Joe Biden, on Memorial Day, visited and laid a wreath at the Veterans Memorial Park in New Castle, Delaware. Joe and Jill Biden were wearing masks, as were most of the personnel around them. Joe looked mighty good, dignified and debonair on this solemn occasion.
This was the first time since March 15 that Biden has been seen in public; he has remained in isolation at his home in Wilmington, Delaware as prescribed by health authorities and the state government to protect the elderly and to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Responding to a reporter, Biden said —“Never forget the sacrifices that these men and women made. Never, ever, forget.”
Here are a few more images and additional coverage of the event.
The Joe Biden masked look and the solemn occasion were noticed by right-wing media and Brit Hume of Fox News, who had to come up with something quick to trash the very presidential performance by Biden, given that trump does not wear a mask except for the one time he wore one for a few minutes at the Ford factory. So, Brit Hume tweeted this —
The occupant of the White House re-tweeted this as well. Looks like Brit Hume, like most right-wingers, is trying to get his tweets posted on trump’s twitter page. His paycheck probably depends on it.
Who knows what message Brit was trying to send to trump supporters, but it seemed to be aimed at feeding the crazed opposition in right-wing world to masks, social-distancing, science, doctors and competence. Perhaps, Fox is concerned that Biden looked handsome, dignified and presidential and the electorate might catch on.
Journalists and writers were quick to drown out Hume’s ugly message with a barrage of simple truths. Hopefully, this will be a learning moment for Hume, but we doubt it.
Trump doesn't wear a mask in public because he's afraid of what the press might say. That makes him a coward in my book. Anyone who is afraid of looking bad is cowardly.
Yes, Brit, let's not lead by example. Let's not protect our friends, family and co-workers. Wearing a mask is the right thing to do. Just because @realDonaldTrump decides not to do it, doesn't like it, doesn't like what it looks like, still makes his decision wrong.
Biden is wearing one because science says it stops the spread, and he is being respectful of his fellow Americans.This saddens me honestly Brit, because I don't agree with your politics, but I respected your PoV before Trump. You have gone down the conspiracy theorist hole.
One candidate has allowed nearly 100,000 Americans to die in a plague. The other wears a mask to set an example for public health.Tough call.
It’s almost like there is a pandemic or something. Also: Biden looks cool as hell out here setting an example. You know, like presidents are supposed to do.
The equivalent of mocking someone for wearing a seatbelt. Or a bike helmet. Such a shameful and embarrassing post.
Biden is a badass. the president is a hopped-up-on-drugs bloated creampuff with dainty baby hands dangling from his withered t-rex arms, teetering on 3" lifts in his shoes and a girdle that makes him pitch forward like he's about to face-plant. but whatever you say, Brit
Yeah Britt, because Trump doesn't look ridiculous enough in public with the raccoon look with orange face paint and a rat on his head, teetering over like an overweight penguin with a red tie hanging over his man boobs to below his massive waistline, all while wearing diapers.
What—and I cannot stress this enough—the fuck is wrong with you?It's not about HOW YOU LOOK... it's about WHAT IT DOES...
Nah it's because Trump is an insecure narcissist and he wears easily smearable orange face paint.
Brit Hume, trying to own the libs, ends up owning himself.
This is a perfect and perfectly revealing tweet. Thank you!
Brit even doubled down on the crass tweet and got schooled again — he must love punishment.
It’s not the mask, it’s what’s behind it that matters and makes you look good.
We agree, that’s what a Commander-in-Chief looks like.
What did trump do during the Memorial Day weekend? Play golf, rage-tweet at his perceived enemies, hurled insults are women, men, everyone who does not worship him, even North Carolina, went for a short visit to lay a wreath, then back to rage-tweeting.
Jennifer Rubin wrote at the Washington Post — “If one did not know better, one would think that Biden were the incumbent president, giving voice to the solemnity of the day and modeling responsible coronavirus social distancing and mask-wearing.”
One can expect that this is what right-wing world and its infestation of Russian and American bots will do from now until November, throwing vile juvenile insults at Joe Biden and Democrats in general, since they cannot win on their ideas or their record and their base has been trained into relishing innuendos and lies. Let’s stay vigilant and keep neutralizing their ugly message, while spreading the truth about Democrats, Joe Biden and the Coronavirus pandemic.
P.S. Biden strikes back at trump — with a rapier.