(Daily Mail) President Joe Biden seemed to struggle getting off stage at a rally in Pittsburgh – just a month after a similar gaffe following a United Nations speech.
After finishing his speech, Biden, 79, was seen turning toward his right to exit the stage when he stopped to talk to his team, raising his hands in question.
Shortly after, he spun around and exited the stage on his left side.
He stopped in Pittsburgh to review the progress on the $25.3million reconstruction of the Fern Hollow Bridge. The bridge collapsed in January, injuring 10 and swallowing several cars.
The bridge’s reconstruction is supposed to be done by the end of the year, a feat Biden highlighted as impressive.
‘Normally, you’d be looking at two to five years to rebuild a bridge like that,’ Biden said. ‘By Christmas, God willing, I’m coming to walk over this sucker.’
He stopped in Pittsburgh to review the progress on the $25.3million reconstruction of the Fern Hollow Bridge. The bridge collapsed in January, injuring 10 and swallowing several cars.
The bridge’s reconstruction is supposed to be done by the end of the year, a feat Biden highlighted as impressive.
‘Normally, you’d be looking at two to five years to rebuild a bridge like that,’ Biden said. ‘By Christmas, God willing, I’m coming to walk over this sucker.’
President Joe Biden, 79, was seen struggling to get off stage after a speech in Pittsburgh (pictured)
After finishing his speech, Biden was seen turning toward his right to exit the stage when he stopped to talk to his team, raising his hands in question. Shortly after, he spins around and exits on his left side
He stopped in Pittsburgh to review the progress on the $25.3million reconstruction of the Fern Hollow Bridge and to tout his infrastructure bill
He also touted his $1trillion infrastructure bill, which is going to help 2,500 other bridges and is reportedly the biggest package since Eisenhower’s interstate system.
He said in November that the bill was to help ‘ordinary people.’ He said at the time: ‘This isn’t some gigantic bill. It is but it’s about what happens to ordinary people, conversations around those kitchen tables that are both profound as they are ordinary. How do I cross a bridge in a snowstorm?’
Seven other bridges in Pennsylvania are due to be repaired, according to Trib Live.
‘Pittsburgh’s a city of bridges, but too many of them are in poor condition,’ Biden said. ‘It never should’ve come to this.’
Prior to arriving to Pennsylvania, he made a rare stop to speak with reporters before departing – but instead of just answering questions, the president berated journalists asking about his campaign stops and abortion restrictions.
One reporter was called a ‘kid’ while the president told another to ‘educate’ themselves.
Biden, who was leaving for events in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman, jogged over to the line of reporters gathered for his departure and yelled over the sounds of Marine One while delivering answers to reporters.
John Fetterman’s gonna appear with you today in Pennsylvania, but there haven’t been that many candidates campaigning with you —’ CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang began.
Biden cut her off and leaned forward, yelling over the sounds of Marine One to say: ‘That’s not true!’
‘There’ve been 15,’ he insisted. ‘Count, kid, count!’
When asked if he would campaign with more candidates ahead of the midterms on November 8, Biden said ‘yeah.’
Biden them moved onto Pro-life EWTN White House correspondent Owen Jensen, who asked if he supports ‘restrictions on abortion at all.’
‘Yes, there should be,’ Biden, a staunch Catholic, replied.
‘What should they be?’ Jensen pushed.
‘It’s Roe v. Wade. Read it, man. You’ll get educated,’ the president said.
The Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973 did not place any federal-level restriction on abortion, but rather made the issue a protected medical decision that should be made between a women and her doctor.
States have been pushing to add their own restrictions for years – and in June Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme court, leaving abortion laws up to the states to decide.
