New Biden ad insists his age is actually an important asset: ‘I’m not a young guy’
President Biden’s campaign released an ad Saturday claiming the 81-year-old’s age is actually an asset that helps him “get things done.”
“Look, I’m not a young guy. That’s no secret,” says Biden, in a new 60-second spot, called “For You” — part of a new $30 million advertising buy in battleground states. “But here’s the deal — I understand how to get things done for the American people.”
Biden narrates the ad, where he touts his record on issues such as prescription drug prices, recovery from the pandemic and the economy.
The crisis at the border is not mentioned at all in the spot.
“Donald Trump believes the job of a president is to take care of Donald Trump,” Biden says in the ad. “I believe the job of a president is to fight for you, the American people. And that’s what I’m doing.”
He closes the ad saying, “Look, I’m very young, energetic and handsome, what the hell am I doing this for?”
The Biden camp in recent weeks has sought to counter persistent questions about the gaffe-prone president’s age and mental acuity – which surfaced again this week during the State of the Union address when he referred to murdered Georgia nursing student Laken Riley as “Lincoln Riley,” and the next day when he said the 2021 Capitol riot happened on “July the sixth” rather than January 6.
“I think [his age] is an asset like the successful withdrawal from Afghanistan,” Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Cali.) sarcastically told The Post Saturday.
“Biden’s team has spent years telling us Biden is astonishingly alert and engaged — but only in private. That didn’t pass the eye test, so they’re trying to say his old age is an asset.
Only problem is we’re talking Joe Biden here. He’s elderly, but without the wisdom,” Issa added.
Gavin Wax, president of New York Young Republicans, also ripped the ad, saying “Biden is a relic.”
“Age has only exaggerated the tendencies he’s displayed through his very long political career: nastiness, vindictiveness, and self-service,” he said.
The commercial is part of a six-week advertising buy targeting Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, Nevada and North Carolina according to the Biden campaign.
It will appear during March Madness coverage on networks including ESPN and TNT, as well as Comedy Central and FX.
A Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll released last month found that more than 80% of those surveyed in key swing states are worried that Biden is too old.
He’s expected to face Trump, 77, in a rematch of the 2020 presidential election.
Meanwhile, three major political action committees representing black, Asian American and Latino voters are expected to endorse Biden’s reelection bid Saturday and commit $30 million to mobilizing communities of color, The Hill reported.
The AAPI Victory Fund, The Collective PAC and the Latino Victory Fund are expected to roll out their endorsements at an Atlanta rally to be attended by president and First Lady Jill Biden.
With Post wires.
