President Joe Biden’s recent commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy will live on for some time — but not because of anything he said.
Rather, it will be for the image of Biden tumbling over a sandbag, the latest of numerous incidents of the nation’s leader falling down or losing his bearings.
Commenting on the issue, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said Biden’s latest stumble is symbolic for the nation generally and argued it’s time for a vigorous president.
“Well, isn’t it kind of just symbolic about the state of the country?” DeSantis told the talk-radio show “Kelly & Blaze” on Friday in Charleston, South Carolina.
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“You know, you have a president who lacks energy, who’s stumped, stumbling around, no leadership for the country’s future — and unfortunately, you see an incident like that.”
“But you know, I’m running for president because we need to change all that, and we need an energetic executive,” DeSantis said. “We need somebody that’s going to get in there on Day 1 and spit nails and really take Washington by storm.”
“Washington, D.C., has been imposing its will on us for so long,” DeSantis added. “It’s about time we the people impose our will on it.”
As Newsmax reported, DeSantis also addressed Biden’s stumble on Friday at a campaign event in Beaufort County, South Carolina.
He called it “a sad thing to see.”
“You don’t want to see anyone do that, but it was frustrating because, honestly, that was symbolic of the state of our country,” DeSantis said.
“Our country continues to stub its toe. Our country continues to trip and fall. Our country continues to go in the wrong direction.”
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