President Joe Biden struggled during what his administration dubbed as his “big boy” press conference on Thursday afternoon as he sought to calm down his party following his disastrous debate performance against former President Donald Trump.
Biden, who showed up more than an hour late to the event, used the official White House event to campaign against Trump and made numerous false claims about his own record and about Trump during his opening remarks before moving to call on reporters.
After facing accusations that his administration has carefully staged every public event he has had over the last two years in an effort to hide his cognitive decline, he opened the question and answer session by declaring that he had a list of pre-screened reporters that he was going to call on.
Biden: “With that, I’ll take your questions. I’ve been given a list of people to call on here.” pic.twitter.com/nWZsZF9My1
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 11, 2024
After mixing up Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a NATO event just a couple of hours earlier, he made a similar mistake during his press conference, mixing up Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump.
“I wouldn’t have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president did I think she’s not qualified to be president,” Biden rambled.
As Biden made the mistake, it was visibly obvious that members of his own cabinet were uncomfortable by the mistake.
Here’s Secretaries Blinken, Austin and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan when President Biden said, “Vice President Trump.” pic.twitter.com/chvT7eRqvY
— Jeremy Art (@cspanJeremy) July 12, 2024
Biden seethed at a reporter who asked him about global leaders believing that Biden is not mentally fit for office and whether him continuing to stay in office was damaging the country.
“Did you see any damage of our standing in my leading this conference?” Biden snapped at the reporter. “Have you seen a more successful conference? What do you think?”
Biden freaks out at a reporter for asking him about referring to Zelensky as “President Putin.”
NOT A GOOD LOOK, CROOKED JOE! pic.twitter.com/qrexZ6WGlI
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 11, 2024
Biden said that all the reports that have emerged where he has told other Democrats that he needs to go to bed earlier and needs to do less work were “not true.”
He then effectively said the very thing that he denied when he said that he needed to “pace” himself more, meaning not do as much work.
He also said that he was “catching hell” from first lady Jill Biden for keeping a busy schedule.
Biden laughs in a reporter’s face for asking why he said he needs to stop scheduling events after 8p because he’s too tired — then claims he needs to “pace” himself.
FACT: Biden has spent more time on vacation than any president in modern history. pic.twitter.com/Ai2wmo6u4r
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 11, 2024
Biden later said that if there were any signs of him slowing down that it would be a sign that he shouldn’t be serving as president anymore — just moments after he said that he said needed to “pace” himself and end events earlier so he could go to bed earlier.
BIDEN: “If I slow down, I can’t get the job done, that’s a sign that I shouldn’t be doing it. But there’s no indication of that yet! None!”
*unable to read list* pic.twitter.com/6D4KoWtyOz
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 11, 2024
After war has broken out in the Middle East and in Europe on his watch, Biden claimed that he was strong on foreign policy and that it was actually Trump who was not good on foreign policy — even though war didn’t break out under Trump.
“Foreign policy has never been [President Trump’s] strong point,” says Biden — who has brought us to the brink of another world war after President Trump’s four years of PEACE pic.twitter.com/KYJA69ihyt
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 11, 2024
Biden would not commit to taking a full neurological examination from independent experts before the election because he claimed that doctors have told him that he’s “good”, which comes after Dr. Tom Pitts, a Democrat who is a quadruple board-certified neurologist based in New York City, said during an NBC News interview this week that Biden “definitely has” Parkinson’s disease.
Biden: “I’ve taken three significant and intense neurological exams by neuro… by a neurosurgeon… neur… a neurologist.” pic.twitter.com/EhYUfWUj9n
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) July 12, 2024
At the end of his press conference he said that it was fine with him if his delegates all showed up at the Democrat National Convention and decided to vote for someone else other than him to be the party’s nominee.
Biden literally says that it's okay with him if all of his delegates decide they want to abandon him and vote for someone else at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. pic.twitter.com/GU6WjaOpEV
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 12, 2024
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