An unexpected speech. Too old? Not really.

For those who think Joe Biden is too old to be President:

Do any of you know how hard it is to deliver a speech that long and that complex without stumbling once?

Did you watch that extended, longer-than-anyone-ever-did, entry into the chamber and the personalized small talk with countless numbers of attendees?

Did you notice how quickly he responded to audience reactions, both negative and positive?

Have you seen a President deliver a more fiery speech that ran that long?

Have you ever seen a President handle a crowd as difficult as this as effectively as he did?

Inevitably, there will be criticisms from the GOP of the things they did not like. So be it.

Joe Biden was impressive.

That’s all I have to say.\

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