This may have been the saddest moment of Joe Biden’s presidency.
His speech went off the rails and he started breaking down.
And his presidency may have to come to an abrupt end.
Joe Biden’s age is showing in a big way. Many people have started to notice that his mental decline is accelerating, and it is becoming very obvious in his public appearances.
This is a tremendous problem, as one of the biggest roles of the president is to represent the country in a public way.
Presidents are expected to give speeches defending their policy choices and meet with foreign leaders to present a strong face for the U.S. government.
The nuts and bolts of governing are usually handled by subordinates, but if nothing else, the president must be an eloquent speaker.
At one time, Joe Biden was far more capable of speaking in public, but as he has aged, he has lost that ability.
And his issues became extremely apparent in one train wreck of a speech after the State of the Union.
He spoke at a Boys and Girls Club in Milwaukee, and it did not go well. According to the Daily Express, “US President Joe Biden appeared to slur and confuse his words in a campaign rally on Wednesday in what has become the 81-year-old President’s latest fumble in the race for the 2024 election.”
“Biden – who has long been criticised for his high-profile gaffes – gave a speech at the Pieper-Hillside Boys and Girls Club in Milwaukee. Opponents have seized on the President’s frequent verbal mix-ups to question his ‘mental acuity.’”
It must be incredibly difficult for Biden’s family to see this happening to him. Biden was always gaffe-prone, but he was at least capable of giving speeches and participating in debates like any U.S. Senator would.
Now things have deteriorated to a shocking extent, and it is threatening Biden’s ability to continue serving as president.
Here is what Biden said during the worst part of the speech: “Look, the communities everywhere at this Boys and Girls Club… I’ve been a gigantic supporter of Boys and… biggest in the country, but
when I was a senator I provided a lot of money when… during the crime sprees going on… for Boys and Girls Club.”
Biden almost certainly had something in his mind that he wanted to say, but he simply could not spit it out, and the audience was left confused and concerned.
This is not happening in a vacuum either. Biden confused Laken Riley, the girl who was tragically murdered in Athens, GA, with Lincoln Riley, the head coach of USC football, at the recent State of the Union address.
He has had numerous other public incidents that have raised eyebrows and made people question whether he is mentally fit to keep serving as president, especially as he attempts to run for a second term.
Joe Biden’s family has to be concerned about him, and many people in the Democratic Party are openly considering replacing him as president, and this latest gaffe will not make things better.