President Joe Biden‘s staff had to alter the official transcript of his State of the Union speech following a high-profile gaffe, repeating a pattern that’s occurring with some frequency in 2024.
In one of the speech’s defining and most bizarre moments, Biden held up a button given to him by firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA). The sticker read “Say Her Name, Laken Riley,” in reference to a Georgia college student who was allegedly murdered by an illegal immigrant.
Greene verbally challenged Biden before the speech to mention Riley and shouted “Say her name!” again when he began speaking about immigration.
The president took up the challenge but appeared to say “Lincoln” Riley, the name of a college football coach, instead of Laken.
“An innocent young woman who was killed,” Biden continued, “by an illegal. That’s right. But how many thousands of…
