United States President Joe Biden had Pat McAfee thinking that a college football coach died heading into the weekend.
Biden has been fielding a lot of criticism for his statement regarding Laken Riley, a college student who was killed by an immigrant, having gotten her name wrong by saying “Lincoln Riley” instead.
Lincoln Riley is, of course, the head coach of the USC Trojans and is very much alive. But Biden had him trending online after his State of the Union address on Thursday evening.
McAfee was one of those briefly duped by Biden’s error.
“I saw somebody with a microphone last night addressing the entire nation. He made an announcement that Lincoln Riley was dead,” he said on ‘The Pat McAfee Show’ the following day. “I get on my phone after this event that we’re at, and it’s Lincoln Riley, and he’s trending all over. I click – ‘he’s dead.’ Lincoln Riley’s dead? Wait a second, who said that? The president? Lincoln Riley’s dead? How is this happening?
“I saw his name trending, [so] I’m like, ‘Wait, he was just on the show.’ I was like, ‘What did Lincoln Riley do?'”
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Meanwhile, Laken’s mom has blasted Biden on social media for getting her daughter’s name wrong.
