THE POLITICO CONTINUES IN LATE-PERIOD SOVIET MODE: Dems plead with Biden to do more, not less, media as doubts grow about his capacity for the job.
Democrats had a forceful message for the Biden campaign amid the special counsel report fallout: It’s time to flood the zone.
Top party operatives are warning Biden aides that the president cannot retreat in response to the special counsel report that fueled concerns over his age and mental faculties. They say President Joe Biden, having largely shied away from interviews and press conferences, needs to be out in public far more.
They want to see him engage with the press and voters in the off-script and punchy exchanges he’s been known for in the past, which they believe will help chip away at concerns about the president’s mental acuity. They say that it’s worth the risk of potential slip-ups that could reinforce the image that he’s declining.
Yes, what could possibly go wrong?!
● Biden calls woman ‘lying dog-faced pony soldier’ at N.H. campaign event.
● How Joe Biden Gets Away With Calling A Voter A Fat, Dumb, Liar.
● Joe Biden and Kamala Harris deploy the Charlottesville hoax to stir up racial pain and anger.
● ‘Classy:’ Joe Biden Snaps At Reporter After Being Asked About Hunter’s Paternity Test.
● Bullying Biden Yells at Fox’s Doocy: ‘Ask the Right Questions!’
● Biden Accused of Sexism After Remarks to Female Moderator.
● Biden Explodes When Confronted On Lying About Charlottesville. Video Proves Biden Wrong.
● Joe Biden Says There Are Three Genders; Grabs Student’s Arm When She Asks ‘What Are They?’
And these classics from the Obama era, before Biden’s brain decayed into guacamole:
● VP Biden’s Office Apologizes For Locking Reporter In Storage Closet During Fundraiser.
● Vengeance: Biden’s Office Seeks Investigation Into Unfriendly Journalist.
And of course, ground zero, from 1988: Why Joe Biden’s First Campaign for President Collapsed After Just 3 Months.
UPDATE:
When a journo tried to ask Biden about Afghanistan at the White House Easter party last year, a comms staffer dressed as the Easter Bunny had to physically intervene to get him to stop talking. https://t.co/sbEOsm9TBK
— Vanessa (@Nessakins_) February 10, 2024
MORE: Student Biden called ‘lying dog-faced pony soldier’ says she was humiliated.
The Mercer University economics student was at a New Hampshire campaign event on Sunday with a school trip when she asked the Democratic presidential hopeful about the viability of his campaign given his fourth-place standing in the Iowa caucuses.
Biden responded: “Iowa’s a caucus. Have you ever been to a caucus?”
When she nodded yes, Biden retorted: “No, you haven’t. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier,” drawing laughter from the crowd.
Moore, of Fernandina Beach, Florida, said she was nervous when Biden asked if she’d been to a caucus and nodded yes. She hasn’t been to a caucus, but said she felt that was irrelevant to her question.
“He has been performing extremely poorly in this race and the fact that he couldn’t just straight answer my question without bullying or intimidating just exacerbates that fact,” Moore told the Telegraph.
“I am 21-year old college student, like what the hell do I know? Who cares who I am or my experience. Just answer the damn question.”
● Echoes of Biden’s 1987 plagiarism scandal continue to reverberate.