{"id":2390909,"date":"2025-01-15T21:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T02:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-farewell-as-in-his-presidency-everyone-wants-biden-to-shut-up\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T21:57:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T02:57:42","slug":"in-farewell-as-in-his-presidency-everyone-wants-biden-to-shut-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-farewell-as-in-his-presidency-everyone-wants-biden-to-shut-up\/","title":{"rendered":"In Farewell, As In His Presidency, Everyone Wants Biden To Shut Up"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fin-farewell-as-in-his-presidency-everyone-wants-biden-to-shut-up%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=2390909&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>In a recent &#8220;farewell address,&#8221; President Joe Biden\u2064 spoke to the nation for just \u200dunder 20 minutes, but drew an audience\u2062 of less\u2062 than 7,000 \u200cviewers on the White House&#8217;s \u2063YouTube livestream. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">speech elicited criticism<\/a>, with many \u200cAmericans expressing indifference\u2062 to\u2062 his statements.\u2063 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/time-magazine-takes-chinese-cash-to-promote-controversial-drone-business\/\" title=\"Time Magazine Takes Chinese Cash To Promote Controversial Drone Business\">article highlights<\/a> a perception that Biden&#8217;s communication style has become\u2063 tiresome, citing instances of confusing remarks and a lack of engaging content. It points out that Americans prefer to spend their time on more practical \u200dactivities \u200crather than listening\u2062 to \u2062Biden,especially given past controversies and his handling of political opponents. the article suggests that the public is no longer convinced\u200b by Biden&#8217;s claims or assurances, viewing his speeches as increasingly irrelevant.  <\/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 class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span>illustration by FDRLST, image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J0FEi8Jh5KI\">Associated Press \/ YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/15\/in-farewell-address-as-in-his-presidency-everyone-just-wants-joe-biden-to-stop-talking\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=In%20Farewell%20Address,%20As%20In%20His%20Presidency,%20Everyone%20Just%20Wants%20Joe%20Biden%20To%20Stop%20Talking&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/15\/in-farewell-address-as-in-his-presidency-everyone-just-wants-joe-biden-to-stop-talking\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=In%20Farewell%20Address,%20As%20In%20His%20Presidency,%20Everyone%20Just%20Wants%20Joe%20Biden%20To%20Stop%20Talking&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/15\/in-farewell-address-as-in-his-presidency-everyone-just-wants-joe-biden-to-stop-talking\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/15\/in-farewell-address-as-in-his-presidency-everyone-just-wants-joe-biden-to-stop-talking\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=In%20Farewell%20Address,%20As%20In%20His%20Presidency,%20Everyone%20Just%20Wants%20Joe%20Biden%20To%20Stop%20Talking&amp;body=Turns%20out,%20it%20would%20have%20been%20better%20if%20Biden%20had%20left%20in%20an%20Irish%20goodbye.%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/15\/in-farewell-address-as-in-his-presidency-everyone-just-wants-joe-biden-to-stop-talking\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden addressed the nation Wednesday night in a &ldquo;farewell address&rdquo; that clocked in at just under 20 minutes. In a nation of some 335 million, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gMwqdDzGdx8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">less than 7,000<\/a> watched live on the White House&rsquo;s YouTube livestream. After four years of lies, gibberish, and the occasional entertaining story about <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/22\/were-so-sorry-uncle-bosie-bidens-latest-trip-down-dementia-lane-is-a-doozy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cannibals eating Uncle Bosie<\/a>, Americans don&rsquo;t want to hear anything else Joe Biden has to say.<\/p>\n<p>No one wants to hear a man who couldn&rsquo;t talk his way into staying in the race for president take credit for a hostage deal that magically fell into place right before Trump, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-promises-hell-to-pay-middle-east-hostages-not-released-takes-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned<\/a> Hamas there would be &ldquo;hell to pay&rdquo; if the hostages were not returned, takes office. No one is inspired by a sleepy old man up past his bedtime rambling fun facts about the Statue of Liberty&rsquo;s wind tolerance. No one wants to hear the word &ldquo;democracy&rdquo; uttered ever again by the guy who oversaw numerous attempts to throw his political opponent in prison. We all have better ways to spend a Wednesday night, like cleaning out our refrigerator salad drawers or unclogging our bathroom drains.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1124814972\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The lies are offensive because they aren&rsquo;t convincing anyone anymore. They aren&rsquo;t even designed to. Biden&rsquo;s speechwriters are keeping up the same fa&ccedil;ade as the people who insisted that Biden was so energetic they couldn&rsquo;t keep up with him and the people who hit send on tweets from the president&rsquo;s account. The American people aren&rsquo;t buying any of it, but the Biden team has to do it so their media friends can repeat it uncritically to each other. It&rsquo;s all the outgoing president has left, besides the millions of dollars his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-is-really-running-the-biden-gang-its-not-joe-biden-so-who-could-it-be\/\" title=\"Who Is Really Running the Biden Gang?  It\u2019s Not Joe Biden, So Who Could It Be?\">family made<\/a> from selling his &ldquo;access&rdquo; to foreign oligarchs.<\/p>\n<p>Americans are the most tolerant people in the world, which is probably the only reason Joe Biden won&rsquo;t die in prison. But for the love of all that&rsquo;s holy, they&rsquo;re ready for him to shut up and go away.<\/p>\n<p>They&rsquo;re sick of being lectured, talked down to, and told they&rsquo;re &ldquo;garbage.&rdquo; They&rsquo;re tired of playing make-believe that either Joe Biden or his vice president is competent enough to run the country. They&rsquo;ve been very patient with this joke for four years, as their grocery bills rise, their towns are flooded with migrants, and the world grows more dangerous. There&rsquo;s no need to rub it in their faces with the empty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2025\/01\/15\/the-biden-harris-administration-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">insistence<\/a> that their country is &ldquo;stronger, more prosperous, and more secure&rdquo; than it was four years ago.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&rsquo;t enough for Biden to crawl out of the White House and into his spot in the history books as a failed president. He had to make us indulge his delusions one last time.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out, it would have been better if Biden <em>had<\/em> left with an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1879532422611849372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Irish goodbye<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Elle Purnell is the elections editor at The Federalist. Her work has been featured by Fox Business, RealClearPolitics, the Tampa Bay Times, and the Independent Women&#8217;s Forum. She received her B.A. in government from Patrick Henry College with a minor in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @_ellepurnell.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Elle Purnell<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_ellepurnell\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\">@_ellepurnell<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/ellenreynolds\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/2024\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/2024-election\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">2024 election<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/biden\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Biden<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Biden administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/biden-family-business\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Biden family business<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/farewell-address\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">farewell address<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/inflation\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Inflation<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Joe Biden<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden delivered a nearly 20-minute &#8220;farewell address&#8221; to the nation on Wednesday night, but only about 7,000 of the 335 million Americans tuned in live on YouTube. After four years filled with falsehoods and odd anecdotes, many seem uninterested in hearing from him again. His claims about a recent hostage deal lack credibility, especially as it coincides with Trump&#8217;s impending presidency. The public is weary of his rambling and tired of hearing him speak about democracy after witnessing attempts to imprison political opponents. Many would prefer to spend their time on more productive activities than listening to his speech.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s unconvincing statements reflect a disconnect from reality; they serve more as fodder for media allies than genuine communication with the public. Despite Americans&#8217; inherent tolerance, there&#8217;s a growing desire for him to step back and stop lecturing them. They are frustrated by rising costs and increasing challenges while being told that the country is better off now than before.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it might have been wiser for Biden to exit quietly rather than seek one last moment in the spotlight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1353,"featured_media":2390910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bidenfarewell.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[3620,9717,10423],"class_list":["post-2390909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-biden","tag-farewell","tag-presidency"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bidenfarewell.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390909","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\/1353"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2390909"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2390913,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390909\/revisions\/2390913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2390910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2390909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2390909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2390909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}