gaffe also gaff (g²f) —n. 1. A clumsy social error; a faux pas. 2. A blatant mistake or misjudgment.
It sure wasn’t the brightest comment he’s ever made.
I still don't see it as a 'gaffe', he stated a truism, that tyranny will come to this nation disguised as something that it is not.
Every advance in Socialism in this nation has been advanced as doing some 'good' and is never said to be socialism, which most Americans hate.