Looks like Joe Biden's handlers are at it again.
According to Axios, they are employing a new routine in an effort to cover his issues and make him look not as old as he is.
Biden has been shamed into having his handlers surround him while he walks so he doesn’t appear to be as much of shuffling, wandering fool.
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 26, 2024
It’s not working.https://t.co/XkutYdWJRc
Why it matters: With aides usually walking between Biden and journalists' camera position outside the White House, the visual effect is to draw less attention to the 81-year-old's halting and stiff gait.
Zoom in: Some Biden advisers have told Axios they're concerned that videos of Biden walking and shuffling alone — especially across the grass — have highlighted his age.
- Weeks ago the president told aides that he'd prefer a less formal approach, a White House official told Axios. He suggested that they walk with him.
This seems to have started in the middle of April, the report said, with nine out of 10 walks since April 16 having Biden walking with aides around him. He's been joined by aides like deputy chiefs of staff Bruce Reed and Annie Tomasini and close adviser Mike Donilon. The report says that the staff thinks it's working, so they're going to continue with the cover-up.
If they're there, they also can be there to help him/hide if he has any tripping.
This is on top of changing his shoes to make it less likely he'll trip and getting out the short stairs so he doesn't trip going up into Air Force One. He's also doing physical therapy daily to help his gait.
Don't they get that this can now look like he isn't capable of walking by himself?
This is a typical Biden team response. Don't actually address or deal with the problem, which is that he's incoherent and not capable, but try to cover up the visuals of the issues. Just keep trying to spin and cover up what's happening with the elderly man with the poor memory.
We saw that even with how they dealt with his "Ron Burgundy" moment in the White House transcript. Rather than admitting that he said "pause" — reading it off the teleprompter — they claimed in the White House transcript that the word was "inaudible" when it most certainly was not.
But it's not working. People can see all his issues, even though they try to cover them up. And they're going to see them even more now as they keep throwing him out there for these campaign events. There's only so much they can do to cover him. So they can attempt this kind of thing, but once again, it just shows the glaring differences between him and former President Donald Trump, who is walking by himself and being cheered even in leftist bastions like New York. You know that the Biden team has to be scrambling to figure out what to do at this point.
This move isn't going to do it.
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