Overview
- During a keynote in Washington at the International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference, Joe Biden stumbled while trying to say “United States of America,” producing a garbled phrase heard variously as “Amerigotit” or “Ameragottit.”
- The short clip spread widely on X and other platforms, generating memes, mockery and partisan commentary.
- Biden received the Chris Abele Impact Award at the event and used the speech to urge continued advocacy for equality and to criticize President Trump and MAGA Republicans.
- Coverage noted Biden’s long-discussed stutter as a possible explanation for the slip, while others tied the moment to ongoing debate over his age and cognitive health.
- There has been no new medical update tied to this incident, though the discourse references his May announcement of metastatic prostate cancer and separate GOP-led Oversight scrutiny of his postpresidential condition and autopen use.