The main political gaffes of 2024

The presidential election has produced numerous high-profile political gaffes this year, including President Biden’s widely discussed debate performance and him calling Trump supporters “trash” in the closing days of Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign .

Here are six of the biggest political gaffes of 2024:

Biden debate debacle: Hoarse voice, rambling answers cause Democrats to panic

A disastrous performance by President Biden during his debate with former President Trump on June 27 appeared to be the beginning of the end for Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign.

He fought with a hoarse voice and gave rambling answers during the Atlanta debate, raising doubts about his viability at the top of the Democratic Party’s presidential ticket.

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Biden’s campaign blamed the hoarse voice on a cold, and the 81-year-old admitted a week later that he “got it” and “He had a bad night,” but that didn’t stop a heart of democrats of making calls for him to leave the race.

Then, in a shocking move, Biden pulled the plug on his campaign on July 21 and endorsed Harris, who would lose to Trump in November.

Biden Says Trump Supporters Are ‘Trash’

Biden seemed to galvanize Republicans when he called Trump supporters ‘trash’ less than a week before election day.

Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City on October 27 made headlines when a comedian mocked different ethnic groups, calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.”

Then, during a conference with the group Voto Latino on Oct. 30, Biden said, “The only trash I see floating around here is his supporters.”

Biden and the White House then he tried to clean up his words in the following days. However, the comment was quickly compared to Hillary Clinton’s labeling of half of Trump’s supporters as belonging to a “basket of deplorables” in 2016, a comment that was widely seen as undermining her campaign .

Harris says he “can’t think of anything” about what he would do differently from Biden

Vice President Kamala Harris answer to a question during an Oct. 8 appearance on “The View” may have been a turning point in the 2024 presidential election.

Co-host Sunny Hostin asked Harris, “Otherwise, would you have done anything differently for President Biden over the last four years?” Harris paused for a moment and then said, “There’s nothing that comes to mind in terms of … and I’ve been a part of most of the decisions that have had an impact.”

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Hostin had given Harris a clear opportunity to differentiate himself from Biden, but Harris effectively cut an ad for the Trump campaign by allowing her to tie it directly to an unpopular administration.

Tim Walz, during VP debate, says he’s ‘a friend of school shooters’

Harris’ running mate Tim Walz raised eyebrows during his vice presidential debate with Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, on Oct. 1. when he declared he had “befriended the school shooters.”

The setback came when the Minnesota governor was asked about the change in position on the assault weapons ban.

“I sat in that office with those Sandy Hook parents. I’ve become friends with the school shooters. I’ve seen it,” Walz said.

Walz presumably meant that he had befriended parents who lost children in horrific school shootings.

Trump mixes up Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi at New Hampshire rally

Trump seemed confused then-opponent in the Republican presidential primary Nikki Haley with former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during a rally in New Hampshire on January 20.

Speaking in Concord, Trump said Haley, his former ambassador to the United Nations, had been responsible for the collapse of Capitol Hill security during the riot on January 6, 2021. Trump has already blamed Pelosi for rejecting the support of the National Guard before the riots.

“You know, by the way, they never report the crowd on January 6th, you know, Nikki Haley. Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley, you know, they… did you know they destroyed all the information and all the evidence? Everything ?Wretched and destroyed everything, like Nikki Haley is in charge of security. We offered 10,000 troops, National Guard, they don’t want to talk about it.

Harris’s word salads confuse the audience

Harris made headlines repeatedly this year for making confusing verbal statements.

“I grew up understanding that the children of the community are the children of the community, and we should all have a vested interest in ensuring that children can grow up with the resources they need to reach their God-given potential.” the vice president once said in September.

“We’re here because we’re fighting for a democracy. Fighting for a democracy. And understand the difference here, understand the difference here, move forward, move forward, understand the difference here.” he said then in a campaign event in November.

The comments drew criticism and mockery from conservatives online.

Biden introduces Ukraine’s Zelensky as “President Putin” during NATO conference

President Biden mistakenly introduced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy like “President Putin” during a NATO conference in Washington, DC, in July.

“And now I want to turn it over to the president of Ukraine, who has both courage and determination,” Biden said, before beginning to leave the podium. “Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin.”

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“He beat President Putin. President Zelenskyy. I’m very focused on beating Putin,” Biden said then, appearing to realize the verbal stumble. “We have to worry about that. Anyway, Mr. President.”

Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser, Joseph A. Wulfsohn, Jacqui Heinrich, Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, David Rutz, Brian Flood and Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report.