If Americans were not already convinced that President Joe Biden should not be running the country, the Fourth of July festivities at the White House just added to their concerns.
One moment in particular stood out as Vice President Kamala Harris got ready to introduce the feeble 81-year-old, she sounded as if she stopped herself from referring to him as vice president before the cheering crowd.
“We give thanks to our commander-in-chief, the vi— the president!” she yelled into the microphone at the official White House Fourth of July celebration. “The extraordinary president of the United States, Joe Biden!”
KAMALA: “We give thanks to our commander-in-chief, the vice— the president!”
BIDEN: “Ho, ho, ho!” pic.twitter.com/jJ4MdfLcF9
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 5, 2024
Perhaps more unsettling was Biden’s response as he reacted like Santa Claus.
“Ho, Ho, Ho!” he said as he took the mic on stage joined by first lady Jill Biden, Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff.
Earlier, during his brief speech at a White House barbeque, the president displayed the now-familiar behavior of seeming to lose his train of thought, slurring speech and even taking on topics that leave listeners scratching their heads. After taking another dig at former President Trump with a debunked claim about visiting “that World War I cemetery in France” and seeming to refer to his rival as a colleague, Biden ended his speech but returned for a final word.
“One last thing, and I used to think when I was a senator, there were always congestion on the highways. There’s no congestion anymore. We go on the highway, there’s no congestion,” Biden said, with no other context for the topic.
“And so what? The way they get me to stop talking, they’ll say, ‘We just shut down all the roads, Mr. President, you’re gonna lose all the votes if you don’t get in. But anyway, I’ll be back out,” he added.
Social media reaction was just as expected:
“Ho Ho Ho! 🎅 Happy Independence Day”
– Joe Biden, July 4 2024— Albert Renshaw • e/acc (@Valuable) July 5, 2024
Who is gonna tell Joe Biden that Santa isn’t real?!?!
Dr. Jill?
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) July 5, 2024
Yikes
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 5, 2024
I can’t stop laughing at this 🤣
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) July 5, 2024
Has he been watching Hallmark Channel’s Christmas in July shows?
Otherwise hohoho makes no sense here.— Jack Spitz (@JackSpitz5) July 5, 2024
More like oh no, no, no!
At this rate, he’ll be handing out Easter eggs on Thanksgiving.
Perhaps he’ll confuse the nuclear codes with his lunch order next.
Can’t make this stuff up, folks.
— Hank (@HANKonX) July 5, 2024
It just keeps getting worse the more they try to act like it’s not happening….it’s happening though
— David (@Mr_NiceGuy_007) July 5, 2024
Between these two, who’s on more drugs?
— Real Mac Report (@RealMacReport) July 5, 2024
Please. Make it stop.
— Land of Lincoln (@SugarAddict16) July 5, 2024
