To understand how much has and hasn’t changed within the Democratic Party, consider a Trumpworld campaign ad that portrays US President Joe Biden as old, weak and confused.
“Do you think the man who got beaten by the stairs, got knocked down by his bike, lost a fight with his jacket, and gets lost on a regular basis, can last another four years in the White House?” a narrator sings as Vice President Kamala Harris appears. “And you know who’s waiting behind him, right? Vote Joe Biden today, get Kamala Harris tomorrow.”
When the ad first aired during the recent disastrous presidential debate — in which Biden looked old, frail, and bewildered — it seemed almost clever, but also needlessly insulting and cruel. What better way to spook Democrats and undecided voters than to question the health of an 81-year-old president and threaten that if he can’t stay on, a vice president seen more as a liability than an asset would take over?
