By Terence P. Jeffrey | January 20, 2021 | 4:24am EST
Dr. Rachel Levine (Photo by Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
President-elect Joe Biden had a little bit of a problem dealing with the English language when he announced his White House science team on Saturday.
He used the verb will when he meant to say is. I ve always said that the Biden-Harris administration will also going to lead, and we re going to lead with science and truth, Biden said, according to the video on CSPAN. We believe in both, said Biden.
As he said this, Biden turned to look at Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, who was standing behind him. He laughed. She returned the laugh and said: That s right.
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