We didn’t watch President-elect Joe Biden’s speech live Monday night after the Electoral College assured his victory, so we weren’t sure how seriously we were to take all the tweets about him coughing all the way through it. Yes, the media reported everything he said, although not much of it was new. But we’re old enough to remember when it was taboo to mention Hillary Clinton’s health, whether she was hacking her way through a campaign speech or being chucked into the back seat of an SUV like a sack of potatoes.
Clinton dismissed her coughing by blaming it on her opponent, saying, “Every time I think of Trump, I get allergic.”
We’re hoping Biden’s in good health, but after watching a clip, yeah, it was a little unsettling.
Pres.-elect Biden says when he was VP, it was his job to announce the electoral college voted to elect Donald Trump: "I did my job, and I am pleased but not surprised by the number of my former Republican colleagues in the Senate who have acknowledged already the results." pic.twitter.com/2Q1ZegNiqv
— Norah O'Donnell ?? (@NorahODonnell) December 15, 2020
How many times did Joe clear his throat? pic.twitter.com/SWHBhO6jAz
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) December 15, 2020
Who's counting how many times Joe coughs, clears his throat. I'm up to 14 pic.twitter.com/jgmeV1AkoX
— Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) December 15, 2020
Maybe Dr. Jill Biden can treat him
— Mommy Esq (@Catatonic11) December 15, 2020
— Dick Hammer ? (@Ferraro41) December 15, 2020
Biden’s speech awfully phlegmy as he repeatedly clears his throat
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) December 15, 2020
Biden struggling to finish this speech, can’t clear his throat enough
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) December 15, 2020
https://t.co/VCd5oIut3u pic.twitter.com/YtoeI2aJ0g
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 15, 2020
Mistress Kamala Harris fist pumps every time Joe Biden coughs … one step closer to the ultimate prize.
— Say It Ain't Joe™ (@al_mancil) December 15, 2020
— My name is 22 I'm Adriana years old (@Mynameis22ImAd1) December 15, 2020
You know democracy is a sham when it ends up with a cackling prosecutor that not a single person in the primary voted for.
— Taylor Brown (@browntaylor2015) December 15, 2020
— JohnFlat (@johnflat) December 15, 2020
Someone get Joe Biden tested ASAP. This is not normal.
— Carmine Sabia (@CarmineSabia) December 15, 2020
Sounds like a dying cat with a large hairball of lies in his throat
— Drcornpop (@Anotherdonald1) December 15, 2020
I wish he'd cough whatever that is up.
— Lizzy Jones (@tweetLiz2) December 15, 2020
Without a mask!!
How many will he infect tonight???— President elect_'And it was Yellow' ????? (@Diggrich_) December 15, 2020
He’s a “SuPeR sPrEaDeR”
— Schteven (@Schteven_F) December 15, 2020
He’s not gonna make it past 2021.
— ?? Dr. Mark O’Toole ?? (@mark_patriot77) December 15, 2020
He’ll be gone before Valentine’s Day
— Rich (@StevenMcMurphy1) December 15, 2020
He's squinting trying to read the gigantic teleprompter.
— Dr. Glitch, PhD (@PhillyToMaine) December 15, 2020
This mummy Joe Biden talking on television, this mummy got more votes than anyone in history?
— Carmine Sabia (@CarmineSabia) December 15, 2020
I have him on mute.
— Ella Canon ?? (@sgtmolly06) December 15, 2020
The only way
— Laura (@NonsenseEnd) December 15, 2020
Biden’s nurse needs to get him off the stage.
— Hope ?? (@Hopespring4) December 15, 2020
And Dr. Jill has to escort him off stage.
— @realDonaldTrump is your President ?? (@Thelightsareon1) December 15, 2020
The saddest part… when Jill came out and led him off by the hand. Good lord.
— President-Elect Helz (@Helzbaby) December 15, 2020
He looked really old and out of it. When he was done, Jill had to guide him off stage. Looked like he had no clue where to go, and he was walking like he was 90 years old. What a train wreck that performance was.
— Dr. Kim_Becker, MAGA (@Kim_Becker) December 15, 2020
We saw someone tweet to Jim Acosta to tell someone to get him a glass of water, but Marco Rubio drank from a bottle of water once and was ridiculed for days.
Related:
Campaign hackery: Did coughing Hillary Clinton catch something from the press sharing her plane? https://t.co/WTxkC53g4L
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 5, 2016
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