Biden mixes up ‘All Blacks’ rugby squad with ‘Black and Tan’ military force

President Biden mixed up a New Zealand rugby team and a historic British occupying force of Ireland on Wednesday during a speech at the Windsor Bar in Dundalk.

Biden brought up the topic after mentioning his tie, which was given to him by distant cousin Rob Kearney. 

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Kearney is an Irish rugby player whose team recently beat New Zealand’s All Blacks. 

“This was given to me by one of these guys, right here,” Biden said Wednesday. “He was a hell of a rugby player. He beat the hell out of the Black and Tans.”

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Ardie Savea and the All Blacks perform the haka ahead of The Rugby Championship match between the Argentina Pumas and the New Zealand All Blacks at Suncorp Stadium on Sept. 18, 2021 in Brisbane, Australia. 

The Black and Tans were a British law enforcement group that helped occupy Ireland beginning in the 1920s.

The paramilitary organization became known for particular brutality toward dissident Irish citizens — the Black and Tans remain a common cultural symbol of the occupation years.

 

Sir H. Greenwood inspects the British soldiers in Ireland known as the "Black and Tans."

An official transcript from the White House quietly covered up the gaffe, replacing the Black and Tans reference with the All Blacks.

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