Joe Biden’s rally attendees skittish: ‘I don’t want to have to worry about mental issues’

Texans attending a campaign rally for White House hopeful Joseph R. Biden this week had no qualms telling reporters of their apprehension regarding the Democrat’s 2020 chances should he take on President Trump.

Fox News’ Raymond Arroyo interviewed rally participants Monday for colleague Laura Ingraham. Many of the primary voters were skittish about Mr. Biden’s mental acuity and his chances of defeating Mr. Trump’s reelection bid.

Some responses include:

• “I don’t want to have to worry about mental issues. We already have mental issues in the White House.”
• “It’s very concerning. I mean, when he’s getting softballs thrown at him and he can’t even answer the question, it’s going to be even rougher. It’s getting rougher. The hard times haven’t even started.
• “I wish he was younger but he’s the best we’ve got.”
• “I am concerned about [his mental sharpness] as far as [his] debate performance with going against the other side.

Supporters said that Mr. Biden would still be a better president than Mr. Trump because the former isn’t “vile.”

“If we’re going to talk about a few gaffes here and there, let’s talk about President tongue-tied,” one Biden supporter told Fox.

“The feeling here is odd,” Mr. Arroyo said, conservative website Red State reported. “There’s not the excitement or the drama of a Trump rally, for instance, or even a Bernie Sanders rally. It has the feeling of the Bob Dole campaign without the war hero.”

Mr. Arroyo’s interview came the same day that Mr. Biden stumbled over famous lines from the Declaration of Independence.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” Mr. Biden, 77, bellowed before the slip-up occurred. “All men and women created … by the — you know — you know the thing.”

The text actually reads: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”