{"id":2269137,"date":"2024-06-16T20:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T00:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/motionless-biden-led-offstage-by-obama-after-star-studded-fundraiser\/"},"modified":"2024-06-16T20:26:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T00:26:56","slug":"motionless-biden-led-offstage-by-obama-after-star-studded-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/motionless-biden-led-offstage-by-obama-after-star-studded-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama escorts a motionless Biden offstage following a high-profile fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fmotionless-biden-led-offstage-by-obama-after-star-studded-fundraiser%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=2269137&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--><p>At a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-12-minutes-on-the-picket-line-biden-jets-off-to-fundraiser-with-abolish-policing-billionaires\/\" title=\"Biden leaves picket line after 12 mins for fundraiser with 'Abolish Policing' billionaires.\">high-profile fundraiser<\/a> for President\u200b Joe Biden&#8217;s reelection campaign, which successfully raised $28\u200d million,\u200d a\u2064 moment caught\u2062 on camera showed former President Barack \u200dObama assisting Biden \u200coffstage after a joint appearance.\u200d The incident happened at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles following a\u2064 45-minute interview with\u2064 Jimmy Kimmel. Videos of the event circulated \u200donline, \u2062leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/golden-gate-fields-horse-racing-track-to-close-at-the-end-of-2023\/\" title=\"Golden Gate Fields Horse Racing Track to shut down by 2023's end.\">renewed\u2063 scrutiny<\/a>\u200b and criticism of Biden, who at 81 is the oldest sitting U.S. president.\u2062 Critics questioned his fitness for office, citing this and a previous incident at\u2062 a G7 meeting where Biden appeared to wander off but was, in fact, \u200dgreeting parachutists from\u200b a demonstration. Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman voiced a \u200bstrong critique\u2063 on social media, questioning Biden&#8217;s capability to lead effectively given these instances.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> was standing still and staring out at the crowd at the end of his star-studded campaign fundraiser when his former boss, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Barack Obama<\/a>, softly grabbed his wrist and led him offstage.<\/p>\n<p>The captured-on-camera moment came at the conclusion of the pair\u2019s 45-minute interview with late-night host Jimmy Kimmel at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday night. After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/campaigns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>waving to the crowd<\/a>, a smiling Biden appeared to stand still for more than five seconds, until Obama took his wrist, patted him on the back, and led him away from the event.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That\u2019s a wrap on record-setting Democratic fundraiser for Joe Biden\u2019s reelection campaign (netting $28M). Former President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden offer final waves to Peacock Theater crowd as Obama then grabs Biden\u2019s hand to lead him offstage following 40-minute\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xbE2jf3jdz\">pic.twitter.com\/xbE2jf3jdz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Gardner (@chrissgardner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrissgardner\/status\/1802239454314410096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Videos of the incident circulating online reignited scrutiny against Biden, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-obama-strategist-axelrod-biden-is-just-too-old\/\" title=\"Ex-Obama Strategist Axelrod: Biden Is Just Too Old\">oldest sitting president<\/a> in U.S. history, and accusations that he is unfit to lead the country, especially for another four years after November\u2019s election. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden is an old 81 who can\u2019t find his way off a stage or stay present and focused at a G7 conference. Is that who should be the leader of the free world for the next five years?\u201d hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillAckman\/status\/1802454591591563714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cA president should not have to be led off stage by hand or with an arm wrapped around him. That is not the image of strength and leadership we need as a country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president was also criticized last week for appearing to wander away from other world leaders during a G7 meeting in Italy, to which Ackman alluded. However, footage shared online edited out a skydiving demonstration, and Biden was not wandering off but rather going to greet those who landed via parachute, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3045149\/biden-spokeswoman-says-g7-footage-shows-disinformation-alive-well\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> his campaign spokeswoman Adrienne Elrod, who condemned the \u201cdisinformation\u201d of an edited video.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event with former President Barack Obama at the Peacock Theater, Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The video from Saturday night, shared by the <em>Hollywood Reporter\u2019s<\/em> Chris Gardner, appears to be a live recording from the writer\u2019s phone. While many speculated as to what Biden\u2019s mental state was at the time of the recording, the <em>Washington Examiner\u2019s<\/em> Byron York suggested it was the person closest to the president who knew what he had to do: Obama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat can be said with certainty about this scene is that there is one person who seemed to think Joe Biden needed help and direction leaving the stage,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ByronYork\/status\/1802456088891044262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>York wrote<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Biden campaign for comment on the viral video.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s California fundraiser featured Hollywood stars such as George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and Jack Black. The Biden campaign announced that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/simple-statistics-that-biden-wont-complete-a-second-term-mccarthy\/\" title=\"McCarthy predicts Biden won't finish second term due to 'basic statistics\">night raised<\/a> more than $30 million.<\/p>\n<p>In the presidents\u2019 discussion with Kimmel, Biden criticized his chief political opponent, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/06\/16\/biden-obama-clooney-fundraiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>saying<\/a>, \u201cinstitutions matter\u201d and that Trump\u2019s comments in the past have been \u201coutrageous.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the close of a campaign fundraiser featuring a 45-minute interview with Jimmy Kimmel at the Peacock Theater, President Joe Biden was seen pausing and looking out at the audience. Former President Barack Obama gently took Biden by the wrist, leading him offstage, a moment caught on camera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2734,"featured_media":2269138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24168117074451.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2269137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24168117074451.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269137","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\/2734"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2269137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2269138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2269137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2269137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2269137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}