On Saturday night, near the end of his star-studded campaign fundraiser in Hollywood, President Joe Biden froze up on stage and had to be led off by Barack Obama.
The gaffe came after Biden and Obama sat down with late-night host Jimmy Kimmel at the Peacock Theater for a 45-minute interview at the event, tickets for which ranged between $250 and $500,000.
When the two men stood up, and the audience began applauding, Biden stared out into the crowd for 10 straight seconds until Obama took him by the hand and led him offstage.
This latest incident comes just days after Biden was seen on camera appearing confused about where he was. At one point, during the G7 summit in Apulia, Italy, he appeared to begin wandering off during a parachute exhibition.
Before he could get far, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took Biden’s hand and led him back to the group of world leaders for a group photo.
At this weekend’s event, Biden raised over $30 million and interacted with several major Hollywood icons, including George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and Barbara Streisand.
However, the event was also attended by a massive group of anti-Israel protesters, who were working to block entry to the event, per the New York Post. the event was well protected by police, who were clad in riot gear and formed a border around the theater to prevent the protesters from getting too close.
The protesters could be heard shouting “Biden, Biden you’re a liar, we demand a ceasefire,” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine will live forever,” a variation on the slogan ending with “Palestine will be free,” which has been labeled as an antisemitic slogan after the Anti-Defamation League claimed it calls for the eradication of Israel. No arrests were made at the event.
Biden’s $30 million fundraising total, allegedly the most a Democratic candidate has ever raised in one night, comes as Biden is desperately attempting to slow down former President Donald Trump, who raised nearly double that amount during an April fundraiser in Florida, and brought in as much as $200 million more after he was convicted in his hush money trial last month.
Biden, Obama, and First Lady Jill Biden, attempted to paint the former president in the worst light possible, hitting several common talking points, including the Jan. 6 Capitol incident, the Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative majority, and Trump’s threatening retaliation against his those who have persecuted him, per the New York Post.
However, Biden’s polling has not improved by much, if at all, with recent polls showing him lagging behind the former president in several critical swing states, including Arizona, Nevada, and Florida. One survey from Marist College earlier this week even showed that Trump had begun gaining headway in Pennsylvania, with a majority of registered voters saying they were better off under Trump.
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