President Biden must have been off of his medication while traveling to Florida to attend a campaign fundraiser.
Somewhat surprisingly, the 81-year-old cognitively challenged president told donors at the fundraising event that he believes that he can win Donald Trump’s home state.
“Here in Florida, you’ve had a real dose of Trumpism,” Biden said before drawing laughter for making the sign of the cross.
“We have to organize, mobilize the vote. I think we can win Florida. I think the Democrats can win in Florida,” the geriatric president opined. “We have to keep the White House, we have to keep the Senate and we have to win back the House.’
Perhaps no one told Biden that the Republican Party of Florida’s voter registration lead over the Florida Democratic Party is now 800,000 and growing — the GOP overtook the party in 2021 under the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Republicans have now amassed 800,000 more registered voters than Democrats here in Florida. Our grassroots team won’t stop fighting to make Florida the best place to live, work and play in the nation. pic.twitter.com/obXGEX3YIR
— Florida GOP (@FloridaGOP) January 29, 2024
Democrats have historically held a registration lead in the state, including a 328,000 lead in 2016 when Trump topped Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton by just 1.3 percent of the vote. In 2020, Trump beat Biden by more than 3 points with Democrats holding a voter registration advantage of 134,000.
Adding to the list of Republican success, DeSantis blew out Democratic gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist in 2022 by nearly 20% of the vote, winning 59.4 percent to 40 percent.
All of which means it would be quite a feat for Biden to prevail in 2024. Then again, he supposedly drew 81 million votes in 2020, the most ever by a presidential candidate.
Interestingly, Biden used the pandemic to attack Trump at the Pelican Club in Jupiter, claiming the former president left “an economy that was reeling,” the Daily Mail reported.
“Just think back to the mess Donald Trump left this country,” Biden said at the first fundraising event, telling the crowd, “You’re the reason Donald Trump’s the defeated president. And you’re the reason we’re going to make him a loser again.”
Social media users are not too sure about Biden’s prognostication… here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X:
Meanwhile in Florida pic.twitter.com/7M9TSaEutL
— Tek’s Therapy – STRANGE Stories (@TeksTherapy) January 30, 2024
You can’t.
And won’t.
— James V. Barcia (@jamesbarcia) January 30, 2024
Yeah good luck with that lmao
— Small Town Famous (@SmallTownfms) January 31, 2024
— Suzooooo (@Suzoo305) January 30, 2024
I want whatever Joe’s smoking.
— I unsubscribe (@RobertStillman) January 31, 2024
If the Democrats are going to cheat, I recommend them not doing it in Florida. Literally, no one would buy Florida going blue after the last few years under DeSantis.
— Dusty D (@dustyddunaway) January 31, 2024
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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