Joseph Biden actually said...
You are an incredible woman, Miss Opal. You really are. As a child growing up in Texas, she and her family would celebrate Juneteenth. In Juneteenth 1939 when she was 12 years old, a white mob torched her family home. But such hate never stopped her.
Context
President Biden praises Opal Lee for her advocacy and recounts her childhood experience related to Juneteenth.
06/17/2021