Biden jokes about Irish heritage, calls Putin a 'thug' at luncheon

Blundering Biden says 'I may be Irish but I am not stupid' before calling Putin a 'murderous dictator'

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.

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