During a recent event at the White House, President Joe Biden invited a teenager on stage to sing Happy Birthday for his 18th birthday, where he delivered a blunder. The incident occurred as Biden was singing alongside Eliseo Jimenez, who was invited to the White House after walking over 1,600 miles from Texas to Washington, D.C., to raise awareness for those with disabilities and inadequate social security benefits.
As a result of his activism, Jimenez was granted the opportunity to witness Biden sign the Social Security Fairness Act. The teenager was also serenaded by President Biden and the rest of the room in honor of his birthday. Biden sang, “Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday…,” before Biden went into a slurred mumble, appearing to have forgotten Jimenez’s name or was uncertain how to pronounce it.
The incident has sparked renewed concerns from some social media users regarding the state of President Biden’s cognitive ability in the remaining days of his term. The popular GOP X account RNC Research shared the clip, writing, “Biden invites a guy on stage to sing Happy Birthday to him, but can’t pronounce his name.” Other users expressed anticipation for Trump’s imminent return.
A GoFundMe for Jiminez’s cross-country trek reads, “My name is Eliseo Jimenez, and I am a 17-year-old student at Lubbock High School. I am thrilled to share that on July 12, 2024, I will embark on a significant fundraising walk from Lubbock, Texas to Washington D.C. The purpose of this walk is to raise crucial funds for New Life Foundation, a charity dedicated to supporting individuals with disabilities and senior citizens.”
The description of the fundraiser continues,”This expedition is more than just a walk. It is a mission to shine a light on the needs of these vulnerable demographics and to advocate for change. It is disheartening to witness the lack of attention and support afforded to our senior citizens and individuals with disabilities by the federal government. Through this expedition, I hope to raise awareness of these critical issues and advocate for meaningful change.”
The American Tribune previously reported on the findings from Special Counsel Robert Hur, which validated the concerns of many Americans regarding Joe Biden’s mental fitness. The report stated, “We have also considered that, at trial, Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory . . . It would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him—by then a former president well into his eighties of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.”
Watch Biden and Jimenez here:
The special counsel further concluded, “In his interview with our office, Mr. Biden’s memory was worse. He did not remember when he was vice president, forgetting on the first day of the interview when his term ended (“if it was 2013 – when did I stop being Vice President?”), and forgetting on the second day of the interview when his term began (“in 2009, am I still Vice President?”), He did not remember, even within several years, when his son Beau died. And his memory appeared hazy when describing the Afghanistan debate that was once so important to him. Among other things, he mistakenly said he “had a real difference” of opinion with General Karl Eikenberry, when, in fact, Eikenberry was an ally whom Mr. Biden cited approvingly in his Thanksgiving memo to President Obama. In a case where the government must prove that Mr. Biden knew he had possession of the classified Afghanistan documents after the vice presidency and chose to keep those documents, knowing he was violating the law, we expect that at trial, his attorneys would emphasize these limitations in his recall.”
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