Last updated on July 18th, 2023 at 11:30 am
A Trump supporter called Biden Sleepy Joe at an Iowa parade. Biden responded by asking the man to run with him. The man declined.
Sleepy Joe Nickname Backfires On Trump Supporter
Here was the exchange:
As Biden approached a man at Independence parade started shouting out “Sleepy Joe!†Biden heard and came over to him, said: “Come run with me!†The man declined
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— Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) July 4, 2019
Video of Biden running:
Biden ran the parade route and after a Trump supporter called him Sleepy Joe, Biden asked the man to run with him. pic.twitter.com/zmtaUQEPFH
— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) July 4, 2019
If Biden is so “low energy” and sleepy, it should have been easy for the Trump supporter to run with him, but the Trump voter declined because he couldn’t hang with Biden. The former vice president wasn’t mean to the voter. He didn’t say anything inappropriate. He just asked the man to run in the parade with him.
Joe Biden is many things, but sleepy is not one of them. Trump has never run anywhere, and the next time he greets voters by running in a parade will be the first.
The sleepy nickname is a flop, and a Trump supporter found out why calling Joe Biden sleepy is a big mistake.
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