As we age it's normal to forget things sometimes. You put your keys down somewhere and later have no clue where it was you left them, or you're supposed to meet a friend for drinks but it entirely slips your mind until the next day, or you're the President of the United States and you forget that you're the President but think you're still in the Senate like you were 14 years ago... wait, WHAT?
Well, that's exactly what appears to have happened to President Joe Biden today while he was vising a coffee shop in Pennsylvania today. Watch:
Biden visits a coffee shop in Pennsylvania: "My name's Joe Biden. I work for the government in the Senate." 🤔 pic.twitter.com/W0CuSPtMK7
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 12, 2024
This isn't like accidentally putting '2023' on a check instead of '2024' because the year just changed and it hasn't settled into your brain yet. The man left the Senate in 2009 to take on his role as Vice President to Barack Obama, plus in between that and his current stint as President he had that gig as 'Benjamin Franklin Presidential Professor of the Practice' at UPenn where he never had to actually teach a class. So should we be worried that his brain appears to have fugued back to a time when he was a relatively sprightly 67 years old at least? Given that he's President yeah, probably.
And the trend continues... pic.twitter.com/WAYnAKYads
— 🇺🇸 Pismo 🇺🇸 (@Pismo_B) January 12, 2024
Biden be like pic.twitter.com/5m9c8ubPH5
— ♠️Audsauce♠️ (@Audjuice9989) January 12, 2024
— RPK Report (@RPKReport) January 12, 2024
These are pretty good, we have to say.
This is so sad and pathetic but it's not the first time Joe Biden has done this. On the campaign trail in 2020 he also said he's campaigned for the Senate.
— Atlanta Conservative (@AtlantaConserv1) January 12, 2024
This is the first time he’s been seen since Monday. If anyone thinks he made the decision to bomb Yemen I have a bridge to sell you. Absolutely frightening.
— Lady (@lovingit111) January 12, 2024
Where are all the psychologists and psychiatrists who used to “diagnose” other presidents every time they spoke? Too busy now?
— Bhrett McCabe, PhD (@DrBhrettMcCabe) January 12, 2024
They've all been surprisingly silent for the duration of the Biden administration, it's true. Isn't that weird?
It's a good thing he's not the real president
— Marc Escens (@Marc_Escens) January 12, 2024
I do wonder who is though
Senator, President, what difference does it really make? 🤣
— Dr Vincent Sativa 🇺🇸 (@The_Weed_Shop) January 12, 2024
Even if this was a bad joke… why would the President ever say he works in the Senate??
— Daniel (@MiamiFarmer) January 12, 2024
Make it make sense…
This likely anticipates the near-future defense of this from the left, 'He was just joking man! He was joking around! He's a big kidder, you know. Good 'ol funny Joe!'
Sure, very funny. Pull the other one, it's got bells on.
He really does think this. https://t.co/3fLhAZtgKp
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) January 12, 2024
Bro reverted to his last update in 1973 https://t.co/Mxi8JIH5Ft
— Colin Duffy (@TheRightDuff) January 12, 2024
I assume he's joking, but just once I'd like a journo to ask him what year it is. https://t.co/gMhFaQAr8Z
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) January 12, 2024
Sure, we'll be charitable and assume he was joking. It's certain that journalists would make the same charitable assumption if Donald Trump were to make this sort of 'joke', right? Seriously though, has anyone confirmed that Biden knows what year it is recently without a teleprompter in front of his face?? Can we see the tapes of that?
No matter who ends up as the Republican nominee it will be really interesting to see what happens when Joe Biden has to face an opponent on the debate stage again. In 2020 he surprised everyone by seeming to be much more lucid than many had expected he would be during the debates, but can he replicate the performance this year? Will the people running his campaign (and maybe his administration?) allow him to go up in front of an audience and engage in a debate? Time will tell, but hoo boy if this is how he's acting now imagine what he might be like then.
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