First lady Michelle Obama has done it again, flubbing a major biographical detail of the Democratic Senate candidate she was stumping for, less than two weeks after she called Iowa Senate candidate Bruce Braley the wrong name — seven times. (RELATED: Michelle Obama Stumps For Candidate, Calls Him Wrong Name SEVEN Times)
In a speech extolling the virtues of Colorado Democratic Senator Mark Udall, Obama called him a “fifth-generation Coloradan.”
“As a fifth-generation Coloradan, Mark understands what makes this state special,” she said. “He understands the values of independence and fairness, all the things the folks here believe in.”
Udall was actually born and raised in nearby Arizona, where his father was a member of the House of Representatives. He didn’t move to Colorado until after he earned his degree at Williams College, located in Massachusetts.
It’d be an awkward enough gaffe in normal situations. But being a fifth-generation Coloradan is actually a key part of Udall’s opponent‘s biography.
“Cory Gardner is a fifth-generation Coloradan focused on empowering people by getting government out of the way and letting innovation and creativity thrive,” the Cory Gardner for Senate campaign website reads. “…Cory was born and raised in Yuma, a small town on the Eastern Plains of Colorado where his family has owned a farm implement dealership for nearly a century. He lives in the same house his great-grandparents lived in.”
[h/t GOPICYMI]