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In reply to the discussion: Trump: If I fought Biden, 'it would not last long' [View all]Gothmog
(145,264 posts)41. 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
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Valerie Biden Owens, the former vice presidents 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 Trumps taunts.
Trump is a bully, and Joe has been standing up to bullies his entire life, Owens said in an interview. Joes 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.
Trump is a bully, and Joe has been standing up to bullies his entire life, Owens said in an interview. Joes 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.
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Drumpf recently say that he would give Putin a run for his money. That's a fight I'd like to see.
TheBlackAdder
Oct 2018
#23
look at Trumps body ..... he is just horrible. He could not kick his way out of a wet paper bag
trueblue2007
Oct 2018
#31
I pray for the massive coronary and someone in the White House who knows the difference between
rzemanfl
Oct 2018
#6
This lazy f*ck drives his golf cart onto the green. He's superstitious about not exercising.
RockRaven
Oct 2018
#11
Oh right, fat boy. You can barely walk up a flight of stairs and you are going to
smirkymonkey
Oct 2018
#18