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Biden confuses Beyonce, Britney and Taylor Swift in Thanksgiving joke

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Biden confuses Beyonce, Britney Spears and Taylor Swift in turkey pardon speech

Joe Biden mixed up Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, and Beyoncé during a joke in his turkey pardoning speech.

Biden was pardoning turkeys Liberty and Bell and went off-script, saying the birds had a lot of competition to be at the White House.

He compared it to getting a ticket for Beyoncé’s Renaissance and Swift’s Eras tour, but believed it was Britney was touring Brazil instead of Swift.

“You could say even harder than getting a ticket to the Renaissance tour or Britney’s tour, she’s down in, it’s kind of warm in Brazil right now.” Biden said, messing up his punchline.

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