As the video of Joe Biden slipping, tumbling, and falling on the stairs walking up to Air Force One spread on social media, I quickly noticed a number of comments in my feed from people on the left scoffing at the attention it was getting and writing it off as a trivial event we should be forgetting about and moving on from. The White House quickly started making excuses for Biden’s fall, saying that it was because of strong winds.
It’s obvious from the video wind was the not issue.
Yet, the left wants to convince us this story is much ado about nothing. Chances are, for most people, and most presidents, it would be.
Here’s the thing: It is a story. For a lot of reasons.
Just ask CNN’s Chris Cillizza, who wrote a piece titled “Why the Donald Trump-West Point ramp story actually matters” regarding the viral video of President Trump carefully descending a ramp following his June 2020 commencement speech at West Point. The ramp had no railing, and after repeated viewings of the video, I still don’t understand why anyone made a big deal out of it.
According to Cillizza, Trump’s age, and alleged questions about his health made the incident a story.
You bet CNN’s Chris Cillizza was all up in arms over Trump’s West Point visit, telling Brianna Keilar that it was a big deal and a big concern because “Trump is 74 years old” and “we know so little about” his “past medical history” pic.twitter.com/ZtIet6eaqH
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 19, 2021
So, where is Cillizza on the Biden falling on the stairs story? At the time of this writing, he’s not said a word. But if Cillizza were to treat Biden the same way he treated Trump, he would note that at 78, Joe Biden took office as the oldest man to occupy the White House. He would cite the fact that Biden has had brain surgery twice following a brain aneurysm and make references to the plethora of evidence that Biden has been suffering from cognitive decline. Cillizza would be remiss to not point out that the day prior to this infamous fall heard ’round the world, Biden called Kamala Harris “President Harris,” and in recent weeks, he’s forgotten the names of his own defense secretary, and other colleagues in government.
As for questions about Joe Biden’s health, I’d fully expect Cillizza, if he treated Biden the same way as Trump, to point out that last year Joe Biden refused to take the same cognitive test President Donald Trump had “aced” a month prior.
As PJMedia’s Stephen Green noted at the time, his explanation showed exactly why he should have taken one. “No, I haven’t taken a test. Why the hell would I take a test?” Biden said in response to a question from Erroll Barnett of CBS News. “C’mon, man!” he said after a long pause. “That’s like saying you, before you got in this program if you take a test where you’re taking cocaine or not, what do you think, huh? Are you a junkie?” It got worse from there.
Back when Trump’s ramp descent was the talk of the media, Cillizza even blamed Trump for making Biden’s mental health an issue as his inconsequential ramp descent was being made into a big story. “This is a what’s-good-for-the-goose-is-good-for-the-gander situation,” wrote Cillizza. “If Trump can openly question the physical and mental fitness of his Democratic opponents, then when there is a moment where he looks frail, it is absolutely fair game to ask questions about his own well-being — particularly given his age and how little we know about his medical past.”
You got that? It was Trump’s fault it was a story! So, has Joe Biden not invited scrutiny for his fall since even he mocked Trump’s innocuous ramp descent? “Look at how he steps and look at how I step. Watch how I run up ramps and he stumbles down ramps. Okay? Come on.”
FLASHBACK -> Biden mocks Trump’s ramp walk at West Point and claims he’s stronger: “Look at how he steps and look at how I step. Watch how I run up ramps and he stumbles down ramps. Come on.” pic.twitter.com/U7CL0dBSQA
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 19, 2021
President Trump carefully descended a ramp without assistance. Every time I watch it I’m still baffled why anyone made a big deal about it. Joe Biden fell three times trying to go up a flight of stairs. Advantage: Trump.
Conservative media has been raising questions about Biden’s mental health for over a year now, as we’ve been repeatedly convinced that Joe Biden isn’t healthy enough to handle the presidency. But the media played defense for Biden then, and they’re still doing it now:
It’s amazing how things change: pic.twitter.com/fr2vG3Yxa1
— John Sexton (@verumserum) March 19, 2021
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Matt Margolis is the author of Airborne: How The Liberal Media Weaponized The Coronavirus Against Donald Trump, and the bestselling book The Worst President in History: The Legacy of Barack Obama. You can follow Matt on Twitter, Gab, Facebook, MeWe, Heroes, Rumble, and CloutHub.
Anyone see the video Trump hits a golf ball over and over? Ball hits Biden and causes the slip,slip, FALL. Look it up. Seriously funny. Only funny thing about Biden getting elected tho.
I’m expecting the claim that it is Trump’s fault that Pres. Biden slipped and fell while climbing the stairs to AF1. Maybe they will suggest that the golf ball thing was real?
Sooner rather than later Biden’s communist handlers won’t be able to make up any excuses why this “buffoon” shouldn’t be sent to his room. He is very famous for making outrageous statements full of gaffs and guffaws as he tries to figure out where he is and what he is doing there. In reality “president duff-us” has served his purpose; he helped catapult a woman who could not, on her own even win a nomination, into the second highest position in America. The fact that Pluggs didn’t bother to even campaign during the last four months of a nonexistent campaign should have been enough warning to the public that something very ominous was going on.
People are damn idiots as most can’t think for themselves. They screwed America and it’s citizens for voting Biden and Harris into office. Democrats are so damn dum they are now paying for gasoline that had risen in price under dumb ass Biden.
Two questions: 1. Was Biden killed in the fall? NO! good.
2. Was Biden injured to require hospitalization? No! good.
Summation: Who gives a damn that Biden had a tumble?
Me do not….screw him and the lying Harris.
You mean “Laying Hairy ass”…
Hey , you lying crying bitches on the left, paybacks are hell, aren’t they !!!!!
I saw it. Sent it on to others. Donald’s swing is pretty good !
The Air Force video shows that Biden has trouble standing on his own two feet so that’s why others are controlling and making decisions for him and why Harris, not Biden, is the one communicating with other world leaders. Democrat sheeples were sold a false bill of goods going into the last election.
I believe most people voted against Trump, not FOR Biden! They screwed us, themselves and this Country!!!
This did not make any of the main stream media stations or the papers to the trolls saying why should we care. I will tell you why the main stream media and the print media spent a week on Trump because there was a piece of paper stuck to the bottom of his shoe. They all defended this as news, this is way bigger than a piece of paper so if the former was news then so is this end of story.
Sure Biden falling matters. Worn out old men fall down a lot. I know from personal EXPERIENCE!
Very true…………………………. But mine is “Crown Royal” induced…… 🙂 🙂
The video of the golf shot was hilarious. Finally some humor at Biden’s expense.
I have a theory. By conservative news people reporting on the decline of Biden, they are playing into Pelosi’s hands to invoke the 25th Admendment. Then, all he’ll breaks lose with clown girl as president.
Biden is a WEAK Individual and can’t do anything on his Own. He has a Brain as small as a PEA a the Intelligence of a 2 Year Old Child. He is Unfit to be the UNPRESIDENT of these the United States of America. And he has a No Brainer for a Nu V. PRESIDENT and it was just out that Caramela Harris was born ASIAN-AMERICAN nothing else nothing more ..
So we should jut “move on”? Like the BLM does every time it demands reparations from 160 years ago?
Neither one will happen.
Biteme was doing his Killary KKKlinton imitation. Both unstable DemonRATS.
If you look in the dictionary for the definition of “hypocrite,” one finds the word “demo- crate.”
democrats SUCK period.
Trump is healthy. You can see his energy. He gets 3 hours sleep. He is working nonstop to help save/restore America and make it great again. Trump is smart/wise/capable. The “left” making up things to trash Trump is sad. God bless Trump! He is the best president!
Almost looks like he had a stroke. Falling three times shows that.
Too bad One-Two-Three and you’re OUT doesn’t apply.
!!! WHAT A PITTIFULLLLLL HUMAN !!!!!!!!!!
biden needed President Harris to help him up those stairs.
Dag Barkley’s Wall of Marxist Shame: Birds of a feather……
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The DNC & Media should be investigated for intentional fraud in a federal election. This was an intentional crime as they full well knew that Biden was suffering with cognitive issues. All for the ushering in the commie/Harris.
Guess it really is of no consequence why Biden,…or trump, for that matter, was unsteady. What really matters is that Biden kicked his butt in the election! And that’s a good thing!
Richard, how dare you make the statement that, that corrupt, evil, idiot kicked Trumps but in the election. We all know and so do you, that the election was the biggest fraud that has ever been perpetrated on the American people. Biden couldn’t even get a hundred people to come hear him speak, compared to thousands upon thousands all across the country who went to hear Trump and support him. So give the 100 million honest American people a break, stop insulting our intelligence, biden never won anything. He is a total dope who should be in prison for treason. Myself as well as hundreds of others I know have changed from democrat to Republican because we woke up to the corruption of the devils in the democrat party. But my one consultation is the fact that our Father in Heaven is looking and he will take care of these evil servants of satan.
There is a helluva difference between going UP a ramp and going DOWN one. Anyone with average intelligence knows that you need to be more cautious going down than going up; especially when there are no handrails to grasp. Just more excuses for Senile Joe.
Biden was installed by the DNC rather than being nominated by the voters. The DNC’s plan all along was to place their socialist hand puppet, Kamala Harris, in the WH. Biden was the wrapping on the package, the window dressing, nothing more. Without him as a beard or a ticket she’d have been denied by the votes of this country based on her politics alone. The real question is who, exactly, is running the DNC? Look to the East and se these clowns for the manipulated twits they truly are.
If the Democrats really cared for this country half as much as they claim to, they would have never put Biden on the head of the ticket, sheltered him in the basement, and lied about his mental and physical capacity so that a bunch of low information voters just voted as told to do and we wind up with a head of state that is the laughing stock of the world. If and when the Congress implements the 25th amendment, we wind up with no-experience, incompetent Kamala who can cackle whenever she’s supposed to have an answer and lead us into full blown socialism. This election will have a more deleterious effect on this country than any of our previous administrations or our world wars. Sad! If I didn’t have to suffer from the downfall and watch my children and grandchildren face decades of issues, I would say that our voters got what they deserve.
You are assuming that “our voters” who will get “what they deserve” actually voted for Biden. Some may have, but many of the ballots are still in dispute.
Biden is not to blame. Blame the dumb ass people that votes for that low class debris. They are the ones that cause the problem, and should be deported.
Biden is not to blame. Blame the dumb ass people that votes for that low class debris. They are the ones that cause the problem, and should be deported. The fraud was immeasurable !!!!!!
Those over 60 will likely remember how Chevy Chase on SNL relentlessly mocked Gerald Ford over and over again when he stumbled on the AF1 steps. Chase later admitted he was trying to politically damage Ford, who later lost to the dismal Jimmy Carter. I wonder if SNL will be as merciless and relentless in attacking their political ally Biden the same way.