RWers are shrieking about Biden saying "George" when he meant Trump while talking to George Lopez

[highplainsdem]

Last edited Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:12 AM - Edit history (1)

during his appearance with Jill during tonight's I Will Vote Concert, hosted by George Lopez and Ana Navarro.

At one point, about 13 minutes into the video Biden posted with the tweet below, Biden -- while LOOKING at George Lopez -- mentions the damage that four more years of Trump will do.

But as can easily happen if you're looking at one person while talking about another -- I've had it happen at times -- Biden slips up and uses the name of the person he's looking at and says "four more years of George, uh, George" -- before correcting to say "Trump" a second or two later.

RWers including those in the Trump campaign are shrieking that this is definitely proof that Biden has dementia. That it means Biden confused Trump with George W. Bush. That Biden doesn't know who's president now.

And they're doing this 8 days after Trump incorrectly AND REPEATEDLY called Matt Gaetz "Rick Gates" during a Florida appearance.

Btw, as soon as I saw the edited clip Trump supporters were posting of that trivial Biden gaffe, I guessed the name George had been used just before that. And then I found out Biden was answering a question from George Lopez.


Biden tweet with video. The gaffe is about 13 minutes in.

Link to tweet

Editing to note that there's even a former (one-term) Republican Congresswoman who's a doctor who thinks she can diagnose dementia from this very common slip of the tongue. It's possible she doesn't know Biden was talking to George Lopez when he said "George" instead of "Trump." But any real, qualified doctor shouldn't be so stupid as to claim to diagnose dementia from this.

Here's that nitwit's tweet:

Link to tweet

[CatMor]

1. I do that and I don't have dementia

[highplainsdem]

4. I've heard lots of people do it. It's a trivial slip pf the tongue. And if the RWers mentioned

Biden said "George" instead of "Trump" while talking to George Lopez, whose first name he was using of course, it would be obvious what had happened.

But as usual with these attacks, they're using a tightly edited clip and they don't mention George Lopez.

[JI7]

5. Almost everyone does that. Watch live news shows and it happens all the time

[highplainsdem]

18. Good point.

[SoonerPride]

2. They must never watch Trump speak

Because he is bonkers 24/7

[JI7]

3. Tim Apple, House Republican Leader Steve ,

[highplainsdem]

8. National Security Advisor "Michael" Bolton, often called "Mike" by Trump.

[gratuitous]

6. Has anyone notified Tim Apple?

Because if this is the metric Republicans want to use, it's apparent that Trump has suffered from dementia (or "dimensia" as some of them would have it) since at least March 7, 2019, when he called Apple CEO Tim Cook "Tim Apple."

[mucifer]

13. In all fairness we did make a lot of noise about "Tim Apple"

[highplainsdem]

17. Yes, but that slip wasn't as damaging to Trump because everyone knew he was thinking of the company.

RWers are circulating an edited clip of Biden with no info that he's talking to George Lopez.

I saw one person replying to the RWer who posted the tweet at the end of the OP, the one I edited the OP to add, point out that Biden was talking to George Lopez, but that was buried in an avalanche of replies agreeing that the slip is proof Biden has dementia.

So I wanted to post this so DUers can respond to this latest smear.

[Rice4VP]

21. ..

[klook]

7. Well, that settles it! I'm a-votin' fer Trump!

These idiots keep throwing plastic dog vomit in front of the Biden juggernaut. Not gonna work.

[Walleye]

9. This is their whole way of beating us?

Paraphrase of Evander Holyfield after Tyson bit off part of his ear in the heavyweight championship fight.

[Eliot Rosewater]

10. Tell them to go straight to hell

[Brainfodder]

11. They have zero SHAME!

Irony is a country in the Middle East for these wizards?

[captain queeg]

12. That's the best they can do? While trumpy wanders around aimlessly trying to remember where he is?

[OilemFirchen]

14. Maybe he's suffering a bit of hydrosonic jest lag.

Nothing a quick sip of covfefe won't cure.

[Pathwalker]

15. Oh dear. I've called my own sons by each other's names their whole lives. I'm concerned -

does this mean I've had dementia for the last forty years?

[highplainsdem]

19. LOL! I remember that happening a lot in my family.

[Blue Owl]

16. Meanwhile tRump doesn't even know his own wife's name

n/t

[Rice4VP]

20. Oh please

When we are around my sister, I have looked directly at my daughter and called her my sister’s name and vice versa.

[Midnight Writer]

22. Biden is not being "kept under a lid". He is publicly appearing sane and healthy every day.

I confess I was worried about Biden's age, but I have been impressed by his grasp of situations.

Trump, by contrast, doesn't even seem to be living in the real world.

By the way, George Lopez has a funny story about playing golf with a blatantly cheating Trump.

I doubt anyone has a story about Biden cheating at anything.

[Beartracks]

25. Who honestly thinks Biden's being kept hidden?

Biden just beat Trump very publicly at 2 debates and a town hall event.

When Trumpers make such a claim, who exactly do they expect to believe it?

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[spanone]

23. It's ALL they got

fuck them with rusty razor wire

[Beartracks]

24. If Dr. Cherrypicking Hayworth was my doctor, I'd find a new doctor. n/t

[highplainsdem]

29. So would I.

[LisaL]

26. Whatever.

I have confused names on occasion.
Who hasn't?

[dflprincess]

27. From the time I was little my mom often

Called me by her sister's name and correct herself. When she had a mild stroke when she was 70 her doctor told me he thought there was some aphasia. While talking to him she had referred to me by another name but the goid news was she corrected herself. I asked if she called me Phyllis. When that was confirmed I told him that was normal and not to worry.

[Mister Ed]

28. Shrieking is all they have left. n/t