Biden says if Trump mocks his age or mental state he'd challenge him to a push-up contest

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON – When asked what he would do if President Donald Trump challenged him based on his age or mental fitness in a debate, former Vice President Joe Biden said he would challenge the president to a push-up contest.

Biden made the comment during an interview with MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski that aired Monday on "Morning Joe." Brzezinski asked Biden about Democratic voters who wondered how he would handle someone like Trump, "who doesn't play fair," after he seemed unprepared for criticism from Sen. Kamala Harris in the Democratic debate in Miami.

"I realize that some have concluded that because I didn't respond very tough back to her, that how can I take on Trump? I've never had any trouble taking on anyone from Trump to Putin to Xi Jinping or anybody else," he said.

"I'm used to bullies," Biden added. He cited a line from former President Harry Truman, which he said his "grandpop" used to quote. When asked if he was going to "give 'em hell," Truman said, "No, I'm just going to tell them the truth. They're going to think it's hell."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-says-if-trump-mocks-his-age-or-mental-state-in-a-debate-hed-challenge-him-to-a-push-up-contest/ar-AAEponw?li=BBnb7Kz

He tries

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Trump would be like a turtle on a fencepost.

He'd rock himself to sleep before he got back up.

[highplainsdem]

3. LOL! True.

[CatMor]

2. It would take a crane to lower trump to the ground.

[qazplm135]

4. I sometimes wonder how he gets into and out of bed

unaided.

I assume it's an additional duty of the Secret Service.

[delisen]

5. To me, this is the equivalent of taking the bait

Rubio fell into the "man-contest" in 2016. It dragged him into the "tiny hands" contest and Rubio became known for that and not policy.

[Claritie Pixie]

6. I like this tactic. Keep it up Joe.

[FloridaBlues]

7. Think his statement was somewhat " tongue and cheek",I Don't make too of it

[highplainsdem]

8. I'd pay to see Trump lying on the floor trying to do pushups.

[blue neen]

10. I know, right?

It would definitely like watching a train wreck.

[Cha]

21. Challenging trump if he

starts with his gas lighting insults about Biden's age & "sleepy" might be good way to shut him up.

[onetexan]

24. Biden should challenge the Idiot to a physical and mental fitness test

and release the results to the public. Let's see who the aged sleepy guy is

[Cha]

25. Yes! trump may be

sorry he opened his big. lying gaslit, mouth. Put up or shutup! Psycho has some heavy karma to answer for.. and Biden might be just the one to make it happen.

onetexan!

[DesertRat]

9. We don't need this election to become a machismo contest

[Cha]

26. That's not the way I look at it..

If trump starts on his lying gaslit insults to Joe Biden.. then challenging him to put up or shut up might be a way to stop that.

This isn't about "machismo", imo. It's about stopping trump's insults about Biden's age and the insult he throws at him.. "sleepy".

A man just shouted "Sleepy Joe" at Biden, Biden ran up to him and asked him to race...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=189120

I totally understand why Biden would want to do that.. as someone posted in this thread.. one way deal with trump is "ridicule".

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=203686

[DesertRat]

35. Imo, "I've got a plan for that" would be more effective than challenging him to push-ups

I prefer that candidates don't lower themselves to his level, as Michelle Obama once so eloquently said. Ignoring the taunts of a bully is more effective than getting down in the mud with them.

If the men start responding to Donnie's insults with feats of strength challenges, how should the woman candidates respond?

We'll just have to agree to disagree on this.

[Cha]

36. I don't think Biden "would be lowering"

himself by challenging him to do pushups when trump mocks Biden's age or the stupid "sleepy" insult.

Biden does keep it HIGH in my opinion.

[rampartc]

27. it is a terrible shame, but observe his supporters

they are 'rasslin' fans. believe it or not they think trump is a 'rasslin' champion

a physical contest is all that they can understand.

and, obviously, trump would have to cheat to win, but he is certainly not above cheating.

[Vegas Roller]

11. Biden will kick his ass n/t

[cwydro]

12. I'm not into this quien es mas macho contest.

I wish Biden would stop that.

[mtnsnake]

17. I think it's great. Adds spice!

I hope he keeps it up.

[Cha]

22. Actually.. I don't think it's that

way at all.

I think it's challenging trump on his insults and gas lit lies. Put up or shut up.

We all know trump's not up to it. It's not a contest.

[Lordquinton]

29. He's falling into the trap

This is trump's domain, and Biden is walking into a contest he won't win. The suggestion for him to bring reporters on his daily jog is a great way to handle it, but the macho challenging is a non-starter

[Skya Rhen]

13. I love it, Joe!

[wyldwolf]

14. Heh!

Love it.

[GulfCoast66]

15. Against normal a President I would really dislike his reply...

But I’m thinking he reads trump better than most.

Because a push-up or sprint contest would scare trump. He would lose and he knows it. And would would weak to his knuckle dragging base if after he attacked Biden for being feeble he looked scared to compete with him. Which is why I don’t there will be a single debate.

So if Biden drops a few more of these ‘tongue in cheek’ comments we may have someone who is actually calling the song for trump for a change.

The key to beating trump is not just outrage, but ridicule as well.

[Sugarcoated]

20. Bingo

[Cha]

23. Exactly, GC.. It's not

a macho thing with Biden. I think the Challenge is to shut the Psycho up with his gas lit insults.

Put up or shut up, traitorous squatter. trump started this shite.. Biden wants to end it.

A man just shouted "Sleepy Joe" at Biden, Biden ran up to him and asked him to race...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=189120

[JI7]

31. also , Biden is probably one of the few that could get away with doing it

without hurting himself.

someone younger would be seen as unfair and a woman would make the incels angry.

[marylandblue]

16. I like it, but it would better if Biden said nothing at all, but just

brought the press pool out on his regular jog and see who can keep up with him.

[Demit]

30. I don't think that's in his skill set, to say nothing at all

[mtnsnake]

18. If Trump lied down to do a pushup his little hands wouldn't be able to reach the floor in

a futile attempt to push himself back up. Malaria would have to hire a fork lift from Home Depot to get him back up on his feet.

[gulliver]

19. Bet Trump doesn't respond...score it an ace.

[Mike Nelson]

28. A confession...

… I think this kind of talk I stupid. However, if it works with the desired voters, so be it... Biden would surely win the "push-up" contest" with Trump. He could also ask Crooked Donald to jog with him. If I were older than my opponent and were facing questions about my age, I might say things like this... the game is to win. You do and say what you need to do, to win. Biden needs to watch out for one of his younger opponents to issue the same challenge... Booker could challenge Biden. At least, they won't be discussing their penis size, like Trump and Rubio...

[ecstatic]

32. I think people are interpreting his comment too literally

Biden's greatest and deadliest debate lines in the past tended to consist of snark / zingers. I think he was indicating that he can take trump down that way as well. Obviously, those type of comebacks come in the heat of the moment. Not a year in advance.

[John Fante]

33. Trump doesn't mind being called a racist. He gets off on it.

Attacking his physical and mental ineptitude is the way to go. It drives him crazy. I wish one our candidates would challenge Trump to explain how a bill becomes law (shit you learn in middle school) because I guarantee you Dickhead doesn't have the foggiest clue what the procedure is. He's a total nitwit. .

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

34. Trump laying facedown on the floor...

If his arms actually reached the ground...his little hands would be an inadequate foundation to support such weight.




I get this vision of a trumplike T-Rex somehow

[Gothmog]

37. Joe Biden's childhood struggle with a stutter: How he overcame it and how it shaped him

Joe is very well equipped to take on trump the bully

Link to tweet

Valerie Biden Owens, the former vice president’s younger sister, says that one lasting impact of his childhood stutter is that it has given him more empathy and compassion for others’ trials, and it uniquely equips him to handle Trump’s taunts.

“Trump is a bully, and Joe has been standing up to bullies his entire life,” Owens said in an interview. “Joe’s stuttering, I think, is one of the principal reasons — a major, major, major reason — that he is the good and compassionate and kind man that he is.”

About 3 million Americans suffer from the speech impediment of stuttering, marked by involuntary repetition of sounds, syllables or words. According to the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders, most children outgrow their stutter, but for 25% of them, stuttering is a lifelong challenge.

Biden has overcome the serious stutter of his youth, but remnants of it resurface on occasions such as when he is very tired, he said in a 2016 speech. Experts on stuttering who follow him closely say they have noticed it on several occasions during the campaign, such as an interview on “The View” when he addressed complaints about his tendency to touch and hug women while campaigning, and an April speech in Pittsburgh launching his campaign, when he struggled with words.