In politics, a gaffe is when a politician accidentally tell the truth. Joe Biden is a waking talking gaffe machine, and he finally told the truth, from Amie Parnes, Hill [1]:
“This is deadly earnest, man. This is deadly earnest,” the vice president said. “How they can justify, how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class that has been buried the last four years — how in Lord’s name can they justify raising their taxes with these tax cuts.”
I’ll leave to Strutting Delaware Blue Hen to explain just how tax cute raise taxes. Then I never accused Biden of being smart.