On Monday, ABC White House correspondent Jon Karl pressed the White House on Vice President Joe Biden’s recent string of gaffes.
Karl asked White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest why Biden has not faced more criticism from the administration for repeated gaffes, many of which have been racially or ethnically offensive.
Karl listed the Biden’s apologies:
"The vice president has apologized to the Emirates, he has apologized to the Turks, he may or may not apologize next to the Saudis. A few weeks ago he apologized to the ADL for using the term ‘shylock.’ He took heat for using the term ‘Orient’ to describe Asia. He praised Bob Packwood before a women’s group."
Karl noted that these recent gaffes should warrant an apology to the president.
"The vice president is somebody who has enough character to admit when he’s made a mistake," Earnest said, noting he wasn’t sure if Biden had apologized to President Obama.
Biden's weekend of gaffes comes after he called his job as vice president "a bitch" while headlining an event at Harvard University last week.
