Just a few short months ago, Democrats -- including Kamala Harris -- and their media apparatchiks were assuring America that Joe Biden is just fine and sharp as a tack. We all know what happened after that and these days, Biden looks and sounds about as healthy as 100-year-old Jimmy Carter. Every once in a while, they will wheel both out as proof of life, and to any normal person, it looks more like cruelty than anything else.

Advertisement This was the case yesterday as Biden made a croaking appearance to talk about Hurricane Helene. He sounded barely sentient as he tried to describe the aftermath and his administration's utterly failed response to the storm. But we knew it was actually Biden when -- in classic Joe Biden fashion -- he said something mind-bogglingly stupid and utterly lacking in self-awareness.

Watch: Biden says people 'must be brain dead' to doubt 'climate crisis' fueled Hurricane Helene https://t.co/9RbgZHdn2X pic.twitter.

com/flnlQsmqW1 — New York Post (@nypost) October 2, 2024 Oh, honey. Honey, no. Who wants to tell him? It isn't in the clip above, but an even funnier addition to this speech is that, just before his 'brain dead' comment, Biden admonished people against politicizing the storm: President Biden called on Americans Wednesday to 'put politics aside' to focus on Hurricane Helene recovery efforts — moments before stepping on his own message by saying that anyone who doubts climate change's role in the disaster 'must be brain dead.

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