President Joe Biden is being ridiculed by conservatives after appearing to upset two politicians on the same day he defended his memory.
On Thursday, Democrats defended their memory after the Justice Department released a report on classified documents discovered at Biden’s home in Delaware and the offices of the Penn Biden Center in Washington. The authorities declined to prosecute him for mishandling classified documents, but questioned his mental state and called him “a well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.”
“I know what the hell I’m doing,” Biden said in a televised news conference.
However, at the same meeting, Biden confused the two politicians, resulting in ridicule on X (formerly Twitter).
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“As you know, Mexican President Sisi initially did not want to open the gates to allow humanitarian supplies to come in,” Biden said, referring to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi. .
Donald Trump Jr. said, “Biden isn’t making the best case for himself that he’s not old by calling Egypt Mexico and saying Mexico has a gate next to Gaza. Joe Who would have thought that it would be a good idea to oust Biden from office?” Out past his bedtime? Unless, of course, the Democrats are throwing him under the bus. ”
Biden hasn’t made the best case that he’s not very old, calling Egypt Mexico and saying Mexico has a gate next to Gaza. Who the hell thought it would be a good idea to push Joe Biden past his bedtime? Unless, of course, the Democrats throw him under the bus.
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 9, 2024
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk called the incident “brutal.”
Joe Biden made another gaffe during a press conference in which he tried to prove that he was still fit to be president.
“As you know, initially Mexican President El Sisi did not want to open the gates…”
Abdel Fattah el-Sissi is the president of Egypt.
brutal pic.twitter.com/vzoLS39oHV
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) February 9, 2024
Commentator Clay Travis called the press conference a “disaster reporter” and said, “He lost it.”
Just now, Joe Biden’s disaster reporter. He said his memory was fine, perplexing the leaders of Mexico and Egypt. he has lost it. This is hard to watch. The time of the just 25th amendment. It remains to be seen whether he will make it to the end of his term in 11 months. pic.twitter.com/2O5MeL3ram
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) February 9, 2024
Meanwhile, during the same speech, Biden appeared to forget where his son Beau Biden, who died of brain cancer in 2015, got a rosary.
Joe Biden’s Justice Department said today that he is mentally unfit to stand trial.
Within hours, Biden said:
– Said he was president of “red states and green states.”
– I forgot the name of the place where Bo got the rosary.
– Egypt’s president said he was from Mexico pic.twitter.com/eqXn7AgyJH— Greg Price (@greg_price11) February 9, 2024
Biden’s age has become a hot topic in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. The 81-year-old Democrat is the oldest president in history, but his tenure has long been marred by claims he lacks the mental fitness for the position. Critics point to his gaffes and physical mishaps, such as tripping on the stairs of Air Force One, as evidence of his incompetence.
On Monday, Biden appeared to confuse current French President Emmanuel Macron with the country’s former leader Francois Mitterrand, who died in 1996.
But supporters say Biden is mentally and physically strong for his age and blame his gaffes and other speech problems on a lifelong struggle with speech issues. are doing. Biden’s Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, has also been criticized for a number of gaffes during his campaign.
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