Biden on Trump: 'Sleepy Joe is going to wake him up really quickly'

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/456381-biden-on-trump-sleepy-joe-is-going-to-wake-him-up-really-quickly

Former Vice President Joe Biden jabbed at President Trump in an interview that aired on Tuesday, invoking Trump's "Sleepy Joe" nickname.

"Well, let me tell you, Sleepy Joe is going to wake him up really quickly because none of this changes as long as he's president of the United States of America," Biden said according to an excerpt from an interview with Noticias Telemundo.

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Biden went on to slam Trump's rhetoric on race, religion and ethnicity, saying it was not representative of the U.S.

"This fomenting hate, this talk about how in fact there are good people and a whole — and pitting us against one another based on our race, our religion, our ethnic background. That's not America. It's not who we are," he continued.

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Telemundo interview here:

https://www.telemundo.com/noticias/2019/08/06/entrevista-exclusiva-joe-biden-promete-un-camino-la-ciudadania-11-millones-de

The remark about Sleepy Joe waking Trump up is near the end of that clip.

The headline there is about Biden favoring a pathway to citizenship for 11 million immigrants,

[peggysue2]

1. And this is where the focus needs to be

On Trump, day-in, day-out. Because this Administration is the clear and present danger. For all of us.

[Green Line]

2. Thanks for posting

Loved that Sleepy Joe line, good interview all around.

[Skya Rhen]

3. That's my Joe! Using the bully's phrase is very effective in weakening

its impact.

Let Joe be Joe 2020!

[yaesu]

4. now this is what I like to see, this attitude, this is how you get under the skin of a bully. nt

[Bradshaw3]

5. Way to go Joe!

We like the fight.

[Cha]

6. Thank you for taking it right to the

psycho monster, Biden!

Mahalo,

[Gothmog]

7. Biden had fun calling trump low energy

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

8. Biden on President Trump's comments toward him Wednesday: "He should get a life."

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

9. Joe Biden's childhood struggle with a stutter: How he overcame it and how it shaped him

Joe is very well equipped to take on trump the bully

Link to tweet

Valerie Biden Owens, the former vice president’s younger sister, says that one lasting impact of his childhood stutter is that it has given him more empathy and compassion for others’ trials, and it uniquely equips him to handle Trump’s taunts.

“Trump is a bully, and Joe has been standing up to bullies his entire life,” Owens said in an interview. “Joe’s stuttering, I think, is one of the principal reasons — a major, major, major reason — that he is the good and compassionate and kind man that he is.”

About 3 million Americans suffer from the speech impediment of stuttering, marked by involuntary repetition of sounds, syllables or words. According to the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders, most children outgrow their stutter, but for 25% of them, stuttering is a lifelong challenge.

Biden has overcome the serious stutter of his youth, but remnants of it resurface on occasions such as when he is very tired, he said in a 2016 speech. Experts on stuttering who follow him closely say they have noticed it on several occasions during the campaign, such as an interview on “The View” when he addressed complaints about his tendency to touch and hug women while campaigning, and an April speech in Pittsburgh launching his campaign, when he struggled with words.