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Haley Questions if Trump Is ‘Mentally Fit’ After He Confused Her With Pelosi (www.thedailybeast.com)

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Here's an excerpt from the very beginning of Biden's speech two weeks ago:

In the winter of 1777, it was harsh and cold as the Continental Army marched to Valley Forge. General George Washington knew he faced the most daunting of tasks: to fight and win a war against the most powerful empire that existed in the world at the time.

His mission was clear. Liberty, not conquest. Freedom, not domination. National independence, not individual glory.

America made a vow. Never again would we bow down to a king.

And here's an except from Trump's speech from his most recent rally just a few days ago:

By the way, they never report the crowd on January 6. You know, Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley … did you know they destroyed all of the information, all of the evidence, everything, deleted and destroyed all of it? All of it, because of lots of things, like Nikki Haley is in charge of security, we offered her 10,000 people, soldiers, national guards, whatever they want. They turned it down.

Biden is old, just like Trump. Nobody denies that. But surely you aren't trying to "both sides" this one by equating the two mentally or physically, right?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

In the winter of 1777, it was harsh and cold as the Continental Army marched to Valley Forge. General George Washington knew he faced the most daunting of tasks: to fight and win a war against the most powerful empire that existed in the world at the time.

Wtf, is this gibberish even English?? /s

Sure feels like astroturfing going on around the campaign with all the people making completely bullshit claims like "both sides can't string words together". But maybe far more people talk out their asses than I realized lol.

[+] [email protected] -8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Biden is playing the game and reading off a teleprompter, Trump is riffing

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Therefore Trump sounds like the actual idiot that he is, and Biden is performing as expected of a president.

Not sure what your point is here beyond just playing yourself and shutting down your own argument.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Then maybe Trump should quit "riffing" until he can string a coherent sentence together.

Because Biden is over here giving solid speeches on how this moment reflects American history, while Trump is so completely confused (and, let's face it, that's being fucking generous) that he doesn't even know that Nicky Haley (who worked in his cabinet and who is running against him as a Republican) isn't Nancy Pelosi.

Am I cherry-picking? Has Trump said anything coherent in the last 12 months? On prompter or off. That's a serious question by the way.

Time to face the facts, Biden may be a bit old and doddering, but Trump is now straight-up demented.

It's no wonder he's afraid to debate, because he seems to have barely any idea what's even going on anymore. Why else do you think his handlers have him taking cognitive tests?