The internet cracked up in reaction to yet another video of President Joe Biden, who many are warning has significant cognitive health issues, struggling to get through a recent speech. The speech from which the cringeworthy and heartily mocked video came took place on June 18, 2024, when President Biden was speaking about DACA.
The part of the speech that drew particular attention was when Biden kept stumbling over his words while trying to speak about doctors, saying, in a speech even the official transcript had trouble cleaning up, “You know, I’ve often said doctors — we’ve been a significant consumer of healthcare in my family. Spent a lot of time in hospitals in — for our family. My — anyway. And I always said that doctors let you live; nurses make you want to live. Not a joke. A lot of time in ICU, a lot of time with my son, a lot of time —”
Continuing, he said, as the audience laughed somewhat, “And, you know, it’s a — if there’s any angels in heaven, they’re all nurses — men and women. Not a joke. So, thank you for what you did to help us get through the pandemic, pal, and for all you’re doing for our country. My name is Joe Biden. I’m Jill Biden’s husband.”
Then, he got to the bit that led to all the jokes online. He said, awkwardly pausing while trying to give the speech off the teleprompter, “And thanks to all the members of the Congress and Homeland Security Secretary — I (inaudible) — I’m not sure I’m going to introduce you all the way — but all kidding aside, Secretary Mayorkas, as well as Secretary Becerra and advocates and families for law enforcement, faith leaders, everybody who is here.”
Posting a clip of the speech and joking about it, one personality on X said, “Joe Biden’s brain is like a Windows 95 computer—takes forever to start up, constantly needs a reboot, and is always one click away from crashing.”
Similarly, conservative X personality Collin Rugg, wrote, in part, “The left continues to deny that President Biden is suffering from mental decline and are now even “fact-checking” those who show videos of him struggling. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is also lashing out against these “cheap fakes” videos.”
Watch the clip here:
Commenting on Collin’s post, one person wrote, ” Look at the woman in the back of him over his shoulder when he starts to short out, her eyes say it all. No way can he make another term as president, I am nor sure he can even fish this term.” Similarly, another commenter said, “KJP will accuse this of being “edited” even though this is clearly Biden having serious verbal difficulties. He’s not well. He needs to be cared for. Allowing Biden to continue occupying the White House is a risk to our national security.”
Still another commenter brought up the Trump-Biden debates, asking, “Biden is malfunctioning more and more everyday. How on earth will he be able to stand toe to toe with Trump and debate him?” Yet another added, “The guy in the back right, that they zoomed in on, the look on his face and the way he tilted his head is such a tell lol. What do you think he was thinking when he heard that gaff??”
Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded video
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