With his 2024 re-election bid in mind, President Joe Biden finally acknowledged the “situation” at our southern border during a Thursday press conference. He announced his intention to visit the border at long last and unveiled his administration’s new plan to address it. The strategy, as you might expect, was feeble. But it was Biden’s delivery that grabbed most of the headlines.
The president made two big errors during his remarks. Neither gaffe, if made by a competent person would have necessarily raised alarm bells. But the fact that Biden failed to correct either misstatement, as well as the frequency with which he makes these kinds of blunders, is what’s worrying.
The first was one he has made repeatedly in the past; he referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as “President Harris.”
In the clip below, Biden tells reporters, “I’m not being facetious. President Harris led this effort, led this effort, to make things better in the countries from which they are leaving. And thanks to her leadership, she’s been able to generate more than $3.2 billion from the private sector to create opportunities in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala.”
A slight look of amusement crossed Harris’ face, but neither she, nor the president, made a correction.
“President Harris” pic.twitter.com/xBdg5KUZhA
— Andrew @ Don’t Walk, RUN! (@DontWalkRUN) January 5, 2023
Next came a second, more serious error. Biden said, “[S]ince August of last year, Customs and Border Patrol have seized more than 20,000 pounds of deadly fentanyl,” which is “enough to kill as many as a 1,000 people in this country.”
The reality is that 20,000 pounds of fentanyl is enough to kill every American, as George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley noted in the tweet below.
…Just 15,000 pounds is enough to kill every American.https://t.co/UdyE011XXE
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) January 5, 2023
Other Twitter users pounced on the gaffe.
According to media ordained medical expert Joe Biden, if you consume 20 pounds of fentanyl you will die.
Take 19 pounds though and you could have a fighting chance?pic.twitter.com/7bu9gtfKpA
— Daniel Bostic (@debostic) January 5, 2023
Rep.-elect Jim Banks weighed in on Twitter to say that Biden is “either clueless about this deadly crisis or simply doesn’t care.”
Joe Biden said “20,000 pounds of fentanyl could kill 1,000 people.”
20,000 pounds of fentanyl is enough to kill BILLIONS of people.
He is either clueless about this deadly crisis or simply doesn’t care.
— Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) January 5, 2023
It’s great that border agents intercepted 20,000 pounds of fentanyl, but Biden neglected to mention the huge quantities of the drug that avoid detection, making drug overdoses the number cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 45.
After two years of insisting the border is secure, the Biden administration knows they must acknowledge a problem exists or risk this issue becoming an albatross around their necks in 2024. As usual, through a two-part approach of blaming Republicans for refusing to work with them on immigration and giving the impression they are taking steps to secure the border, they’ll try to avoid responsibility. Will they succeed?
The frequency of Biden’s blunders have become a constant theme in his presidency and have undermined confidence in his ability to lead the country. Rep.-elect Ronny Jackson, a former White House physician, has led the charge that Biden is cognitively unfit for office and did so again after Thursday’s press conference.
Biden STRUGGLED today in his press conference. He stumbled over words. He called Kamala, “President Harris.” It was a DISASTER. He doesn’t know where he’s at or what he’s saying. He has NO IDEA what’s going on!!
— Ronny Jackson (@RonnyJacksonTX) January 5, 2023
Biden’s cognitive decline was obvious when he launched his run for the presidency in April 2019. In the nearly four years that have passed since then, his condition has deteriorated before our very eyes.
Although it appears ludicrous that rational people would even consider re-electing Biden, Pennsylvanians just elected John Fetterman to represent them in the U.S. Senate.
Never underestimate the Democrats. It could happen again.
A previous version of this article appeared in The Western Journal.
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