Political onlookers hit for 'astounding' Biden double standard by highlighting GOP gaffes
The blank stares, the mix-up of world leaders, and the memory mishaps spelled out by Special Counsel Robert Hur — all hit President Joe Biden hard.
But many have sought to come to his aid to disprove that the 81-year-old leader of the free world isn't any different than anybody else who can gaffe, be forgetful, or slip-up.
On Thursday, Biden spoke to a throng of reporters in a hurried press conference to push back against a damning special counsel report that harped on his senility and he bungled Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah El-Sisi as the “president of Mexico."
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Hur's report described one of the reasons criminal charges shouldn't be brought against 46th president was because a jury would see him as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”
That clearly got Biden's goat.
“My memory’s fine," he clapped back. "Take a look at what I’ve done since I became president… how did that happen? I guess I just forgot what was going on?"
As the pundits pile on to Biden's frailty, some onlookers attempted to suggest the errors he's being shown as making aren't unique to him.
Matt McDermott, a Democratic pollster and strategist, posted on Twitter/X: "Trump forgets when he was President Press: Whoopsadoodle! Biden forgets when he was Vice President Press: A1 above the fold NYT headline blaring CONCERNS ABOUT HIS MEMORY The double standard is just astounding."
Adam Parkhomenko, also a Democratic strategist, attempted to show Fox News' Peter Doocy "having memory issues while attacking Joe Biden's memory."
Trump's former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was ridiculed when she tried to hit Biden for his excuses during the press conference.
"His communication director noted this happened one day after October 7th as if that’s a reason to him forget everything," reads the tweet by @Acyn. "Kayleigh was unable to remember which year she left the RNC during her deposition for the January 6th committee."
@RexHuppke attempted to catch former President Donald Trump in a goof when he apparently missed the day that he won Nevada's primary.
"Trump keeps saying 'last night,'" tweets USA Today columnist Rex Huppke. "The Nevada primary was Tuesday night. Anyway, Joe Biden is old, I guess."