Arizona Gov Doug Ducey seems to mock Biden's stutter as he says 'J-J-Joe' at Trump rally, labeled 'disgusting'
On Monday, October 19, Doug Ducey, the Governor of Arizona, who introduced President Donald Trump on the stage at the Tucson, Florida campaign rally, sparked controversy online after he appeared to stutter when he took Democratic nominee Joe Biden's name on stage.
Video of the incident was shared on Twitter by the New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman. In the video, Ducey can be heard saying: “J-J-Joe Biden is wrong for America!” while the president stood at the stage, waiting for his turn at the microphone. “The governor of Arizona mocks Biden’s stutter, almost certain to become the latest person to claim he didn’t know when asked about it," Haberman’s presently deleted tweet read.
Haberman later clarified why she had chosen to delete her original tweet. She said that she was not entirely sure whether Ducey was indeed mocking Biden, or if it was a “reverb” sound malfunction. "Deleting this because there are enough folks who say they hear it as a reverb - folks can click audio and decide what they think without prelude" she wrote. Responding to the journalist's tweet, Ducey denied the allegations against him. “This is false. I did not mock Joe Biden's stutter, nor would I ever," he said.
