President Joe Biden issued a bizarre tweet following an announcement that he has COVID, and X users had a field day.
As he fights calls to drop out of the presidential race from within his own party, Biden revealed on Wednesday he is also fighting COVID and was forced to cancel a speech in Las Vegas. He will be isolating in Delaware and was not wearing a mask as he boarded Air Force One.
“I tested positive for COVID-19 this afternoon, but I am feeling good and thank everyone for the well wishes,” the message reads. “I will be isolating as I recover, and during this time I will continue to work to get the job done for the American people.”
I tested positive for COVID-19 this afternoon, but I am feeling good and thank everyone for the well wishes.
I will be isolating as I recover, and during this time I will continue to work to get the job done for the American people.
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 17, 2024
But while ‘President Biden’ was giving the official announcement, the ‘Joe Biden’ X account was tweeting something much stranger.
“I’m sick,” the tweet simply read.
I’m sick
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 17, 2024
An immediate follow-up tweet said: “of Elon Musk and his rich buddies trying to buy this election” with a link to ActBlue where you can donate to Biden to “defeat” former President Donald Trump.
of Elon Musk and his rich buddies trying to buy this election.
And if you agree, pitch in here.https://t.co/V93cYUUFQu
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 17, 2024
The bizarre message came shortly after an interview with Ed Gordon of BET News, in which Biden claimed the only thing that would make him leave the race would be a doctor’s advice.
“If I had some medical condition that emerged, if somebody, if doctors came to me and said, you got this problem and that problem,” the president said.
Apparently not even the many requests of his colleagues, who care for Biden but don’t think he’s in any shape to continue his presidency, can deter him from his quest for a second term.
On the same day Biden announced he was positive, an AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll was released revealing a large number of Democrats agreed that he should drop out. Approximately 65% of Dems believe that his time is over, while only 3 in 10 are confident that he has the cognitive capacity to lead the United States. These numbers appear to undermine the president’s claim that only the “elite” want to push him out of the race, while “average” voters want him to stay in.
Needless to say, social media users were quick to jump on the president’s odd tweet:
This is the first tweet that Joe actually wrote and sent himself.
— Brenden Dilley (@WarlordDilley) July 17, 2024
You are hiding and about to drop out of the race. Also, who wrote this for you?!
— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) July 17, 2024
Unmatched. pic.twitter.com/0w7hb9nPT5
— patriots.win (@JoinPatriots) July 17, 2024
Now go back to your basement. pic.twitter.com/TzKkLjjye8
— ♠️Audsauce♠️ (@Audjuice9989) July 17, 2024
Yeah we know. pic.twitter.com/WnkTbPWaDc
— DDayCobra (@DDayCobra) July 17, 2024
Do ya’ think!!! This is probably your most honest post ever.
— General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) July 18, 2024
We know. We read your daughter Ashley’s diary.
— Murray (@Rothbard1776) July 17, 2024
Democrat puppet masters are trying to commit a coup against this guy. They probably put something in his drink to make him sick so he drops out
Stay strong Joe, you alone must face Trump in November to undo the stolen 2020 election via a Trump landslide
— George (@BehizyTweets) July 17, 2024
What a weird post.
— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) July 18, 2024
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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