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More shocking video clips of President Joe Biden have gone viral after being posted on social media as he appeared to struggle through a speech to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) construction and maintenance conference in Washington D.C.
According to the clips and various reports, Biden alternately yelled and slurred his words throughout the speech, much of which was factually inaccurate.
For one, Biden claimed he has cut the national debt while former President Donald Trump raised it by $2 trillion. In fact, the national debt has skyrocketed in three short years under Biden, rising from around $27 trillion in April 2020 to about $34.6 trillion today.
Also, Biden claimed — again, falsely — that Trump’s tax cuts only “benefitted the wealthy” and that he will allow them to expire if he’s reelected.
WATCH:
Biden goes on a tirade against President Trump's successful tax cuts (which LOWERED taxes for every income bracket): "It's gonna expire, and if I'm re-elected, it's gonna stay expired!"
REMINDER: Biden is currently proposing the largest tax hike in U.S. history. pic.twitter.com/LEj3BIvgrp
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 19, 2024
BIDEN (confused): "Instead of importin foreign products, I'm exporting fedurhhahh products!"
He is NOT WELL! pic.twitter.com/6PFRdEdMNA
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 19, 2024
Trump, meanwhile, has managed to outpoll President Joe Biden in a state critical to both of their campaigns, a new survey has found.
According to the Marquette Law School poll, Trump holds a two-point lead over the Democratic incumbent among registered voters in Wisconsin, with 51 percent supporting Trump and 49 percent supporting Biden. This marks a gain for Trump since January when both candidates were tied at 49 percent.
“Wisconsin is one of seven crucial swing states in the 2024 presidential election and is worth 10 electoral votes. The other six swing states are Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, which total 93 electoral votes along with Wisconsin,” The Daily Wire reported on Friday.
In the same poll, while Trump leads Biden in the Midwestern state, Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin holds a five-point lead over Republican challenger Eric Hovde among registered voters, with Baldwin at 52 percent and Hovde at 47 percent. However, among likely voters, the two Senate candidates are tied.
Donald Trump is beating Joe Biden in 6 of 7 swing states.
And in the 7th, they’re tied.
👉🏻 https://t.co/TQ5y1qJaGJ pic.twitter.com/dxnQLo526o
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) April 3, 2024
The coalition of voters Biden galvanized to defeat the former president in the 2020 presidential election appears to be crumbling and that includes black voters.
A CNN segment earlier this month pointed out that Biden was, at the time, behind Trump in six of seven swing states—Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia—while Biden was leading by three points in Wisconsin.
What’s more, Trump is leading Biden on issues that are also the biggest concerns for voters this cycle.
“Look at the why: what is going on? Alright, trusted more, again, this is across all of these key seven swing states,” CNN political analyst Harry Enten said.
“Look, Donald Trump is trusted more than Joe Biden in basically all the important issues — the economy, inflation, 20-point lead, immigration, border, 20-point lead, the Israel-Hamas war, 14-point lead, the Russia-Ukraine war, nine-point lead, protecting democracy, well within the margin of error, which I think is something the that should worry that Biden camp, given that has been harping and Democrats been harping on this,” Enten continued. “Just a one-point advantage.
“On abortion, Democrats and Joe Biden have a 12-point advantage. They would love this campaign to be about abortion, but at this particular point, it‘s about this. And it‘s about this with perhaps a little bit of this,” Enten said, pointing out the main concerns of voters, “and all these issues favor Donald Trump.”
The host pointed out that Democrats and Biden have been “running on protecting democracy, and that’s a wash right now.”
“It is a Wash. And this is not the only poll that shows… was looking at a Quinnipiac University poll last month, last week, excuse me, that showed the same thing,” Enten said. “And it‘s something that RFK Jr. said to our colleague, Erin Burnett, saying, I‘m not quite sure — Joe Biden may be worse for protecting democracy. It turns out a lot of voters agree on that.
