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How the Media Reacted to Biden Falling Versus Trump Not Falling
The Washington Free Beacon ^ | 06/02/2023 | Drew Holden

Posted on 06/03/2023 3:17:01 AM PDT by thegagline

Have you heard this one? A Republican president and a Democratic president walked off stage after commencement speeches at military colleges three years apart. The media coverage was a joke.

Then: In 2020, then-President Donald Trump slowly descended a ramp at West Point in New York after taking a weird sip of water, and mainstream media pretended it was a national crisis. New York Times: "Trump’s Halting Walk Down Ramp Raises New Health Questions" President Trump faced new questions about his health on Sunday, after videos emerged of him gingerly walking down a ramp at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and having trouble bringing a glass of water to his mouth during a speech there. Mr. Trump — who turned 74 on Sunday, the oldest a U.S. president has been in his first term — was recorded hesitantly descending the ramp one step at a time after he delivered an address to graduating cadets at the New York-based academy on Saturday. CNN: "Why the Donald Trump-West Point Ramp Story Actually Matters" 1) Trump is 74 ... 2) Trump’s medical past is a total mystery ... 3) Trump makes his opponents’ health a major issue ... So yes, of course, the president’s tentative and slow walk down a ramp is a story. Donald Trump made it one. Washington Post: "Trump Tries To Explain His Slow and Unsteady Walk Down a Ramp at West Point" In addition, Trump wrote that he "ran down" the final stretch of the ramp. Video footage of the episode shows the president picking up his pace slightly for the final two steps, but that would hardly be considered a run or a jog by any standard definition... MSNBC: Unsteady Appearance Prompts New Scrutiny of Trump's Health Just as importantly, there have long been questions about the president's physical wellbeing that have gone largely unaddressed. In November 2019, for example, Trump made an unscheduled, two-hour trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what was described as the first "phase" of the president's physical. As we discussed at the time, the circumstances were curious. Late-night hosts, like Stephen Colbert of CBS's "The Late Show," meanwhile, dropped any pretense of concern. On #LSSC tonight: The president made a ramp look like an obstacle course. pic.twitter.com/rOxoWDmHDc — The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) June 16, 2020 Now: Joe Biden, 80 and seen as too old to be president by most Americans, fell at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado on Thursday, and media rushed to assure the nation that the president was totally "fine," as per the White House. Reuters: "Biden Trips and Falls During Graduation Ceremony, Recovers Quickly" President Joe Biden tripped and fell after handing out the last diploma at a graduation ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado on Thursday, but got up quickly and walked back to his seat. The 80-year-old U.S. president fell forward, caught himself with his hands, then got up on one knee while helped by three people. He walked back to his seat unassisted. After Biden was helped up, he pointed behind him, seeming to indicate that he had tripped over a sandbag used to hold the teleprompter in place. He mingled with other officials afterward, smiling and giving a "thumbs up" sign. CNN: "White House Says Biden Is Fine After Tripping on Sandbag and Falling on Stage at Air Force Academy Commencement" Biden appeared fine afterward, walking without assistance to his seat in the stands. He was seen smiling and jogging toward his vehicle at the ceremony’s conclusion. The White House said the president was fine after the fall and he later joked about it, yelling "I got sandbagged!" to reporters after stepping off Marine One Thursday evening. New York Times: "Biden Falls Onstage at Air Force Commencement" Mr. Biden had delivered an energetic speech to the Air Force graduates before helping to hand out the diplomas. He fell after he distributed the final diploma and was headed back to his seat. "He’s fine," Ben LaBolt, the White House communications director, said in a tweet Thursday afternoon. "There was a sandbag on stage while he was shaking hands." Embarrassing moments are not uncommon for presidents, who spend much of their tenure in front of cameras. President Gerald Ford was repeatedly roasted by comedians for frequently tripping during his presidency. President Donald J. Trump, a day before his 74th birthday in 2020, appeared slow and unsteady as he walked down a ramp from the stage after the West Point commencement ceremony, prompting online speculation about his health. NBC News: "President Joe Biden tripped and fell during an Air Force Academy event Thursday in Colorado. His aides say he doing fine, but Republican critics were quick to pounce." While some coverage noted concerns about Biden's age, on MSNBC the joke was that conservatives noticed his fall.


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KEYWORDS: bias; biden; media; mediabias; trump
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Had Trump fell while president, the Democrats and the MSM would have called for invoking the 25th Amendment.
1 posted on 06/03/2023 3:17:01 AM PDT by thegagline
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To: thegagline

We are know democrat party media is the enemy.


2 posted on 06/03/2023 3:22:07 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: thegagline

p and br in brackets < and > are our friends.


3 posted on 06/03/2023 3:54:54 AM PDT by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads and Grumpy Grandads.)
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p and br in brackets < and > are our friends.

Sorry. I hit post instead of preview. It’s late and I’m dealing with food poisoning.

4 posted on 06/03/2023 3:58:55 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024random)
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To: thegagline

Sorry to hear that...I will re-post it....


5 posted on 06/03/2023 4:03:30 AM PDT by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads and Grumpy Grandads.)
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To: thegagline
Then: In 2020, then-President Donald Trump slowly descended a ramp at West Point in New York after taking a weird sip of water, and mainstream media pretended it was a national crisis.

New York Times: "Trump’s Halting Walk Down Ramp Raises New Health Questions"
President Trump faced new questions about his health on Sunday, after videos emerged of him gingerly walking down a ramp at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and having trouble bringing a glass of water to his mouth during a speech there.

Mr. Trump — who turned 74 on Sunday, the oldest a U.S. president has been in his first term — was recorded hesitantly descending the ramp one step at a time after he delivered an address to graduating cadets at the New York-based academy on Saturday.
CNN: "Why the Donald Trump-West Point Ramp Story Actually Matters"
1) Trump is 74 ...
2) Trump’s medical past is a total mystery ...
3) Trump makes his opponents’ health a major issue ...

So yes, of course, the president’s tentative and slow walk down a ramp is a story. Donald Trump made it one.

Washington Post: "Trump Tries To Explain His Slow and Unsteady Walk Down a Ramp at West Point" In addition, Trump wrote that he "ran down" the final stretch of the ramp. Video footage of the episode shows the president picking up his pace slightly for the final two steps, but that would hardly be considered a run or a jog by any standard definition...

MSNBC: Unsteady Appearance Prompts New Scrutiny of Trump's Health Just as importantly, there have long been questions about the president's physical well-being that have gone largely unaddressed.

In November 2019, for example, Trump made an unscheduled, two-hour trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what was described as the first "phase" of the president's physical.
As we discussed at the time, the circumstances were curious.
Late-night hosts, like Stephen Colbert of CBS's "The Late Show," meanwhile, dropped any pretense of concern.

On #LSSC tonight: The president made a ramp look like an obstacle course. pic.twitter.com/rOxoWDmHDc — The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) June 16, 2020

Now: Joe Biden, 80 and seen as too old to be president by most Americans, fell at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado on Thursday, and media rushed to assure the nation that the president was totally "fine," as per the White House.
Reuters: "Biden Trips and Falls During Graduation Ceremony, Recovers Quickly" President Joe Biden tripped and fell after handing out the last diploma at a graduation ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado on Thursday, but got up quickly and walked back to his seat.
The 80-year-old U.S. president fell forward, caught himself with his hands, then got up on one knee while helped by three people. He walked back to his seat unassisted. After Biden was helped up, he pointed behind him, seeming to indicate that he had tripped over a sandbag used to hold the teleprompter in place.
He mingled with other officials afterward, smiling and giving a "thumbs up" sign. CNN: "White House Says Biden Is Fine After Tripping on Sandbag and Falling on Stage at Air Force Academy Commencement"
Biden appeared fine afterward, walking without assistance to his seat in the stands.
He was seen smiling and jogging toward his vehicle at the ceremony’s conclusion. The White House said the president was fine after the fall and he later joked about it, yelling "I got sandbagged!" to reporters after stepping off Marine One Thursday evening.

New York Times: "Biden Falls Onstage at Air Force Commencement" Mr. Biden had delivered an energetic speech to the Air Force graduates before helping to hand out the diplomas.
He fell after he distributed the final diploma and was headed back to his seat. "He’s fine," Ben LaBolt, the White House communications director, said in a tweet Thursday afternoon.

"There was a sandbag on stage while he was shaking hands."
Embarrassing moments are not uncommon for presidents, who spend much of their tenure in front of cameras. President Gerald Ford was repeatedly roasted by comedians for frequently tripping during his presidency.

President Donald J. Trump, a day before his 74th birthday in 2020, appeared slow and unsteady as he walked down a ramp from the stage after the West Point commencement ceremony, prompting online speculation about his health.

NBC News: "President Joe Biden tripped and fell during an Air Force Academy event Thursday in Colorado. His aides say he doing fine, but Republican critics were quick to pounce." While some coverage noted concerns about Biden's age, on MSNBC the joke was that conservatives noticed his fall.

3 comments from Spokeshave

1.....I recall the walk by PDJT ....it was up a wet and slippery ramp....Trump took is carefully to avoid a fall

2.....It says " but Biden got up quickly and walked back to his seat"....Biden doesn't "walk"...he does that geriatric shuffle.

3.....He has shoes with a weird rubber sole.

6 posted on 06/03/2023 4:20:57 AM PDT by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads and Grumpy Grandads.)
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“While some coverage noted concerns about Biden’s age, on MSNBC the joke was that conservatives noticed his fall.”

If I happen to revel in it, it’s just my patriotism showing because after all, this is a man who for all intents and purposes, is a major part of a concerted effort to destroy the United States of America. The world would be a better place had he fallen for the last time 15 years ago. The dirty work he’s been doing further empowers our ‘adversarial geopolitical competitors’ and causes societal pandemonium and anarchy at home...So why wouldn’t I just keep my mouth shut if I was right there to notice that he was about to walk into an open manhole?


7 posted on 06/03/2023 4:32:42 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: spokeshave

Thank you.


8 posted on 06/03/2023 4:44:19 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024random)
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The best part about this whole thing is seeing how CNN doesn’t know the difference between an actual sandbag and sandbagging.

They were saying that the President tripped on a sandbag.

While the Moron In Chief was saying that he got sandbagged/played/duped. He doesn’t even know what he meant.

And the video CNN was showing to back up their point showed a cable with one of those floor protectors covering the cable.

And what’s really bad is that if it weren’t for the two guys helping him, he’d probably couldn’t have got up by himself. No way that’s the same guy riding bikes in kiawah island.

And where was the Sscret Service? Shouldn’t they have been ruching the stage?


9 posted on 06/03/2023 4:47:45 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: thegagline

Actually, I remember several lie agencies suggesting we could be close to the 25th, as well as a possible stroke.


10 posted on 06/03/2023 4:54:52 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: thegagline

If there are more falls in the near future for Biden, we may well be looking at a Gavin Newsome or Michelle Obama candidacy this time next year.


11 posted on 06/03/2023 5:26:28 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: thegagline

Trump was sober

Biden was falling down drunk on medications


12 posted on 06/03/2023 5:31:35 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day )
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Gavin Newsome or Michelle Obama

If either of them win, i think that I’d make use of a golden visa program.

13 posted on 06/03/2023 5:31:50 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024random)
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I’ll never forget the comments they made when Trump held a glass with TWO hands.


14 posted on 06/03/2023 5:35:38 AM PDT by I want the USA back (A man is not a woman. A woman is not a man. There is no in-between or undefined middle. )
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The WaPo summarily dismisses Biden's recent wipeout by listing eight world leaders who also fell, and DJT, who walked carefully down the ramp (Trump ranked #2 in public fall events behind Hillary). The WaPo boldly ignores the number of Brandon falls in recent history.

Biden isn’t the only politician to fall: Why we can’t look away

15 posted on 06/03/2023 5:36:02 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Don't be obtuse)
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“ It says “ but Biden got up quickly”

Which is false. He was helped up.


16 posted on 06/03/2023 5:38:53 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to se)
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Actually......He was helped up. Slowly.

He may have even resisted while his mind concluded that he fell


17 posted on 06/03/2023 5:40:30 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day )
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It’s late and I’m dealing with food poisoning.

6:00 am is late?

18 posted on 06/03/2023 5:42:07 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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It’s late and I’m dealing with food poisoning. 6:00 am is late?

Yep, if you’ve been up all night

19 posted on 06/03/2023 5:47:16 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024random)
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To: bert

Michelle to run? “Never change dicks in the middle of a screw. Vote for Obama and the Mrs. too.”


20 posted on 06/03/2023 6:00:41 AM PDT by healy61 (.)
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