'How surprising! NOT': Joe Biden ridiculed online for embarrassing gaffes after SOTU hype by media

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA: Media hype about President Joe Biden's vigorous State of the Union address that swept away concerns about his age and cognitive ability managed to survive only a single day.

Contradicting the media applauds, the 81-year-old incumbent made several blunders, bringing back the concerns during his campaign in Pennsylvania on Friday, March 8, as reported by Fox News.

Following his final address of the joint congressional session of the current term, where he outlined plans for a second term, including reinstating Roe v Wade, gun control measures, and continuing economic growth, Biden visited Strath Haven Middle School in Delaware County.

Joe Biden's slip-ups in Pennsylvania

Addressing supporters in a campaign event in the Keystone State, a critical swing state in the 2024 presidential rematch with his predecessor, Donald Trump, Biden said, "Pennsylvania, I have a message for you: Send me to Congress!"

The president apparently got confused with the office he was running for as he was Senator for six terms representing his home state, Delaware.

Another mistake he made was about the economic growth during his presidency, a key element in his re-election campaign. "We cut the deficit, and we added more to the national debt than any president in his term in all of history, than under Donald Trump," he said.

In another instance, he referred to the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, confusing the date as June 6.

The multiple confusions could lead to resurfacing concerns about his cognitive fitness that particularly gained attention after the special counsel report, which described him as an "elderly man with poor memory" who could not even remember the date of his elder son's death.

Media praise fades after Joe Biden's gaffes

The gaffes he made a day after the SOTU address downplayed many media personalities' praise for his "vigor" while addressing Congress.

For instance, CNN journalist John Harwood wrote, [T]hose Dems complaining that Biden lacks vigor and fight getting a splash of cold water in the face right now," he wrote, subsequently adding that the "people yapping for so long about Biden not being up to the job look pretty dumb this morning."

CNN analyst Juliette Kayyem quoted Biden's remarks, "My fellow Americans the issue facing our nation isn't how old we are it's how old our ideas are? Hate, anger, revenge, retribution are among the oldest of ideas," where he addressed concerns about his old age. "It would seem Biden has landed on a perfect framing for the age issue," she said about the statement.

Similarly, New York Times Opinion columnist Paul Krugman asked whether the talks about the president's old age were a bubble. "A thought: the whole Biden-is-too-old thing was kind of a bubble, in the sense that people were buying it mainly because other people were buying it. Did Biden just burst that bubble?" he questioned.

Biden currently holds the record for being the oldest president of the United States, and if he wins in November, he will be 86 by the end of the second term.

Internet ridicules Joe Biden

President Biden faced intense online mockery for making more slip-ups in a speech a day after his successful State of the Union address.

One user wrote, "How surprising!!! NOT."

"The more you see Biden the more you hear gaffes," another person mocked.

A user added, "Another day another embarrassment," and one response read, "Everything out of his mouth is embarrassing for our country."

"And we are surprised. He’s still awful," someone else said.

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