While President Joe Biden was citing the local legacy of voting rights during the beginning of his speech in Atlanta on Tuesday, people on social media swore that he might have misspoken when he mentioned Ebenezer Baptist Church, the iconic house of worship from where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used to preach his sermons.

Discussing the sacred places he and Vice President Kamala Harris — whom he may or may not have referred to as “President Harris” multiple times — visited before they each delivered their separate addresses, Biden listed Ebenezer Baptist Church. But it was his pronunciation of the Protestant Christian denomination that caught social media users — especially Black Twitter — off-guard.

Unfortunately, Ebenezer “Bastard” Church, is how a growing number of Twitter users claimed they heard it.

Watch the video below and you be the judge.

“We visited the sacred Ebenezer Bastard Church (!!!)…” pic.twitter.com/8r3stxFg2N

— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) January 11, 2022

Of course, without question, Biden undoubtedly meant to perfectly and clearly pronounce the name Ebenezer Baptist Church.

Ebenezer Bastard Church

Damnit Joe Biden…where yo glasses!?!? pic.twitter.com/MHWH1jATRT

— Kuntry Crock (@KingJames724) January 11, 2022

But during a young week that has already been replete with bad news — from the deadly fire in the Bronx to the sobering suspicion that the president’s vehement defense of voting rights may be coming months too late — a few moments of silly Twitter banter never hurt anyone.

I know Biden didn’t just say Ebenezer Bastard Church pic.twitter.com/chlR8Yvf56

— Stephen Charles (@stephenvcharles) January 11, 2022

In all seriousness, Biden’s remarks — as forceful as they may have been — were largely greeted by voting rights activists and advocates as hollow gestures that came months after calls for more deliberate action.

This man Joe Biden said Ebenezer BASTARD Church… pic.twitter.com/CqyPvY6nmg

— db: supreme of racecraft (@lexiconlove) January 11, 2022

With the coalition of voting rights activists deciding against attending the speeches as a way to draw attention to the need for concrete Congressional action and not rhetoric, Biden and Harris spoke from Atlanta University Center Consortium on the grounds of Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse College.

This is a developing story that will be continuously updated.

 

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