'Less prone to garbling': Biden campaign's short speech strategy for president draws ridicule

WASHINGTON, DC: President Joe Biden's re-election campaign promoted their decision to keep the octogenarian's speeches and public appearances short ahead of the election day to focus on "quality over quantity."

In an interview on MSNBC on Saturday, May 4, host Michael Steele asked about the new strategy to Biden's principal deputy campaign manager, Quentin Fulks, as per Fox News. Steele, the former RNC chair, deemed it "a very smart idea" that would help the president focus on points with clarity without getting sidetracked.

"Our campaign believes in quality over quantity. We believe that these touches, these smaller things that are getting directly to the point about what is going on in the stakes of this election are going to be easier for voters to tap into," Fulks said.

The deputy campaign manager also emphasized the necessity of electing Biden, arguing Trump wanted to be a dictator on day one. "We have to just remove all of the clutter and get directly to the message to make it easy for voters to follow, understand, go out and communicate," he added.

Joe Biden's short speeches

Biden conducted fewer sit-down press interviews compared to his recent predecessors.

The 81-year-old's very recent speech at the White House correspondents' dinner was only 10 minutes long, where he called the media to "rise up to the seriousness of the moment."

On May 2, he delivered a 4-minute speech in response to the violent pro-Palestine protests that spread across US campuses. He denounced antisemitism but voiced his support for the right to peaceful demonstrations. The president left the room after answering only two questions.

However, NBC News reported that the Biden campaign's less-is-more approach might be to prevent the president from making any potential mistakes, with only months left before the presidential election.

Biden has a history of stumbling and making multiple gaffes, especially when he gives longer speeches and answers unplanned questions from reporters.

The Daily Caller recently reported the president made 148 verbal mistakes during public remarks since the election year kickstarted this January.

According to TJ Ducklo, the campaign's senior adviser for communications, the new approach offered a "strategic advantage at this point in the race to boiling down your message to the three or four most salient, compelling arguments for why President Biden should be re-elected."

"That will often translate to the stump [speech] being whittled down to its sharpest, most dynamic form. That's what you're seeing," he added.

Internet trolls Joe Biden

Netizens ridiculed Biden over his campaign's strategy to shorten the president's public remarks.

One user wrote, "Less chance of breaking the gaffe meter." Another quipped, "Quality mumbling and grunting."

"Having a shortage on Red Bull, I think," a third user added. A fourth response read, "Suggest you switch over to 5th grade language. Shorter words less prone to garbling."

Another user said, "Actually just have him wave and say nothing, that would be their best bet."

"He finally realized that he can not remember as much as yesterday?" someone else wrote. An individual added, "Face it, when Joe opens his mouth, the DEM prospects go South."

Another user joked, "Lol. I'm sure this is because he is aiming for quality and not because he has zero stamina."

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