During a fundraiser in Las Vegas, President Joe Biden made a verbal blunder when discussing a news report he had seen about a part of Oregon seceding to Idaho.
Biden mixed up the part of the state where the proposed secession is taking place and claimed it was Western Oregon. In reality, it is Eastern Oregon that voted to secede.
The fundraiser was attended by about 65 wealthy Democratic donors who had just given over $1 million to the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Grassroots Victory Fund.
The event was closed to cameras, but print reporters were allowed inside to take notes.
This is not the first time Biden has made a verbal gaffe, and some Democrats have privately raised concerns about his health.
However, his doctor pronounced him healthy and fit to be president during his annual physical last month.
The proposal to include about 13 counties, or 63% of Oregon’s landmass, within Idaho’s borders comes from the Greater Idaho movement.
Supporters of the proposal think eastern Oregon is more politically and culturally aligned with Idaho than Oregon’s larger progressive cities in the western part of the state.
Such a move would require the Idaho Legislature, the Oregon Legislature, and Congress to sign off on it and likely require multiple amendments to both the Idaho and Oregon constitutions.
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