https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/26/context-did-joe-biden-confuse-donald-trump-george-/
In the clip, Biden says "George" while discussing the significance of
the upcoming election, which some viewers took as an allusion to former
President George W. Bush.
The clip was shared on Twitter by Republican National Committee rapid response director Steve Guest, who used it to attack Biden’s mental acuity. The next day, media outlets including Fox News, Sky News, and the Today Show published stories on Biden’s comments, and Trump tweeted about it.
Some reporters, however, pointed out that Biden could have been referring to his interviewer, comedian George Lopez.
Joe Biden: "Well, first
of all, the reason they should vote is that there’s a lot on the ballot
this year. I mean, this is the most consequential… Not because I’m
running but because of who I’m running against. This is the most
consequential election in a long, long, long time. And the character of
the country in my view is literally on the ballot, what kind of country
are we going to be. Four more years of George uh… George, we’re going to
find ourselves in a position where if Trump gets elected, we are going
to be in a different world. And so… The reason I think people should be
voting is out of their own self-interest right now, because look, you
know, everything is at stake from the environment to our health. You
heard what his, his, his chief of staff —"