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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden set off complaints and questions as he once again wrapped up another day before lunch, even earning a jab from President Donald Trump.
The Biden campaign has called a “lid” — the end of activities for the day — yet again on Thursday, less than two months before the election. Reporters announcing the lid on Twitter sparked dozens of comments as questions came up about why the former vice president is hiding away again rather than address major issues such as rioting in Kentucky where two police officers were shot.
Trump took a shot at “Sleepy Joe Biden” in a tweet on Thursday following the announcement by his campaign that the Democrat nominee would be preparing for upcoming debates instead.
“Sleepy Joe Biden just closed down his campaign for the day (Again),” the president wrote. “Wants to rest! He is a very LOW ENERGY INDIVIDUAL, and our Country cannot make it in these exciting, but complex and competitive times, with a Low Energy President !!!”
Sleepy Joe Biden just closed down his campaign for the day (Again). Wants to rest! He is a very LOW ENERGY INDIVIDUAL, and our Country cannot make it in these exciting, but complex and competitive times, with a Low Energy President !!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2020
“Lid means he’s not going to be anywhere today. I’m working my a– off. I’m in Ohio, Texas, Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin,” Trump said during his rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday after Biden called another lid that morning.
President @realDonaldTrump rips Joe Biden for calling a lid early this morning: “Lid means he’s not going to be anywhere today. I’m working my ass off. I’m in Ohio, Texas, Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin.” pic.twitter.com/iDTuIOQRLN
— Team Trump (Text VOTE to 88022) (@TeamTrump) September 23, 2020
Days before the presidential debate, Biden said he had begun to get ready and would focus more on the task of preparing starting Thursday.
“I’ve started to prepare but I haven’t gotten into it really heavily. I will be beginning tomorrow,” he told reporters Wednesday, according to pool reports.
His campaign called the lid shortly after 9 a.m. on Thursday, just after doing the same thing on Tuesday.
A “lid” is called by a campaign to signal that the candidate is done making news for the day. Meaning Joe Biden is in his basement to stay for the day.
— Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) September 22, 2020
And the lid called on Tuesday made it the eighth time just in the month of September, for anyone keeping track.
This is every day so far in the month of September that the Biden Campaign has called a full lid before Noon pic.twitter.com/dqdJlqdjMc
— Alec Sears (@alec_sears) September 22, 2020
Comments also poured in during the other announced lids this month, including the day after the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
45 days until the election and Joe Biden’s campaign calls a lid at 8:35AM.
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) September 19, 2020
Still can’t get over how bizarre it is that Biden called an 8:30am lid the day after a progressive icon passes away.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 19, 2020
There are seven weekends left to campaign before Election Day.
Tonight the President is holding a rally in the battleground state of North Carolina.
The Biden team called a lid at 8:34am, which means we won’t see the former Vice President for the rest of the day.
— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) September 19, 2020
Biden’s campaign insists there is a strategy in place, and has dismissed worries about the nominee laying low so close to the election.
.@edokeefe reports the Biden move to lay low may seem “odd or misguided”, but his team disagrees.
A senior aide said, “We’ve been through some high-pressure times before and we’re always deliberate about how we respond…People will question our tactics and we’ll do our thing.”
— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) September 19, 2020
But many liberals and some of Biden’s own supporters have questioned the methods. Far-left filmmaker Michael Moore recently slammed the Michigan campaign as being “worse” than that of 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
“Yes, we need to do it differently than 2016, but we need to go the other direction,” Moore said last week. “We need more, we don’t need less.”
Meanwhile, Thursday’s lid set off another round of questions and mockery on Twitter.
For those saying this is for his debate prep — he better have one hell of a debate performance.
— John Gage (@johnrobertgage) September 24, 2020
Violent riots, two police shot, and the Dem presidential candidate retreats to his basement.
Again. This is the man supposed to lead us??
— Teacloc (@Teacloc) September 24, 2020
Biden putting a “lid” on his activities for today.
How ‘bout we put a lid on on him Nov. 3rd and send him to the basement for good.
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) September 24, 2020
40 days until the election and the Biden campaign called a lid at 9:20 a.m.
— Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) September 24, 2020
Joe Biden is doing debate prep today. Understandable. Biden is a seasoned debater.
But what was his excuse on 9/1, 9/5, 9/6, 9/8, 9/10, 9/12, 9/19, and 9/22, all days he called a “lid” before noon? https://t.co/hYlJixPWOm
— Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) September 24, 2020
Again?
— Jose🌻🐘 (@yalvaret98) September 24, 2020
Biden is campaigning lazier than Hillary. The press can ignore it, and make excuses for it but voters probably won’t. Every lid day is a day he’s not in Florida or Pennsylvania or Michigan. And journalists are too scared to ask why.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 24, 2020
It may not matter but if he loses this will be looked back on as a huge question mark, and it’s interesting you guys have zero curiosity about it.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 24, 2020
Cmon man
— warriordad_1776 (@07Warriordad) September 24, 2020
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