As President Joe Biden shamelessly relies on pre-prepared notes to explain his policies in response to questions they know will come, party donors are wondering about his age. I have concerns.
Axios report People familiar with the practice say he can also be seen consulting notes and providing detailed answers during private fundraising events where pre-screened donors can ask questions of the 80-year-old man.
According to an Axios article, some donors believe that the scheduled Q&A has made it difficult for Biden to run for president in 2024, let alone a potential debate with former President Donald Trump, 77. It is said that he doubts whether he will be able to withstand the harshness of war.
FILE/U.S. President Joe Biden holds a memo and answers questions during a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House after meeting with South Korean President Yun Seok-Yeol in Washington, DC, on April 26, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
File/U.S. President Joe Biden looks through media notes during a question-and-answer session during a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2023. (Image by Stephanie Reynolds/AFP via Getty)
Biden has struggled in the past with his habit of reading word-for-word prompts, and was recently described by special counsel Robert Hur as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, older man with a poor memory” who has a poor memory. It was praised. important life events.
As Breitbart News reported, in 2021 he read “End of Message” from a note in a eulogy for the late Bob Dole.
Biden reads ‘End of Message’ from memo during Bob Dole memorial pic.twitter.com/JQLBIF2xyP
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) December 10, 2021
Biden also gave a speech in 2020 on a rare day while campaigning in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but appeared to have trouble reading the teleprompter.
“This year, it took more than 100 years for the coronavirus to spread. Look, this is life. But it’s, uh, I mean, think about it. This year, more than any other time in the past 100 years. Lives were lost,” he said in his speech.
“This year’s coronavirus pandemic has claimed more lives than any other outbreak in more than 100 years. More than 180,000 lives lost in just six months,” Biden said in prepared remarks.8 An average of 1,000 people die each day in the month.”
“This year, it took more than 100 years for COVID-19 to occur. Look, this is life. It’s just, uh, I mean, just think about it. This year, more lives have been lost than any other year. For the past hundred years.” —@joe biden pic.twitter.com/jwGaJqlIaw
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) August 31, 2020
During an ostensibly unscripted visit to a farmers’ market in Central Lake, Michigan, on Saturday, July 2021, Biden relied on a note from inside his jacket when asked about “recent hacking by Russians.” .
A woman who is not seen in the footage of the moment asked the president, “Do you think this recent hack by Russia means…?”
Mr. Biden interrupted the woman before she could finish her question.
“We don’t know if it’s Russian,” the president interjected. “I was briefed while I was on the plane. So I was delayed getting off the plane. I received the briefing. Please wait a moment so I can get back to talking about this.”
Biden then reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a note. He said:
I’ll tell you what they sent me. First of all, I don’t know who is definitely number one, but what I’ve done is we’ve committed the entire resources of government to support the response if we determine… and the fact is It is as follows: I’ll know better tomorrow, because the head of the intelligence agency told me in detail what happened, and if it was due to Russian knowledge or Russian influence, I We told President Putin that we would take action. ”
the woman asked. “You said so.” [Putin] Already there, sir? ”
“No, no, I haven’t called because I’m not sure,” Biden responded. “At first we thought it wasn’t the Russian government, but we’re still not sure.”
The Axios report details that Biden’s reliance on notecards is partly the result of his detail-oriented staff wanting to ensure fundraising success.
Biden, who served as a senator for 36 years and then as vice president for eight years, expects his staff to be ready for nearly every meeting on his schedule.
In these press conferences, Axios notes that Biden is demanding, difficult to please and often profane.
