Axios Tries to Cover for Biden’s ‘Weird Words,’ Ends Up Making Situation Worse for Him
There’s a reason that “Oh, come on, it’s just who he is” has never, ever worked as an argument in a court of law. And yet, that largely appears to be the line of excuse-making that Axios employed in a startling puff…
There’s a reason that “Oh, come on, it’s just who he is” has never, ever worked as an argument in a court of law.
And yet, that largely appears to be the line of excuse-making that Axios employed in a startling puff piece that largely tried to excuse the incumbent president’s countless gaffes as little more than an insignificant behavioral tic.
In doing so, Axios actually may have done more harm than good for Biden, as they plainly laid out: There is no explanation or excuse for Biden’s alphabet soup spelling and grammar.
The piece, simply titled “Biden’s weird words,” came out Sunday and largely appeared to be some sort of response to Biden’s inexplicable “God save the queen” remark while speaking about gun violence in Connecticut on Friday.
Axios reporter Alex Thompson characterized that nonsensical phrase away as just something that happens.
“President Biden often uses old-timey expressions that confound even his own staff,” Thompson wrote. “That happened again Friday when he ended a speech on gun violence with ‘God save the queen, man.'”
Thompson noted that Olivia Dalton, the White House’s principal deputy press secretary, couldn’t even explain why Biden used a phrase of British patriotism (for a deceased monarch, no less) while halfway across the world from England.
“Biden’s quirky aphorisms are sometimes weaponized by Republicans to insinuate the 80-year-old president is in mental decline,” Thompson noted. “But Biden has been using unique phrases for years — but even some of his aides aren’t exactly sure what he means by them.”