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On Sunday, Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina attempted to shield Joe Biden from criticism following his disastrous debate performance by attributing it to his lifelong stutter. “All of us know how stutterers operate,” Clyburn told CNN. This defense has been echoed by Biden supporters across social media, framing criticisms as “extreme ableism.” However, the progressive left Atlantic magazine argues this is “dishonest,” as “Biden’s fellow stuttering Americans may trip over their words, [but] they do not… exhibit the many other concerning symptoms that Biden displayed at last week’s debate.”
Biden’s debate issues went far beyond stuttering, The Atlantic observes. Viewers witnessed “repeated…
