As we noted yesterday, President Biden tried to upstage the Republican National Convention by doing an interview with Lester Holt on NBC. The purpose of doing these kinds of interviews is plainly to try to convince wavering Democrats that Biden is not so seriously disabled that they need to invoke the Twenty Fifth Amendment (or at least remove him from the ticket). We saw someone note that the attempted assassination of Donald Trump is helping Biden by taking attention away from his mental competence, although he might not have helped his case very much when discussing whether he met with his Director of the Secret Service.
When Holt asked if Biden had heard from this person, Biden said 'Oh, I've heard from him.'
(Emphasis added.)
But there is one small problem: His Director of the Secret Service is a woman. Watch for yourself:
"Is it acceptable that you have still not heard, at least publicly, from the Secret Service Director?"
— Bobby LaValley (@Bobby_LaVallley) July 16, 2024
BIDEN: "Oh, I've heard from him."
The Director of Secret Service is a woman. pic.twitter.com/pkO5VnkddN
Notice that Holt is not calling out Biden for getting her sex wrong, and look closely at Biden’s face as Holt uses the word 'her' to nudge him. That’s what they used to do before the debate to help prop Biden up: Reporters would subtly correct Biden when he had a senior moment.
So, what Biden is describing didn’t happen. He did not meet a man who was Director of the Secret Service. So, there are only two logical possibilities. Either Biden was just making stuff up, or he hallucinated a meeting that didn’t happen.
And before you write off the hallucination theory, we will note that when we reported that Dr. Thomas C. Pitts said that he could diagnose Biden with Parkinson’s disease just by looking at him, he also said that an early symptom of Parkinson’s was hallucinations. And in our huge #Bidementia post, we documented instances where he claimed to have conversations with people like Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher, long after they were dead.
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But, to be fair, Biden was a huge liar long before he started to show signs of mental decline. So, who knows?
On to reactions, and we have a surprising reaction to start with:
Sharp as a vorpal tack https://t.co/Xkbegpt74x
— Convicted Felon Ace of Spades (@AceofSpadesHQ) July 16, 2024
Yes, wholly apart from the issue of Biden’s mental state, Ace of Spades is back on Twitter/X!
Aces is back baby!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/AB7cBNbyHQ
— Stan Thunder (@StanThunderASU) July 16, 2024
Welcome back, Ace!
On to other reactions:
Imagine if this slip up happened every day...ya it does 😳
— RikD (@RikkD4) July 16, 2024
HE MISGENDERED HER!
— OneFlewOver_USA (@OneFlewOver_USA) July 16, 2024
To be fair, no one there knows what a woman is.
— John Doe🏳️🌈 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇯🇴🌈⚧️ (@JohnDoeNPC) July 16, 2024
Lester ran cover for Joey after that gaffe
— Bilbro Braggins (parody) (@Jbanklestankle1) July 16, 2024
Yep.
They probably editted a lot and he still look bad
— Gov Noem's dog's ghost (@ChampionLigma) July 16, 2024
this man is cooked
Elder abuse
— Hank (@HankfromOregon) July 16, 2024
He picked a SCOTUS judge who doesn't know what a woman is, so this isn't surprising.
— YourMaster 🍀💚🍻 (@YourMaster3000) July 16, 2024
@chuckschumer @hakeemjeffries I introduce to you- The President of the United States. Also guys I really appreciate you lowering the temperature- for about 1 hour.
— Jack Bowers (@robpgole) July 16, 2024
If Lester was an actual journalist he would have replied, “what is his name?” Mic drop
— The Judge (@Adub469) July 16, 2024
If you pay attention you can see the look of absolute confusion on his face when the word “her” is said. He furrows his eyebrows like “her?” https://t.co/2vUPLiCXBa
— Andrew Lynch (@GentlemanRascal) July 16, 2024
Exactly!
The “he” in question. https://t.co/hbghQWeaWk pic.twitter.com/3KOCSUcfwY
— Bachlan Delta (@BachlanDelta) July 16, 2024
My gosh. Biden is lucky Trump and Vance are taking eyeballs and ears away from this abysmal interview. https://t.co/x58gqytw5B
— Chris (@chriswithans) July 16, 2024
That occurred to us, too. We honestly suspect that anyone watching live television is likely to want to watch Trump’s first appearance since being shot, over Biden’s umpteenth attempt to convince us his brain really isn’t Jello.
And ultimately, at this point, Biden is hitting this weird 'sweet spot' where he is not doing well enough to put the concerns about his mental status to rest, but he isn’t doing so badly that Democrats are being convinced that they can’t fake it until at least November.
This will be the last straw for progressives. This motherlovingsonofabitch just misgendered the first Female Director of the Secret Service! https://t.co/rKyIJLkdzK
— Jitney Guy (@JitneyGuy) July 16, 2024
Wouldn't it be funny if misgengering someone is what really forces him to resign? https://t.co/YPTwvOZwQK
— Dr. This Little Piggy BsD 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 (@woodyspigroasts) July 16, 2024
We admit that would be hilarious.
How does @JoeBiden , the commander in chief, not know his own secret service director is a woman? https://t.co/qn5el8DkOh
— Weimdog (@weimdog) July 16, 2024
Well, for one thing, maybe Joe Biden isn’t actually in charge. Maybe the Secret Service is reportedly taking protection from Trump and giving it to Jill Biden because Jill is more important to the functioning of government.
Just to spitball an explanation.
Finally:
His handlers, just off camera..⬇️ pic.twitter.com/9iKIqpoNdZ
— Smitty Smat (@SmittySmat) July 16, 2024
To be fair, they have gotten good at keeping their poker face when Biden has a senior moment.
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