‘This is not funny. This is just sad’: More Republicans show concern for 80-year-old Biden after latest fall that even DEMOCRATS have been ‘nervous about’ for months
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President Joe Biden may have laughed off his dramatic fall at the Air Force Academy on Thursday, but for many others it was far from a joke. Republicans who usually mock the 80-year-old commander-in-chief when he stumbles said the sandbag incident was ‘sad’ and is proof he shouldn’t be in the White House in 2024. Even Donald Trump said he hoped Biden wasn’t hurt and admitted in a Fox News town hall on that he urged host Sean Hannity not to joke about the president’s condition. Democrats have also been saying in private for months they are nervous about tripping on the campaign trail, according to Axios reporter Alex Thompson.
The White House and Biden’s former top aides rushed to defend the president and said it was nothing to be nervous about. As he landed at the White House, he bumped his head on the doorframe of Marine One and then joked to reporters he had been ‘sandbagged’. But the latest fall has sparked more questions about Biden’s political future. ‘This is not funny. This is just sad,’ Republican Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt said. ‘Under no circumstances should this man be our President in 2025. Praying for our country.’ Former GOP Wisconsin Governor and presidential candidate Scott Walker said: ‘If it just happened once, it would be an accident. Sadly, it is happening over and over again. The time has come for to retire. This is not a political statement as it is more likely that a Republican wins if he is running for reelection. Still, it’s not right for America.’ Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey saw the fall and wrote: ‘Open the. This isn’t fair to anyone.’
Biden laughed off his embarrassing fall at the Air Force Academy commencement ceremony as he arrived safely back at the White House on Thursday. ‘I got sandbagged,’ he joked to reporters following the tumble, after the White House insisted that he was OK. But as he got off the plane Thursday evening, he was seen bumping his head on the doorframe. If he wins in 2024, Biden would he 86 years old at the end of his second term. Earlier in the day, Biden was caught on video stumbling, and hitting the floor before cadets and Secret Service members rushed to grab his arms while he was handing out diplomas in Colorado. He then walked away without help and appeared to point to a sandbag on the stage.
The White House has since insisted the president wasn’t hurt and also blamed the black sandbag, which could be seen near the podium where he was speaking. ‘He’s fine,’ White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt tweeted shortly after the incident. ‘There was a sandbag on stage while he was shaking hands.’ But the stumble marks the fourth time Biden fell in public since taking office in January 2021.
The stumble comes just weeks after Biden lost his balance while visiting the Itsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima, Japan. During that event, there was a railing available on some stairs the president had to navigate down. He ignored the railing and stumbled, restoring his balance while walking downward. Biden also stumbled while boarding Air Force One in March on a trip to Selma, Alabama.
Biden fell up the stairs while boarding Air Force One in 2021 (pictured here) and toppled over on his bike near his Delaware beach house last June. He was not harmed in any of the incidents. A pool reporter traveling with the president to Colorado said Biden ‘was walking back to his seat when fell. He appeared to have tripped on a black sandbag on the stage. ‘When he fell, pointed to the black sandbag suggesting that’s what he tripped on,’ according to the report. It was three years ago when then-President Donald Trump appeared to struggle while walking down a ramp when delivering the commencement speech at West Point. Read the full story:
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