Joe Biden Refers to Asia as ‘The Orient’

Joe Biden Calls Asia ‘The Orient’ (Washington Free Beacon)

Vice President Joe Biden, notorious for dropping racial gaffes, referred to Asia as “the Orient” the day after he called opportunistic bankers “Shylocks.”

Speaking in Iowa with “Nuns on the Bus”, Biden told a story about a recent visit to Singapore, where he met with “a guy named Lee Kuan Yew, who most foreign policy experts around the world say is the wisest man in the Orient.”

On Tuesday, Biden used the controversial expression “Shylocks”, which many consider an anti-Semitic slur, at a speech to the Legal Services Corporation.

The Anti-Defamation League condemned Biden’s remarks as “offensive.”

Biden subsequently apologized, admitting it was a “poor choice of words.”