The University of Connecticut\u2019s Men\u2019s Basketball team is headed to the White House to meet with President Joe Biden for the second year in a row after they managed to win the March Madness tournament yet again. As they head off to 1600 Penn, however, a resurfaced video in which UConn\u2019s Donovan Clingan speaks about President Biden being totally \u201cout of it\u201d during the team\u2019s 2023 trip to the White House has been making the rounds online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In that video, Clingan claims that Biden was mumbling near-incoherently during the visit and that his memory was so bad that he asked for a picture with the team and then, just minutes later, seemingly forgot that he had already taken a picture with them and asked for another. The way Clingan told the story, it appeared that Biden forgot a picture had already been taken, not that he just wanted another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Posting about the team in one of the pictures he took with them in 2023, Biden said, \u201cWelcome to the White House, UConn \u2013 our men\u2019s 2023 NCAA Champions. This team is proof there\u2019s no quit in America. And there\u2019s nothing we can\u2019t do when we do it together. Congratulations, Coach and the entire team, on your hard-fought victory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on what Clingan said, however, there was more to that photo, or at least the photos in which Biden and the team appeared together, than the smiles that meet the eye. Commenting on what was going on as the team met President Biden, Clingan made it seem like the meeting was quite awkward, both because of Biden\u2019s memory lapses with the photos and because he, while ignoring the coach, rambled for minutes in a speech the team had trouble understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commenting on that awkward meeting with the elderly president, Clingan said, \u201cWe went to the White House, took a picture with Joe Biden. Joe Biden talked to us for about three minutes and then right after that he asked us for a picture again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, after being asked what Biden was talking about for the three minute period in between the photos, Clingan said that they had trouble understanding him and that Biden rudely ignored UConn\u2019s Coach Hurley. He said, \u201cHe completely ignored Coach Hurley. Really couldn\u2019t understand what he was saying. And then he was like, \u2018Alright, let\u2019s grab a picture.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watch Clingan here:<\/p>\n\n\n