Remember this very earnest and concerned
@nytimes story (and video!)? Suggesting his āhalting walkā āraises new health questionsā??
I wonder if weāll hear about how Biden is the oldest president when (if?) his stair story hits print.
And people picked this story up. This was a whole news cycle! Hereās
@kylegriffin1 and
@jaketapper sharing this story as if it were something that mattered.
I mean, cmon!
@washingtonpost *fact checked* Trumpās claim that the stairs were slippery!
Are you kidding me?!
@PhilipRucker @seungminkim
This wasnāt the first time Trumpās stair walking was a media cycle. You may remember in 2017, there was another scandal about Trumpās supposed fear of stairs.
@CNN had it as a chyron for a whole segment!
About whether Trump might be afraid of stairs!!
@CNN was of course all over #rampgate too.
@ChrisCillizza wrote an entire story about why the ramp mattered!
Slightly different tone this time!
@CNN
Thankfully nothing gets past
@atrupar
These people have no shame.
I mean Trump actually had to *defend himself* against these media allegations.
@Slate, no friend of the former president, even said so.
I mean not even kidding you
@Forbes did a whole breakdown of the ramp situation AND how people were reacting to it.
And the British press. Well. I donāt even know.
@BBCNews &
@TheSun were dogged in their pursuit of whether Trump was, in fact, afraid of stairs.
Hereās former Nixon White House counsel
@JohnWDean with some real blue anon nonsense. āPhysically and mentally impairedā okay sure.
I just want to do one of these threads that doesnāt also include
@JRubinBlogger
But you see, this was a huge to-do for the NeverTrump-turned-Dem crowd.
@ProjectLincoln put it into adds.
@kylegriffin1 shared a story from
@washingtonpost about how this saga questioned Trumpās fitness.
Of course all the usual grifters jumped on. Hereās:
@ananavarro @BillKristol @SteveSchmidtSES (go figure)
@GeorgeTakei (Lordy)
This shit should. not. matter. It has never mattered. There are all sorts of issues with Biden - including his mental and physical health - but whether he can adroitly jog up stairs isnāt the issue.
Hopefully this episode will help the mainstream media learn that.
What will happen from here is simple: conservatives dunk on Biden, and the media and Dems push back that itās unfair.
Well you know what? Your rules. You made this bed. Be better.
I just. What are we doing here
@nytimes
Kudos to
@Slate though they nailed it on this.
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