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It’s a question America finds itself asking far too often: Is President Joe Biden OK?
In fact, there are so many reasons to ask this question that you almost have to demarcate the genre of predicament that raised the question in the first place. Is it just a general, existential concern for the well-being of a man who rarely seems well? Or did he make a specific verbal gaffe that no person not in the throes of dramatically diminishing returns would utter? (“Let me start with two words: Made in America!”)
Did he tell a lie of such dramatic proportions that it makes you wonder whether he still knows what reality is? Did he slur his words so badly that you couldn’t even tell whether it was a lie? Or was the issue physical? Did he fall off of a bike or stairs — again?
This time, the concern seems to be those tricky ol’ stairs. Conservative blogger Amy Moreno noticed an unusual photograph of the president in the rain that she said popped up “online w/no context – did this klutzy cadaver fall again?”
It certainly looks that way:
I just saw this online w/no context – did this klutzy cadaver fall again? pic.twitter.com/nn7Q4jPTGB
— Amy Moreno (@VivaLaAmes11) March 16, 2023
This might be the weirdest Biden fall yet — so weird that, if Elon Musk weren’t in charge, the White House might be asking Twitter to censor the picture of the octogenarian president.
Moreno wasn’t the only one who was concerned about the president from the photo.
“WTF is happening here?” Turning Point USA’s Benny Johnson tweeted, following it up with: “I promise this is not AI.”
I promise this is not AI
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 16, 2023
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