{"id":1882759,"date":"2026-04-14T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1882759"},"modified":"2026-04-14T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:20:00","slug":"joe-biden-under-fire-for-saying-university-trustee-looks-like-barack-obama-on-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1882759","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Under Fire for Saying University Trustee Looks Like Barack Obama, on Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/0a\/16by9\/2026\/04\/14\/0abdec0e33a94f739afcc6ef618e6c05_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Joe Biden Under Fire for Saying University Trustee Looks Like Barack Obama, on Video<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Joe Biden<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Doesn&#8217;t This Guy Look Like Obama?!?<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-preferred-source.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-04-14T15:20:00-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202604\"><br \/>\n                April 14, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            3:20 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-ab830c6a8b139127749c8758131fc1e4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-b1ea9673-b12a-48dd-bf89-612802a4e8b2-442898503-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c7\/16by9\/2026\/04\/14\/c7c0263180c8451e9717ed91a7f51090_md.png\" alt=\"041426_joe_biden_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-b1ea9673-b12a-48dd-bf89-612802a4e8b2-442898503-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">BARACK, IS THAT YOU?!<\/span><\/footer>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">C-SPAN<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-46104f3c37b1144cd42f4968db80b52c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/joe-biden\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Joe Biden<\/strong><\/a> is catching heat online after pausing a speech at Syracuse University to say a Trustee is a doppelganger for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/barack-obama\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Barack Obama<\/strong><\/a> &#8230; and it&#8217;s all on video.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9a04a04b14988d4993e0a5fec085c4c1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Check out this clip from Biden&#8217;s speech Tuesday at his alma mater &#8230; he&#8217;s on stage for the unveiling of his portrait at the University&#8217;s College of Law when things take an unexpected turn. The former Commander-in-Chief suddenly calls Syracuse Board Chairman <strong>Jeffrey Scruggs<\/strong> up to the podium and tells the crowd Jeffrey looks a lot like none other than &#8230; President Obama.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a10a594d67a6fb73e36f25c97bc330ed\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260414_43bac1bffd014d65907f3e2a6f4a8515\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e14d89e1-a662-4252-a07f-e89c420ee570\" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/43\/4by3\/2026\/04\/14\/43bac1bffd014d65907f3e2a6f4a8515_md.jpg\" alt=\"Jeffrey-Scruggs-barack-obama-cspan-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">C-SPAN \/ Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0618c188e7ea2f9a26ed8160c953f72a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>The chittering sounds from the crowd lead us to believe that the comment was laughed off &#8230; but the audience on social media is not as forgiving.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f6af8e0c5a34e0138beb1687ad28e646\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260414_bec7b9f58abb43e68067d5dfbd9c476a\" 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