Confusing Chinese leaders and making a mistake about the position he is seeking, White House candidate Joe Biden goes on with blunders, which revive doubts about his mental form, in the middle of a key week for his chances of winning the Democratic nomination . “My name is Joe Biden, I am a Democratic candidate for the United States SenateSaid 77-year-old former Barack Obama vice president Monday during a campaign speech in South Carolina.
Joe Biden was a senator for over 35 years … but between 1973 and 2009. The video clip went around the internet on Tuesday, causing mockery. Especially since this blunder did not happen alone. During the same speech, he seemed to call on voters to vote for him or for “the other Biden“, Chewing the last word.
Also on Monday, during another speech in South Carolina, Joe Biden touted his efforts as Barack Obama’s right-hand man to convince China, then chaired by Xi Jinping, to join the Paris agreement on the climate, approved at the end of 2015. Except that he mentioned instead Deng Xiaoping, deceased for more than twenty years and who had left power in 1992. “It was I who, after meeting Deng Xiaoping, defended the idea that China would join (the agreement) if we put pressure on it“, did he declare.
“So sad”
Long favorite in the polls but now down sharply, in second place, Joe Biden played big Saturday in the fourth vote of the Democratic primaries in South Carolina. He hopes to win this election to forget his first two pitiful results in Iowa and New Hampshire and present himself in a strengthened position at “Super tuesdayNext Tuesday when 14 states vote after a more encouraging second place finish in Nevada last weekend.
Joe Biden is therefore eagerly awaited for the democratic debate organized on Tuesday evening, when he may be arrested on these blunders. Already, they were reacting supporters of his rivals and Republican President Donald Trump. Because if Joe Biden has been known for a long time for his blunders, they today worry more about a candidate who is approaching 80 years and is seeking the highest political office in the United States.
“It’s so sad“Tweeted Shaun King, a civil rights activist and personality on Twitter, who supports the favorite for the Democratic nomination, Bernie Sanders, 78. “I sincerely would have liked him to retire and not impose the difficulties of a campaign»Electoral, he added.
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