{"id":40044,"date":"2020-12-05T15:44:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T19:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=40044"},"modified":"2020-12-05T15:44:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T19:44:25","slug":"why-did-joe-biden-joke-that-he-would-fake-illness-and-resign-over-disagreement-freudian-slip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=40044","title":{"rendered":"Why did Joe Biden joke that he would &#8216;fake illness and resign&#8217; over disagreement? Freudian slip?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>In Bizarre Interview, Biden Jokes He Would &#8216;Fake Illness And Resign&#8217; Over Disagreement<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden may have just said the quiet part out loud.<\/p>\n<p>During a Thursday\u00a0<em>CNN<\/em>\u00a0interview with Kamala Harris, Biden was asked about his relationship with his running mate, to which he gave a rambling reply capped off with the most awkward of &#8216;jokes&#8217;: that<strong>\u00a0under certain circumstances he&#8217;d fake an illness and resign.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/joe%20finger_0.jpg?itok=42UZ6LKi\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/joe%20finger_0.jpg?itok=42UZ6LKi\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/joe%20finger_0.jpg?itok=06RutMTy 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/joe%20finger_0.jpg?itok=06RutMTy 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/joe%20finger_0.jpg?itok=06RutMTy 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/joe%20finger_0.jpg?itok=06RutMTy 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/joe%20finger_0.jpg?itok=06RutMTy 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/joe%20finger_0.jpg?itok=42UZ6LKi 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/joe%20finger_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"283\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"c2033331-f9ff-4d4c-b34e-f20e819dc1d1\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a matter of, the thing &#8211; we are simpatico on our philosophy of government. Sympatico on how we want to approach these issues that we&#8217;re facing. And when we disagree, it&#8217;ll be just like so far, it&#8217;s been just like when Barack and I did. It&#8217;s in private, she&#8217;ll say &#8216;I think you should do A, B, C or D,&#8217; and I&#8217;ll say &#8216;I like A, I don&#8217;t like B and C, and s&#8217;go OK&#8230;&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And like I told Barack,\u00a0<strong>if there&#8217;s a fundamental disagreement we have based on a moral principle, I&#8217;ll develop some disease and say I have to resign<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden then goes on to\u00a0<strong>gush over Kamala&#8217;s credentials &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>saying &#8220;The great thing is she has a background in the Senate on intelligence, the intelligence community, she has a background in the Senate on a whole range of things that are gonna be pertinent to what we have to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a matter of who takes what, when.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1334686548122591235&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fbizarre-interview-biden-jokes-he-would-fake-illness-and-resign-over-disagreement&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1334686548122591235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Is this the type of thing Biden would fake?<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1334680605972426753&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fbizarre-interview-biden-jokes-he-would-fake-illness-and-resign-over-disagreement&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1334680605972426753\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As a reminder,\u00a0<strong>Both Biden and Harris referred to a &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-both-refer-harris-administration-during-public-speeches\">Harris administration<\/a>&#8216; while on the campaign trail<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1305819079530471424&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fbizarre-interview-biden-jokes-he-would-fake-illness-and-resign-over-disagreement&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1305819079530471424\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1305935205883027456&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fbizarre-interview-biden-jokes-he-would-fake-illness-and-resign-over-disagreement&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1305935205883027456\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<aside class=\"newsletter-insert\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-insert__left-section\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"newsletter-insert__right-section\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-insert__right-section-flex-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/kamala%20rain%202_0.jpg?itok=8fReYg_g\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/kamala%20rain%202_0.jpg?itok=8fReYg_g\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/kamala%20rain%202_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"284\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"92bb05a1-5b3c-4ddb-8f7b-f1951b0a1ab8\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/bizarre-interview-biden-jokes-he-would-fake-illness-and-resign-over-disagreement\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/bizarre-interview-biden-jokes-he-would-fake-illness-and-resign-over-disagreement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Bizarre Interview, Biden Jokes He Would &#8216;Fake Illness And Resign&#8217; 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