Joe Biden made a short trip to Baltimore on Friday before heading off to Delaware for another long vacation weekend. While there, he visited the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, which occurred after a container ship lost power and hit one of the support structures.
As the president’s public appearances go, his latest was typical. Biden slurred his words and got confused multiple times, both things that seem to occur every time he gives a speech. If he ever figures out how to exit a stage, it’ll be the first time in a long time.
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There was one moment that caught my eye, though, because it exposed something deeper than the president’s general senility and lack of timing.
Biden opens his remarks in Baltimore:
“By the way, folks, I say to my dad, ‘Dad, they’re mispronouncing Baltmur.’ The Biden family goes all the way back to…