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Posted: 2024-04-12T08:06:26Z | Updated: 2024-04-12T13:09:30Z Newsmax Host Makes Geography Goof-Up For The Ages: 'Very Embarrassing Stuff' | HuffPost

Newsmax Host Makes Geography Goof-Up For The Ages: 'Very Embarrassing Stuff'

Rob Finnerty tried to list a number of President Joe Biden's gaffes before making a blunder of his own.
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Newsmax  host Rob Finnertys attempt to list off President Joe Biden s very embarrassing blunders didnt go without an on-air error about the continent of Africa on Thursday.

Finnerty spoke with Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) as he referred to former special counsel Robert Hurs report  on the presidents handling of classified documents. In the report, released in February, Hur took aim at Bidens age and mental fitness.

Republicans have since threatened to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to release audio of Hurs interviews with Biden.

Robert Hur in his report said that he didnt recommend charges for Biden because a jury wouldnt rule against Joe Biden because hes a quote well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory and he gave us examples, said Finnerty before making an obvious continental goof.

He said that Biden didnt know that Africa was a country. He couldnt remember the year that his son died. He didnt know the last names of staff members. He forgot when he was vice president. All very embarrassing stuff.

The word Africa is not mentioned in Hurs 388-page report.

The president has since slammed Hur over the report, asking how in the hell dare he raise that in response to a line that suggested he forgot when his son Beau died.

Critics including Keith Boykin, a former White House aide in the Clinton administration, mocked Finnerty and joked that he didnt know Africa was a country either.

You can check out his and others reactions below.

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