Honest Mistake

Tucker Carlson reports that the White House claims it was corn and not bird poop that fell onto Biden during a speech earlier in the day. pic.twitter.com/TjVHgqiTb9

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) April 13, 2022

News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:

MENLO, IA—A local pigeon made a terrible mistake by pooping on the President of the United States today, after mistaking him for an old statue.

“I’m sorry, I meant no disrespect,” said Mr. Flappy, the pigeon responsible for the error. “I was just in the air doing my pigeon thing when I saw this old, rickety, ancient-looking statue just standing there, with a blank, statue-like expression on his face. It looked like a perfect target!”

Several witnesses in the crowd reportedly stifled laughter as the pigeon flew overhead and dropped a massive load of nasty white bird droppings on the President’s shoulder.

Biden didn’t notice the bird poop until a few minutes later when he looked over to the teleprompter to receive his next line and noticed the white substance on his suit jacket. “Ooohhh! Chocolate chocolate chip ice cream! My favorite!” he said excitedly before Dr. Jill Biden rushed him off the stage.

Go here to read the rest.  Under the late Republic pigeons roosted in the rafters of the Roman Senate House and occasionally the birds would poop on the Senators below.  It was a matter of controversy among the Senators whether being pooped on was a sign of bad luck or of good luck.  I can understand their confusion.  Politicians are much more used to being the pooper on others rather than being the poopee.