Joe Biden Embarrasses Himself in Cringe Moment During Event Honoring Paralympic Athletes – Opinion

We’ve documented extensively at this site how whenever President Biden’s handlers let him out to play, cringe moments inevitably ensue, even at official family-friendly functions where one would think very little could go wrong (but usually does).

That is unfortunately what occurred Wednesday during White House events in which Kamala Harris and Biden were honored by U.S. Paralympic, Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

Biden gave a nice speech praising athletes for their resilience during the pandemic.

Joe Biden celebrated 600 Paralympic, Olympic, and Paralympic athletes of USA from Tokyo and Beijing Games with one of the largest crowds at the White House Wednesday.

“You’ve been through so darn much,” Biden said in a speech on the South Lawn, standing in front of the athletes and noting the coronavirus pandemic postponing the Summer Games by one year.

Biden, who attended the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games as vice president, said that his family’s favorite part of the most recent Olympics was watching the athletes’ families reactions.

“We learned about how big and diverse and talented, how great this nation is,” he said. “There’s no quit in America. You’re the quintessential example of that.”

But things got a bit awkward later on after Olympian Elana Meyers Taylor praised “wheelchair player Matt Scott” during a speech she gave to those in attendance. As Taylor moved in for a group photo, Joe Biden said “don’t jump” as the photo, which included other Olympic and Paralympic athletes including Scott and some of his fellow wheelchair Paralympians, was being taken.

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Biden warns Paralympic Basketball players to not jump while taking photos🙄 pic.twitter.com/a3zzmSnQcp

— Edward (@edwardrussl) May 4, 2022

The cringe moment was reminiscent of another one from March of this year when Biden joked to members of the 82nd Airborne Division that they shouldn’t “jump” from the second floor to the first floor, where he was giving his speech.

More infamously, there was the one involving Biden and a Missouri state senator when Biden was then-Democrat nominee Barack Obama’s vice-presidential nominee. Flashback 2008

The beginning of his remarks was [Biden]Biden praised several state legislators in the crowd. When he got to Chuck Graham, a state senator from Green Meadows, Biden urged the lawmaker to “stand up Chuck, let ’em see ya.”

But Graham, who is in a wheelchair, can’t stand up – a fact Biden quickly picked up on.

“God love ya, what am I talking about,” Biden said. “You can tell I’m new,” he quipped, asking the audience to stand up for Graham instead.

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Talking of Joe Biden’s “Chuck” gags

I’m sure Chuck Graham is there. Chuck, stand up and let them see you. God loves you, Oh! You ask, “What are you talking about?”

Top 10 Joe Biden Gaffes – TIME https://t.co/GA3IBvMfjV https://t.co/hyEEwZmHaC pic.twitter.com/tATm9MS9Wc

— Independent Women’s Voice (@IWV) March 1, 2020

As I’ve said before, it would be one thing if these flubs, gaffes, and awkward moments were one-offs – but they’re not.

This is part of an ongoing and disturbing pattern. These moments occur during almost every speech or public appearance that he makes. He also frequently forgets names of Congressmen, cabinet members and world leaders. There are instances when he points at thin air.

None of this, I should point out again for the record, is normal, no matter how much the media, Democrats, and Never Trumpers paint these worrisome incidents as “just Joe being Joe.”

Joe “just being Joe” is very problematic, something that becomes more and more obvious every time he’s allowed out of the basement.

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