“That whole creepy little section was its own thing … some aides said to us that during this era, when the non-functioning Biden would rear its head — 2019, 2020 — and then he would show up more and more, non-functioning Biden — that they weren’t sure what was going on, because: (a) he was old, and that just happens with older people — they lose a beat,” Tapper said. The New York Times reported in September 2008 that Biden, who was then the Democratic Party’s vice presidential nominee, rarely spent a day campaigning without making an embarrassing gaffe, citing multiple examples around that time, including calling on a paraplegic state official to rise and be acknowledged. Former President Barack Obama’s chief strategist David Axelrod tweeted in 2019 that Biden had “a well-earned rep for goofy, harmless gaffes,” but that he risked harming his reputation with more serious errors after he inaccurately told NPR that he opposed the Iraq war since the very beginning.
Author: Jason Cohen
Published at: 2025-05-21 21:02:24
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