{"id":1465084,"date":"2022-05-05T12:44:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1465084"},"modified":"2022-05-05T12:44:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:44:53","slug":"biden-once-again-embarrasses-himself-this-time-at-an-event-honoring-paralympic-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-once-again-embarrasses-himself-this-time-at-an-event-honoring-paralympic-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Once Again Embarrasses Himself, This Time at an Event Honoring Paralympic Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-once-again-embarrasses-himself-this-time-at-an-event-honoring-paralympic-athletes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1465084&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>We\u2019ve documented extensively at this site how whenever President Biden\u2019s handlers let him out to play, <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2022\/04\/27\/bidens-brain-breaks-then-what-he-said-about-kids-in-school-will-make-parents-shudder-n557093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cringe moments<\/a> inevitably ensue, even at official family-friendly <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2022\/04\/18\/things-get-really-awkward-between-joe-and-jill-during-white-house-easter-egg-roll-n551838\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">functions<\/a> where one would think very little could go wrong (but usually <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2022\/03\/15\/jill-biden-awkwardly-steps-in-after-joe-biden-mangles-announcement-about-the-first-gentleman-n536440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">does<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened during a White House event Wednesday in which Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/05\/04\/remarks-by-president-biden-at-team-usa-olympic-and-paralympic-athletes-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">honored<\/a> U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes. <\/p>\n<p>The ceremony went smoothly enough at first, with Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.nbcsports.com\/2022\/05\/04\/president-joe-biden-olympic-team-white-house-usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praising the athletes<\/a> for toughing it out during the coronavirus pandemic when a lot of things including sporting events were put on hold:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>President Joe Biden feted about 600 members of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams from the Tokyo and Beijing Games in one of, if not the largest gathering of Team USA athletes at the White House on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve been through so darn much,\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.nbcsports.com\/2020\/11\/07\/joe-biden-olympics-shaun-white\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who attended<\/a> the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games as vice president, said that his family\u2019s favorite part of the most recent Olympics was watching the athletes\u2019 families reactions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe learned about how big and diverse and talented, how great this nation is,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s no quit in America. You\u2019re the quintessential example of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But things got a bit awkward later on after Olympian Elana Meyers Taylor praised \u201cwheelchair player Matt Scott\u201d during a speech she gave to those in attendance. As Taylor moved in for a group photo, Joe Biden said \u201cdon\u2019t jump\u201d as the photo, which included other Olympic and Paralympic athletes including Scott and some of his fellow wheelchair Paralympians, was being taken.<\/p>\n<p>Watch: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden tells to Paralympic basketball players not to jump while taking pictures \ud83d\ude44 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a3zzmSnQcp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/a3zzmSnQcp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Edward (@edwardrussl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edwardrussl\/status\/1521903244728881152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The cringe moment was reminiscent of <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2022\/03\/25\/biden-just-stuck-his-foot-straight-in-his-mouth-in-a-way-that-could-set-off-wwiii-n540786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another one<\/a> from March of this year when Biden joked to members of the 82nd Airborne Division that they shouldn\u2019t \u201cjump\u201d from the second floor to the first floor, where he was giving his speech. <\/p>\n<p>More infamously, there was the one involving Biden and a Missouri state senator when Biden was then-Democrat nominee Barack Obama\u2019s vice-presidential nominee. Flashback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/ben-smith\/2008\/09\/an-awkward-moment-in-columbia-011687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to 2008<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>At the start of his remarks, [Biden] pointed out several state lawmakers in the audience for praise. When he got to Chuck Graham, a state senator from Green Meadows, Biden urged the lawmaker to \u201cstand up Chuck, let \u2019em see ya.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Graham, who is in a wheelchair, can\u2019t stand up \u2013 a fact Biden quickly picked up on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod love ya, what am I talking about,\u201d Biden said. \u201cYou can tell I\u2019m new,\u201d he quipped, asking the audience to stand up for Graham instead.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Speaking of Joe Biden &#8220;Chuck&#8221; gaffes: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m told Chuck Graham, state senator, is here. Stand up Chuck, let &#8217;em see you. Oh, God love you. What am I talking about?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Top 10 Joe Biden Gaffes \u2013 TIME <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GA3IBvMfjV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/GA3IBvMfjV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hyEEwZmHaC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/hyEEwZmHaC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tATm9MS9Wc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/tATm9MS9Wc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Independent Women&#8217;s Voice (@IWV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IWV\/status\/1234181843458691072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As I\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2022\/04\/25\/watch-the-question-of-why-isnt-joe-biden-doing-more-interviews-gets-definitively-answered-n555991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said before<\/a>, it would be one thing if these flubs, gaffes, and awkward moments were one-offs \u2013 but they\u2019re not. <\/p>\n<p>The problem is that this is part of a long and troubling pattern, and the moments happen during pretty much every speech and public appearance he gives. Even more concerning than his inappropriate quips is him routinely <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2022\/04\/24\/biden-forgets-who-members-of-congress-are-and-seems-to-point-at-the-air-again-n555177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forgetting<\/a> the names of members of <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2020\/10\/12\/joe-biden-forgets-mitt-romneys-name-after-asked-about-questioning-acbs-faith-watch-n262185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress<\/a>, cabinet <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2021\/03\/11\/check-the-unbelievable-folksy-factcheck-on-biden-forgetting-his-defense-secs-name-plus-theres-another-biden-fumble-n341288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">members<\/a>, the names of <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2021\/09\/15\/watch-biden-makes-international-headlines-for-embarrassing-reason-after-awkward-moment-with-aussie-pm-n443682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world leaders<\/a>, where he is, and the instances where he appears <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/bonchie\/2022\/04\/14\/joe-biden-shakes-hands-with-thin-air-and-generally-insults-everyones-intelligence-n550381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to point<\/a> at thin air, etc.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/08\/12\/biden-camp-says-verbal-stumbles-are-just-joe-being-joe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just Joe being Joe<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Joe \u201cjust being Joe\u201d is very problematic, something that becomes more and more obvious every time he\u2019s allowed out of the basement. Unfortunately his second in command is <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2022\/04\/19\/video-of-kamala-harris-using-child-like-tone-on-vandenberg-space-force-is-50-shades-of-surreal-n552534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no better<\/a>, and we\u2019re stuck with them for at least the next two and a half years.<\/p>\n<p>But hey, at least no more mean tweets, right? That\u2019s the silver lining in all this, I guess.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2022\/04\/25\/joe-biden-fiddles-as-adviser-gives-brutally-honest-assessment-of-wh-midterm-messaging-strategy-n555641\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden Fiddles as Adviser Gives Brutally Honest Assessment of WH Midterm \u2018Messaging Strategy\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve documented extensively at this site how whenever President Biden\u2019s handlers let him out to play, cringe moments inevitably ensue, even at official family-friendly functions where one would think very<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1465084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1465084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1465084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1465084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1465084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}