(Headline USA) President Joe Biden’s allies are sharing photoshopped images of the 80-year-old in an effort to make him appear younger and more fit, according to reports.
Concerns about Biden’s health have grown in recent months following a series of troubling gaffes and falls. The White House even admitted that Biden has been relegated to using a shorter staircase to board Air Force One due to concerns that he will publicly trip while walking up the stairs.
To alleviate these concerns, Democrat allies are sharing an edited image of Biden, which has blurred the president’s wrinkles to make him look younger. The post places Biden next to former President Donald Trump, who has not been edited.
The edits on the image of Biden are apparent when you compare the image shared by Democrats to the original Getty copy, according to Townhall.
A number of similar images comparing an edited Biden to an unedited Trump have been shared by top Biden allies, including former White House chief of staff Ron Klain.
However, even a number of Democrats are beginning to recognize Biden’s age as a serious handicap. A congressional Democrat recently told NBC that the party needs to be more responsive to concerns about Biden’s “embarrassing and dangerous” falls.
“The Democratic Party needs to be responsive to what people are saying about Biden and their concerns that they have with his age,” the congressional Democrat, who remained anonymous, told the outlet. “The number of text messages that I got after the president fell … I mean, my phone was blowing up. People are like, ‘Oh, this is so bad.’”
Public polling confirms the majority of the public believes Biden is too old to serve in office again. Nearly seven in 10 registered voters, 68%, say the 80-year-old president is “too old for another term,” according to a Yahoo News/YouGov poll released in March.
