Let the excuses, finger pointing and conspiracy theories begin:
brettdale (12,163 posts)
Secret Service should've moved the sandbags
im guessing the right is having a field day laughing.
mcar (41,083 posts)
6. The sandbags were black, as was the pole and floor covering
Biden's gait was not the problem. The fact that the bags were nearly invisible was.
Yep, the bag is virtually invisible. Must be using an Air Force camouflage pattern.
Kid Berwyn (12,126 posts)
2. President should have been warned about sandbags, etc, on the stage.
The Secret Service are the ones who fell down. Again.
Biden is incapable of looking down to see where he's stepping and needs routine Secret Service briefings on the art of walking.
Kid Berwyn (12,126 posts)
22. That's good policy. We still have no one in jail from ERASED emails.
And making sure the path is clear is good policy.
Anyone can wipe out when on a dark stage with sand bags, wires, and who knows what. Secret Service’s job is to protect C-in-C. WTF?
Now there’s a new story on TV in place of Trump’s treason tape.
The stage was so dark that you could barely see that Biden fell down.
brush (47,749 posts)
18. The Secret Service, the advance people...somebody....
didn't do their job.
It's always someone else's fault when a Dem messes up.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217963032peppertree (19,445 posts)
18. +1
Sounds like it was left there on purpose by some Trump-era stay-behind.
You don't see sandbags too often by lecterns on a dais.
It was a trap!!!
democratsruletheday (228 posts)
8. It is what it is....
he's FINE and popped right back up. People trip every day and some don't get back up. The trolls and RW shit birds are out in full force rejoicing but again: happens to the best of us and simply is a nothing burger IMO
You can clearly see him just popping right back up, but the view is obscured by the three people who seem to be holding him down by his arms.
regnaD kciN (25,737 posts)
20. Keep in mind that the Air Force Academy...
…is notorious for being a hotbed of christofascism. It wouldn’t surprise me in the least if it turns out that sandbag was deliberately placed to trip him.
It was a stealth, guided sand bag controlled by an Air Force drone operator.
Sparky 1 (389 posts)
36. For a president of any age . . .
Someone should *always* be sent ahead to make sure the path is clear for the President, Senators, Reps and all visiting dignitaries. This just makes good sense. Why didn't this happen? Why doesn't it routinely happen?
The Secret Service should walk ahead of Biden and lead him like a two-year old to make sure he doesn't fall on his face. That's brilliant.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143081905
