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President Joe Biden recently tripped while distributing diplomas to graduates after delivering the commencement address at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. Biden’s recurring falls have fueled ongoing scrutiny regarding his age and fitness for office, providing ammunition for the Right as he seeks reelection in 2024.
In our first installment of a special Opinions edition, “Face-off Friday,” Straight Arrow News contributors Dr. Rashad Richey and Star Parker debate whether age should be a factor as Biden seeks another term.
As Dr. Richey explains, both Trump and Biden are not young men but Biden’s integrity sets him apart.
Biden is an old man. Trump is an old man, too. They’re only four years apart. Trump is 76. Biden is 80. Trump is the one with the horrific appetite for McDonald’s. He’s too damn old to be eating McDonald’s. So if we talk about who’s healthier, okay, right, you really want to have that debate?
But let’s talk about the reality of constituents because that part is very important. Joe Biden can secure his constituents if he simply delivers a policy agenda. Politics has become about personality, but it was designed to be about policy. It was designed to be about who could effectively deliver the policy values of the base. That’s happening to some level with the Democratic Party, but not to the level that we would prefer. It’s happening on another level with conservatives. These policies are so adverse that individuals on the Left could never agree with some of the ideology coming from DeSantis or Trump and others.
So all Biden has to do is deliver what he ran on. If he does that, he’s secured because most of the country believes in those policies. That’s how he gets the confidence of his constituents.
