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Sanjana Varghese
Jul 20, 2020
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People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones – especially if you're a member of the Trump family.
Eric Trump, one of President Trump's sons, wrote a long tweet over the weekend about Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee for president, is apparently unfit to be president. His reason? Apparently, cognitive decline.
He even went onto say that 'the potential of this condition' must be addressed, 'sad and difficult' as it may be.
Why is no one in the media willing to discuss Biden’s seemingly apparent cognitive decline? This is a US presidenti… https://t.co/0JJKRqrNor— Eric Trump (@Eric Trump) 1595180160
People were quick to point out that Eric Trump was really in no position to be casting aspersions on other people's fitness for the role of president.
@EricTrump Your dumb-as-rocks dad bragged to Chris Wallace about how hard it was to count backwards from 100, and t… https://t.co/2M8AUdjFj5— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@BrooklynDad_Defiant!) 1595181673
@EricTrump Your dad suggested nuking a hurricane big guy.— Brian Tyler Cohen (@Brian Tyler Cohen) 1595190254
@EricTrump Dude your father can't even count backwards from 100.— Alex Cole (@Alex Cole) 1595184206
Your father told people to drink bleach. https://t.co/fzJEiLEtH7— Roshan Rinaldi (@Roshan Rinaldi) 1595207604
People pointed out that his father had recently gone onto TV to talk about how difficult he had found a relatively easy cognitive test – even bragging about how hard he had found it.
@EricTrump Your father just told Chris Wallace he found the 5 last questions on a cognitive test "very hard". 🐘 https://t.co/HuczpeetnN— Morten Øverbye (@Morten Øverbye) 1595181263
Your dad is super-duper proud of being able to identify an 🐘 and count back from 100 by 7s and seems bizarrely conv… https://t.co/Wmgu9kuEmp— Eugene V. Belitsky (@Eugene V. Belitsky) 1595195408
Trump children feigning concern is the dumbest shit on Twitter. If they had any level of compassion and empathy, t… https://t.co/PLTQXATBFD— Incognito Dorito- Made in Canada! 😏 (@Incognito Dorito- Made in Canada! 😏) 1595190992
It's just another example of how the Trumps – as a family – seem to think that they're immune from criticism. It's also worth pointing out that Eric seems to have gotten the majority of his work from his father, including his current job (so maybe he shouldn't be talking about other people's capabilities for work). For a couple of months, Donald Trump and his administration have called Joe Biden, 'Sleepy Joe' as part of the presidential race for the November 2020 election.
But if you're the son of a president who frequently rambles and rants to the point of incoherence, then perhaps it's not worth bringing up the cognitive abilities of other people.
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