{"id":256823,"date":"2021-03-19T15:15:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T19:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=256823"},"modified":"2021-03-19T15:15:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T19:15:23","slug":"wh-blames-wind-after-biden-stumbles-falls-while-boarding-air-force-one-staffer-i-almost-fell-coming-up-the-steps-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wh-blames-wind-after-biden-stumbles-falls-while-boarding-air-force-one-staffer-i-almost-fell-coming-up-the-steps-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"WH Blames Wind After Biden Stumbles, Falls While Boarding Air Force One; Staffer: \u2018I Almost Fell Coming Up The Steps Myself\u2019"},"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\">42<\/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%2Fwh-blames-wind-after-biden-stumbles-falls-while-boarding-air-force-one-staffer-i-almost-fell-coming-up-the-steps-myself%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=256823&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2136.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>After President Joe Biden repeatedly fell while walking up the stairs to Air Force One on Friday afternoon, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre suggested that the wind was responsible for the president\u2019s mishap.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty windy outside,\u201d White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One after the incident, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/19\/us\/biden-air-force-one.html\">reports<\/a> the New York Times. \u201cIt\u2019s very windy. I almost fell coming up the steps myself. He is doing 100 percent fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.2790697674419\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Another angle <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BQkfn9eRcQ\">pic.twitter.com\/BQkfn9eRcQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1372938131339628544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The incident occurred shortly before Biden departed Joint Base Andrews for Atlanta, where he and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with leaders in the Asian American community. After Biden boarded the plane, White House Communications Director Kate Beddingfield said on Twitter that the incident was nothing to worry about.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>I know folks have seen that President Biden slipped on his way up the stairs to AF1, but I\u2019m happy to report that he is just fine and did not even require any attention from the medical team who travels with him. Nothing more than a misstep on the stairs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.5\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I know folks have seen that President Biden slipped on his way up the stairs to AF1, but I\u2019m happy to report that he is just fine and did not even require any attention from the medical team who travels with him.&nbsp; Nothing more than a misstep on the stairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kate Bedingfield (@WHCommsDir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHCommsDir\/status\/1372951818028908547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Biden, 78, faced questions about his physical fitness for office while on the 2020 campaign trail, at a time when he was still vying to become the oldest president of the United States ever elected. In one specific <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc27.com\/news\/us-world\/politics\/election\/watch-joe-biden-talks-with-abc27\/\"><span>interview<\/span><\/a><span>, Biden poked at then-President Donald Trump following a viral video that showed him walking down a ramp slowly.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you win and you\u2019re sworn in \u2014 and you\u2019ve had this question 40 times \u2014 but you would be the oldest president in U.S. history. Some people might suggest \u2014 the Trump campaign ads have suggested, you\u2019ve lost a step or two. What\u2019s your response to that?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLook at how he steps and look how I step. Watch how I run up ramps and he stumbles down ramps. Okay, c\u2019mon,\u201d remarked Biden. \u201cIt\u2019s a legitimate question to ask. Legitimate question to ask of both of us. Thank God my health is good, but I\u2019m a great respecter of fate, I realize that anything can happen to anybody at any age, any time. But I promise you, I would not be running unless I was in very good health. I work out every morning, and I am in relatively good shape. As my mother would say, knock on wood.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.299435028249\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden went to say that it\u2019s a \u201clegitimate question\u201d to ask both candidates about their health<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a great respecter of fate, I realize anything can happen to anybody at any age, any time. But I promise you I would not be running unless I was in very good health.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qjjgl4BN68\">pic.twitter.com\/Qjjgl4BN68<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Johnny Verhovek (@JTHVerhovek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JTHVerhovek\/status\/1303102251863597057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After President Joe Biden repeatedly fell while walking up the stairs to Air Force One on Friday afternoon, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre suggested that the wind &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310829,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2136.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WH Blames Wind After Biden Stumbles, Falls While Boarding Air Force One; Staffer: \u2018I Almost Fell Coming Up The Steps Myself\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2136.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WH Blames Wind After Biden Stumbles, Falls While Boarding Air Force One; Staffer: \u2018I Almost Fell Coming Up The Steps Myself\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256823","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}