The comeback tour is on after Joe Biden announced he’s staying in the race, and it’s going about as well as you’d expect. By well, I mean it’s an absolute catastrophe for his campaign.
On Friday, the president showed up in Wisconsin to hold a “rally.” The plan was simple. Have Biden yell from a teleprompter for a few minutes while appearing somewhat lucid. If he could pull that off, perhaps the White House would have the fodder necessary to push back on the current narrative about the president’s senility.
So yeah, that didn’t happen. Biden was over an hour late for the event, only reinforcing the fact that he’s struggling to make public appearances. As to the crowd? It didn’t exactly scream enthusiasm either.
When Biden finally did show up, he shuffled onto the stage, choppy steps and all. Whether he had any idea what was going on was an open question, and one of his supporters trolled him on stage. The White House handlers have to be chain-smoking at this point.