President Biden has written about having “struggled with a stutter all my life,” an unusual nod to the ongoing nature of his battle. And in interviews, he has spoken at length about the childhood trauma and embarrassment of struggling to speak. wapo.st/4a3VPet
Donald Trump has mocked Biden by falsely claiming that the president is stuttering during his speeches, but Biden has been relying on the longtime centerpiece of his personal and political biography, embracing it to sell himself as the candidate of compassion for the 2024 presidential rematch. wapo.st/4a3VPet
@washingtonpost This social media copy here is better than the headline put on this reporting. (More eyeballs see headlines and social media copy written by news outlets vs body copy. So the ACCURACY of the *impressions* made by HEADLINES is extra important in our current attention economy)
@washingtonpost Biden’s current impairment issues are not a stammer or stutter. It is insulting to imply that having such a speech impediment would affect cognitive function, spatial awareness, balance, memory, coordination, volume of speech, etc. Video of Biden as VP show no such impairment
@washingtonpost In general, a commander-in-chief who has had to overcome obstacles in his life and therefore may be familiar with the concept of empathy seems like a good thing. As for those who mock people with struggles, as the wise sage Melania Trump put it - Be Best.
@washingtonpost It’s not a stutter that people are worried about, but you know that. This story gets recycled every so often. cnn.com/2015/02/12/pol…