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Joe Biden’s tragic and sharp cognitive decline has had horrifying consequences on a global scale.
Between 100 and 200 Americans were stranded in Afghanistan, including a 3-year-old California boy as well as a pregnant American woman who was reportedly beaten by the Taliban when trying to escape.
At home in the states, Biden is struggling to deal with the damage done by the remnants of Hurricane Ida in New Jersey and New York.
During a press conference, Biden found himself rambling about severe weather and meteorological nomenclature.
“It didn’t go well,” writes Spencer Brown at Townhall, noting how Biden appears “confused.”
Biden struggled as he stated, “It’s all across the country, you know, the members of Congress know from their colleagues in Congress that uh, you know, it looks like a tornado, they don’t call ’em that anymore, that hit the crops and wetlands in the middle of the country in Iowa and Nevada and I mean, it’s just across the board. And uh, you know um, as I said, we’re in this together.”
It’s entirely unclear exactly what Biden was trying to convey.
“It seems he is confusing a derecho that swept across the city of Nevada, Iowa in August of 2020 with not-tornado tornadoes that struck the states of Nevada and Iowa,” Brown explains at Townhall. “Surely, the President knows that Nevada is not in the middle of the country, right?”
Meteorologists immediately noticed Biden’s gaffe.
Residents in the states Biden mentioned also noted his mistake.
To help clear things up for Biden, tornadoes are still tornadoes and Derechos are still Derechos. Nevada is not in the middle of the country, but Iowa is.
One person joked on Twitter saying, “Tornados no longer exist. Biden stopped them forever.”
Another person asked, “What do they call them? Twisters? Vortexes? Wind tubes?”
Watch the clip:
Joe Biden doesn’t think that people use the term “tornadoes” anymore. pic.twitter.com/s8hEg2aLqF
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 7, 2021
Here are reactions to Biden’s gaffe:
Yes, we still call them tornadoes. 🌪 https://t.co/uK4vUg0ytV
— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) September 7, 2021
The Nevada thing threw me off as well. Ok. I’m done.
— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) September 7, 2021
Doing the weather is not as easy as it looks.
— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) September 7, 2021
I’ve lived in Nevada for 32 years and I just became aware that we are
A. in the middle of the country
B. have crops and wetlands
C. have tornadoes that wipe those out https://t.co/y2EkpGu7jP— Fiscal Therapist (@BigLifeMark) September 7, 2021
In Indiana we still call them tornadoes… did I miss something? https://t.co/7kMF5onIZi
— Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) September 7, 2021
What do they call them? Twisters? Vortexes? Wind tubes? https://t.co/9bXjRlPDqL
— Ashe Short (@AsheSchow) September 7, 2021
Tornados no longer exist. Biden stopped them forever.
— Matt Vespa (@mVespa1) September 7, 2021
