President Joe Biden appeared to freeze on stage after giving remarks at a star-studded fundraiser in Los Angeles on Saturday night time earlier than his outdated boss took him by the arm and pulled the president away.
The incident captured on video is the newest in a collection of episodes which have plagued 81-year-old Biden as he mounts a second bid for the White Home.
Within the video, Biden and Obama are seen waving and smiling whereas receiving a standing ovation within the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles.
Biden applauds and offers the viewers a thumbs up however then he stops shifting as he stares out over the gang for a number of lengthy seconds.
That is when Obama, nonetheless smiling and waving, takes Biden by the wrist and offers him a delicate tug. That is when the president seems to snap out of it.
They proceed to stroll off the stage along with Obama talking into Biden’s ear as he pats him on the again as they go.
Late-night host and comic Jimmy Kimmel trails after them awkwardly as they exit to blasting music.
It happened as Biden and Obama had been sharing the stage on the occasion which raised upward of $30 million for Biden’s reelection bid.
It comes simply after different movies appeared to point out Biden freezing or having different cringe moments in latest days and his penchant for public gaffes has confronted growing scrutiny as he seeks one other time period in workplace regardless of his superior years.
At a latest Juneteenth celebration on the White Home, video of Biden staring off as different attendees danced round him to the music went viral. The president then went on to slur some phrases throughout his speech on the occasion sparked some issues on-line.
Final week whereas attending the G7 in Italy, video confirmed Biden wandering away from different world leaders whereas viewing a skydiving demonstration and giving a thumbs up within the different course.
The video then exhibits Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni faucet Biden on the shoulder and direct him again to the group the place he throws on a pair of aviators.
Critics and a few Donald Trump allies zeroed in on the video as questions are raised in regards to the 81-year-old’s health for workplace.
However the White Home slammed the criticism and video, arguing the broadly shared clip cropped out different parachutists Biden had been approaching to make it seem like he had merely wandered off.
Obama seen giving Biden’s arm a delicate tug and main him off the stage after the president freezes through the applause at a fundraiser in Los Angeles
President Biden talking at a marketing campaign fundraiser in Los Angeles on Saturday night time earlier than a video exhibits him showing to freeze and being led off stage by Obama
Biden was joined by former President Obama and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for a dialog on the star-studded fundraiser. The president took goal at Donald Trump and the conservative Supreme Courtroom through the glitzy occasion
The video of Biden freezing on the Las Angeles theater, whereas taken from afar within the viewers, clearly exhibits the president unmoving earlier than Obama steps in.
Simply earlier than the captured second, Biden had been talking alongside Biden in a dialog with Kimmel the place he blasted his political opponent Donald Trump and warned in opposition to letting the ex-president return to the White Home.
Biden known as the potential for Trump getting to decide on two extra Supreme Courtroom justices ‘one of many scariest components’ of the Republican ex-president being elected once more and even joked about his hair.
‘Bear in mind the pandemic? He stated simply don’t fear simply inject somewhat bleach,’ the president stated. ‘It labored for me,’ Kimmel quipped.
‘It labored for [Trump],’ Biden responded. ‘It coloured his hair.’
Obama additionally took goal at Trump, arguing there are specific ‘requirements and values we must always stand for.’
Whereas Obama has been publicly elevating cash for Biden’s reelection marketing campaign and showing in marketing campaign movies, behind closed doorways he reportedly warned of Trump’s political energy in dialog with Biden final yr.
Polling has proven that Biden’s age has been one of many largest issues for voters this election season. He’s already the oldest president to have ever served in workplace.
On Saturday, Trump gave remarks in Detroit the place he challenged Biden to a cognitive check. However then the 78-year-old ex-president made a collection of gaffes as properly.
The pair are set to face-off in a extremely anticipated first debate in lower than two weeks.
