deal to our family. rabbi michael beals of the congregation, beth shalom in wilmington, delaware. that s i received my education. i probably went to shul more than many of you did. you all think i m kidding? we have a very in relative terms, large puerto rican population in delaware. i was sort of raised in the puerto rican community at home. i got my education for real in the black church. that s how firmly in fact, i m an honorary greek. not only today, not only today, but every day, black , puerto rican, greek pole, italian, jewish, puerto rican. i think i said that one twice. what are you going to have to take joe s word for it? because it s friday. it s also kind of funny to imagine this benneton of an upbringing if it were true,
he s irish. he s even in the irish american hall of fame. his secret service code name is celtic. that s how irish he is . and joe biden is proud of that. he was today with the irish prime minister. every saint patrick s day, every irish war goes out to find another irish to make speech to . well, that s why i m here. i , like all of you, take pride in my irish ancestry and as long as i can remember, it s been sort of part of my soul. how i ve been raised. it takes pride in ancestry. but he did go on to joke that he s not really irish because, well, he s sober and his family isn t in jail. at least not yet, because, get it, the irish drink and they get arrested a lot. watch. i ve been to ireland many times and not to actually look up to find my actual family members. and there are so many and they actually weren t in jail. they were all. but all kidding aside, i met the bloods and the finnigan s and all of the folks who were we related to . i m the only irishman y