President Joe Biden’s town hall on Wednesday produced a number of moments when the president appeared to lose his train of thought.
In one exchange with host CNN host Don Lemon, the 78-year-old president rambled for around 30 seconds when answering a question about vaccinations getting permanently approved by the Federal Drug Administration and the potential of children under the age of 12 getting vaccinated.
“You’re always straight up about what you’re doing, and the question is whether or not we should be in a position where you are … Why can’t the experts say, ‘We know that this virus is, in fact’ … Excuse me, we know why the drugs are approved or not,” Biden said during the conversational town hall.
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Crushing it pic.twitter.com/DI21CUSp7k
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 22, 2021
Biden ultimately echoed recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that younger children should be vaccinated.
“Everyone over the age of — under the age of 12 should probably be wearing a mask in school. That’s probably what’s going to happen,” he said.
“It’s a matter of community responsibility,” Biden added. “I do not tell any scientists what they should do. I do not interfere.”
The president also touted his new multitrillion-dollar spending bill, which he repeatedly claimed would “reduce inflation.”
Biden: “Those of you who travel abroad, it’s not a joke. Not a joke. Ask — you know, when I went to this G7, all the major democracies. I walked in and go, ‘America’s back.’ I’m serious, heads of state. I give you my word as a Biden. They said, ‘Are you really back?’” pic.twitter.com/AddP9ADUEI
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 22, 2021
His rambling predictably provoked some mocking on social media.
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That one was really sustained and uncomfortable to watch.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 22, 2021
He made me lose my own train of thought
— Yesi (@yesisworld) July 22, 2021
The bit about lumber and unemployment here is a real puzzler. https://t.co/521EYpX0bR
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) July 22, 2021
Even CNN’s panelists weren’t impressed with Biden’s townhall:
“I was very unimpressed with him on inflation. He obviously didn’t give a satisfactory answer…” pic.twitter.com/ZiPESBT5br
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) July 22, 2021
President Biden speaks to a half empty room during a @CNN town hall tonight with @donlemon. This is Hamilton County in Cincinnati, a county that Biden won in 2020. Let that sink in. pic.twitter.com/QxRxlhQ2Rz
— Mark Vargas (@MarkAVargas) July 22, 2021
It’s infuriating to listen to the non-scientific idiocy at the Biden town hall. Children under 12 should be masked? Sure, let’s make tens of millions of kids miserable, drive up anxiety social alienation, over a virus that kills an avg. of one *healthy* kid per month. Insanity.
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) July 22, 2021
