A newly leaked Zoom call is presenting fresh headaches for the embattled Biden campaign. In it, the president can be heard delivering a shockingly disturbing rant in which he mocks the service of a combat veteran.
The setup was a meeting between Joe Biden and “moderate” House Democrats on Saturday. According to those who participated, the president’s performance “was even worse than the debate,” with him not being able to finish sentences. He was “rambling” and would “lose his train of thought.”
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Puck News, a typically left-leaning outlet, obtained the video and confirmed what occurred.
Right before the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a group of moderate Hill Democrats held a “tense” Zoom call with the White House to express their concern about Biden’s ability to win—and their ability to win, should he tank and take them down with him. “The call was even worse than the debate,” one of the participants told me. “He was rambling; he’d start an answer then lose his train of thought, then would just say ‘whatever.’ He really couldn’t complete an answer. I lost a ton of respect for him.”
Remember, these are House Democrats giving these descriptions. Biden isn’t just mildly senile. He’s completely lost his mind, and that’s about to become even more apparent.
Later in the call, when Rep. Jason Crow was expressing his concerns, the president launched into a tirade, ending by mocking the representative’s combat service, including the Bronze Star. For context, Crow is a retired U.S. Army Ranger who served three tours between Iraq and Afghanistan.
The campaign did not, however, dispute this next part, about Crow and his Bronze Star. In a video of the Zoom that I was able to view, you can hear Biden chastising Crow, who asked about the importance of national security to voters. “First of all, I think you’re dead wrong on national security,” the president says, the emotion at times garbling his words. “You saw what happened recently in terms of the meeting we had with NATO. I put NATO together. Name me a foreign leader who thinks I’m not the most effective leader in the world on foreign policy. Tell me! Tell me who the hell that is! Tell me who put NATO back together! Tell me who enlarged NATO, tell me who did the Pacific basin! Tell me who did something that you’ve never done with your Bronze Star like my son—and I’m proud of your leadership, but guess what, what’s happening, we’ve got Korea and Japan working together, I put Aukus together, anyway! … Things are in chaos, and I’m bringing some order to it. And again, find me a world leader who’s an ally of ours who doesn’t think I’m the most respected person they’ve ever—”
Of note is that Biden did not “put NATO together.” It existed and was fully functional before he took office. He also did not “put NATO back together” because it was never damaged or hindered. As to the idea that all foreign leaders in existence believe Biden is “the most effective leader in the world on foreign policy,” there’s no evidence for that, though it’s a claim the president has repeatedly made.
Regardless, it’s Biden’s shot about Crow’s Bronze Star that stands out the most. It’s not debatable that the president was mocking and belittling the representative’s service in an attempt to claim that he’s accomplished more than Crow. Biden randomly then bringing up his deceased son (he’s referring to Beau Biden) is a familiar tick and not at all surprising.
From there, the president began screaming that he doesn’t “want to hear that crap” in response to Crow’s gentle criticisms.
“It’s not breaking through, Mr. President,” said Crow, “to our voters.”
“You oughta talk about it!” Biden shot back, listing his accomplishments yet again. “On national security, nobody has been a better president than I’ve been. Name me one. Name me one! So I don’t want to hear that crap!”
That is legitimately one of the most insane outbursts by a president that I’ve ever seen. To say that Biden is losing touch with reality amid his political collapse would be an understatement. Blame it on his senility, his desperation, or both, but the president no longer has any ability to control his emotions, and that is a dangerous position for the nation to be in.
As to the ramifications of this, Republicans would be wise to take Biden’s deranged comments and run with them. That’s especially true given Biden has taken to repeatedly saying that Donald Trump once called veterans “suckers and losers.” But while dozens of former officials, including some who do not support Trump, have disputed that claim, Biden’s attack on a combat veteran is on video and confirmed by a major news outlet. It happened, and it is a direct counter to the president’s propaganda.
We’ll have to see if The New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, etc. are interested in reporting what happened here. Something tells me they won’t be rushing to do so.
