President Joe Biden confused his supporters on Friday when he made a bizarre statement during a speech at the National Education Association headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Biden was trying to rebut Republican messaging ahead of the pivotal midterm elections when he stopped mid-speech to make a joke.

“But guess what, we got a lot to do. You gotta say hi to me,” he said, interrupting his speech to speak to someone in the audience.

“We go back a long way. She was 12, I was 30, but anyway,” he added to great laughter and applause.

“This woman helped me get an awful lot done, but anyway,” he explained before moving on to the rest of his speech.

Although the union teachers at the event laughed at the inappropriate joke, many on social media compared it to other instances where Biden made creepy or bizarre comments and behavior.