It has been noted that a minor gaffe by President Joe Biden during Thursday’s State of the Union address had former NFL player and current WWE commentator Pat McAfee, thinking one of college football’s top coaches suddenly died via Mediaite.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) interrupted Biden during his speech to demand that he mention the name of Laken Riley, the 22-year-old who was murdered on the campus of the University of Georgia in February. Jose Antonio Ibarra, an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela who entered the US in 2022, was detained and accused of the murder. Republican Party members like Greene attribute her passing on Biden’s border policies in the United States.
It was noted that in response, Biden said Riley’s name. However, the only issue is it sounded more like he said “Lincoln Riley” – the head football coach at the University of Southern California.
Biden calls Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Georgia student murdered by an illegal alien allowed in by his administration —- "Lincoln" pic.twitter.com/99FaUQ1iO9
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McAfee was stunned when he saw what everyone was talking about on social media.
“I saw somebody with a microphone last night addressing the entire nation,” he said on Friday’s episode of The Pat McAfee Show.
“He made an announcement that Lincoln Riley was dead. I get on my phone after this event that we’re at and it’s Lincoln Riley and he’s trending all over. I click – ‘he’s dead.’ Lincoln Riley’s dead? Wait a second, who said that? The president? Lincoln Riley’s dead? How is this happening?
“I saw his name trending [so] I’m like, ‘Wait, he was just on the show.’ I was like, ‘What did Lincoln Riley do?’”
The first post he saw, McAfee continued, said that the coach was dead. He was initially taken aback before scrolling further and seeing the president’s remarks.
