels.
If he were to run, Joe Biden would be entering an increasingly crowded race – with 15 other Democrats having already declared their bids.
Among them are senators Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders, who ran against Hillary Clinton in 2016. Former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke joined the race last week.
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