Joe Biden has spent the last several months laying out the reasons why it would be a terrible idea to give Donald Trump a second term in office—reasons that include everything from Trump’s assault on reproductive rights to his pledge to be a dictator only “on day one.” And on Wednesday, the president added another entry to the list: the fact that his opponent appears to have completely lost touch with reality.

Speaking to supporters at a fundraiser in San Francisco, Biden reportedly referred to Trump’s claim that he and Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny—who recently died in an Arctic penal colony—had suffered similar treatment, with the president remarking, “Some of the things that this fellow’s been saying, like he’s comparing himself to Navalny and saying that—because our country’s become a communist country, he was persecuted, just like Navalny was persecuted. I don’t know where the hell this comes from.” Biden added: “I mean, if I stood here 10, 15 years ago and said any of this, you’d all think I should be committed. It astounds me.”

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    8 months ago

    Then they started flinging spoons of Jell-O at each other.

    Just kidding. I know Joe’s a raging bull, etc…etc…

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      8 months ago

      Joe’s old and moves slow, Donald’s old and has a clinically diagnosable personality disorder. Trump does not share a reality with the rest of us

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        8 months ago

        Joe’s old and moves slow

        So is a glacier but they can ground down entire mountains

        Trump does not share a reality with the rest of us

        And still there are too many that want to be part of his alternative reality

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      8 months ago

      Would be interesting if the rest of the campaigns took place in the same senior care facility.

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        8 months ago

        Just shuffle all of the “leadership” off, scuffling amongst themselves. Include McConnell, honestly probably Pelosi, Grassley. Eventually they’ll get distracted by board games or whatever and we can figure out next steps.

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          8 months ago

          I’ve said before that their debates will be reminiscent of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, not because of the high oratory, but because they both think they remember them.