It is standard operating procedure at this point for Joe Biden to appear a little (or a lot) lost and out of sorts during public engagements, so much so that on the rare occasion that he does give a coherent speech his administration and his apologists in the mainstream press will point to it as supposed evidence that "everything's fine, move along, nothing to see."

Except an overwhelming majority of Americans have made clear they aren't buying it, and something that happened during a visit Biden made to North Carolina on Thursday only bolsters their case.

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Biden was in my home state to tout "$82 million in new investments that would connect 16,000 households and businesses to high-speed internet."  

But during the speech he gave in Raleigh, North Carolina's capital city, Biden had a concerning moment where he called out for Congresswoman Deborah Ross (D-N.C.), whom he said he'd taken a photo with earlier.

Except... she wasn't there and couldn't be there, as he acknowledged soon after:

Biden recognizes Rep. Deborah Ross: "Where's Deborah? I just had my picture taken with her ... Oh, she couldn't be here, actually. That's not true. I got it mixed up." pic.twitter.com/mjxfcmoIxk

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 18, 2024

Biden's confusion over claiming he'd had a photo taken with a member of Congress who wasn't present during his trip was eerily reminiscent of a deeply disturbing moment in September 2022 when he called out for Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) during a White House hunger, nutrition, and health conference.

“Jackie, are you here? Where’s Jackie?” he asked as he looked around the room for Walorski, who had been the co-chair of the House Hunger Caucus. Unfortunately, she was not in attendance because she along with two Congressional aides tragically passed away a month-and-a-half earlier, after a car accident in Indiana.

Watch:

“Where’s Jackie?” Biden asks, referring to Rep. Jackie Walorski, who died in a car accident in August.

The WH was going to play a tribute video to her during this event. pic.twitter.com/FXZKmqEBW0

— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) September 28, 2022

As RedState reported at the time, Politico reporter Meredith Lee Hill was covering the event and wrote about what happened after reporting that the Biden White House was going to play a tribute video honoring Walorski's work. Hill gave Biden the benefit of the doubt, suggesting that perhaps he said what he did “without realizing she passed away in August.”

Except a statement posted to the White House website after Walorski’s passing indicated that Biden and First Lady Jill Biden were indeed aware that Walorski had died.

Biden has often said in response to questions about his age and fitness to lead that people should just "watch me," apparently thinking that in doing so he could prove his critics wrong. Unfortunately for Biden, though, he just keeps on proving them right to the extent that the issue promises to be front and center in the minds of the American people as we get closer to Election Day 2024.

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