Lto hesitant performance of the American president, Joe Bidenduring the presidential debatewith their numerous errors and lack of fluencyhave provided the networks a variety of memes who are targeting the Democratic candidate.
One of the worst moments for the current president, and which has become one of the most repeated clips of the night, occurred in the first third of the debate when Biden completely lost the thread of his speech and stammered repeatedly to Trump’s astonished gaze.
Joe Biden’s errors and lack of fluency mark his debate with Donald Trump
“Making sure that we are able to make every single person eligible for what I’ve been able to do with Covid, sorry with… dealing with everything that has to do with… Finally, we beat Medicare“Biden replied in an intelligible sentence.
Trump reacts to mistakes: “Not even he knows what he said”
Later, when asked about how to solve the immigration crisis, Biden once again got lost in his response and finished the sentence by saying: “the total initiative regarding what we are going to do with more border patrols and more ‘asilumofers’“.
To which Trump responded: “I really don’t know what he said at the end of this. I don’t think he even knows what he said.“.
Jokes about Biden’s gaze, hesitations and reactions have gone viral, mocking, precisely, one of the president’s most critical weak points: his age and mental capacity, which if he won re-election would lead him to be in the White House at 85 years old.
Biden’s voice was hoarse during the debate due to the flu
Another detail of the debate was that the Biden’s voice sounded hoarser and harsher than usual because he has been fighting a flu in recent days, according to what a source familiar with the campaign informed EFE.
The president seemed to have difficulty with his diction at various moments during the debatethe first one in view of the elections on November 5 and which takes place in the CNN studios in Atlanta.
Just start, Biden cleared his throat several times and coughed repeatedly as well.a condition that his presidential physician, Kevin O’Connor, has previously explained is caused by acid reflux.
According to a report O’Connor published in February, Biden is experiencing “occasional symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux, mainly having to clear your throat more frequently.”
Democrats ‘panic’ over Biden’s performance
Several Democratic sources cited by US media already speak of “panic“for the performance hesitating of the American president, Joe Bidenin this Thursday’s debate with donald trumpwhich puts huge pressure on the Democratic campaign ahead of the party convention.
“The universal reaction is close to panic,” “there is a deep, broad and very aggressive panic,” political analysts indicated, respectively. Joy Reid and John King based on sources within the Democratic Party.
Democratic sources consulted by EFE expressed similar concern about the image given by Biden in the debate and considered that it would be a mistake. “turn a blind eye and deny reality.”
According to that source, Biden has projected an image of unpreparednessrevealing the weight of the years and showing difficulties in communicating to voters the progress that the country has experienced in recent years.
Biden biographer and journalist Evan Osnos said in a statement that he saw “a disabled person“, but recalled that Biden’s narrative has always been “if they hit me, I get up.”
The former Secretary of Housing under Barack Obama and Biden’s cabinet colleague, Julián Castro, said on social media X that he saw a president “unprepared, lost and not strong enough to fight effectively with Trump, who has lied constantly.”
