Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at the SEIU Unions For All Summit on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Earlier today, Joe Biden, aka #QuidProJoe or #JoeDemento, was touring an auto plant in Detroit. As my colleagueBonchie reported, things went south in a big way when an auto worker confronted Biden about his pledge to outlaw semi-automatic rifles, particularly those of the AR-14 variety.

BIDEN: "I support the Second Amendment … from the very beginning. I have a shotgun. I have a 20-gauge, a 12-gauge. My sons hunt. Guess what. You’re not allowed to own any weapon. I’m not taking your gun away at all. Do you need a hundred rounds?" [2] — Ivan Pentchoukov (@IvanPentchoukov) March 10, 2020

As they argue, Biden starts pointing at the worker's face. WORKER: “This is not okay.” (while waving his hand protectively between his face and Biden’s finger) [5] — Ivan Pentchoukov (@IvanPentchoukov) March 10, 2020

WORKER: “Machine guns are illegal." BIDEN: “That’s right. So AR15’s illegal." WORKER: “That’s not a machine gun. It’s a semi-automatic." BIDEN: (shouting) “Do you need a hundred rounds? Do you need a hundred rounds?” [7] — Ivan Pentchoukov (@IvanPentchoukov) March 10, 2020

WORKER: “There are more deaths in America from handguns than from what you call ‘assault rifles.’ Why are you advocating for assault rifles when people are dying from handguns,” the worker asked. BIDEN: (turns away without offering a response) [8] — Ivan Pentchoukov (@IvanPentchoukov) March 10, 2020

.@joebiden touring auto plant in Detroit quickly gets into an argument with a worker over guns. pic.twitter.com/37oCrX62HS — Natasha Korecki (@natashakorecki) March 10, 2020

9-10 second mark is Joe Biden talking about slapping this guy in the face? pic.twitter.com/FSICU6CaQe — Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) March 10, 2020

Joe Biden is touring an auto plant in Michigan, a *must win* for Democrats.

A blue collar Union autoworker asks Joe about protecting gun rights.

Biden:

– Screams at voter

– Points finger in his face

– Says he will ban “AR-14s”

– Insults him

– Looks scaredpic.twitter.com/xgVLRDd2SR — Benny (@bennyjohnson) March 10, 2020

Joe Biden told a working class autoworker in Michigan that he was full of shit. What’s happening? It’s a weekday. pic.twitter.com/OkWdcLrzD1 — Josh (@imjoshcoll) March 10, 2020

Joe Biden to Michigan voter: "You’re full of shit."pic.twitter.com/zayU6gh2Ml — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 10, 2020

This is simply unhinged behavior that indicates the stress of the campaign is accelerating the pace of Biden’s dementia onset. A few months ago, the tame, compliant Democrat media would have tut-tutted over it but now that Joe Biden is the presumptive Democrat nominee, it is all hands on deck to defend the indefensible. One of the first out of the box was The Atlantic’s David Frum. I’d just like to note that Frum was a speaker at the goat-rope-and-county-fair mash up that was the Summit on Principled Conservatism.

Kind of amazing that anybody thinks this video makes Biden look anything other than terrific. He shushes the aide who wants to lead him away – and then engages a hostile critic face to face, fact to fact. Impressive. https://t.co/yINIKi4Ffi — David Frum (@davidfrum) March 10, 2020

Not to miss a beat, the New York Times’s Jonathan Martin joins in following the same script

Republican vet sends this over and asks: “Why on earth is the Trump Campaign sending this out? Do they think this makes Biden look bad? People are going to love this”https://t.co/dbnJK2W7ST — Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) March 10, 2020

The unnamed Republican campaign vet/strategist is the journalistic equivalent of the ‘woke eight-year-old.’ It is a bullsh** designation used to try to launch a narrative. What Martin is really saying is ‘the professionals think what Biden did was great and wondrous but the rube voters don’t understand.’

There is virtually no one out there who hasn’t experienced this type of behavior from someone in a position of power. And you know what, no one thinks it is terrific. No one loves it. No one thinks it makes Biden look like anything but the worst sort of ass. Shouting down citizens who apparently know your record and rhetoric better than you, yourself, is not a good look.

If you want proof, here’s a simple test. If anyone thought this made Biden look like anything but a ill-tempered, doddering old fool, this video would be playing on every television station and cable news outlet non-stop both today and for the next week to help him in two critical rounds of primaries. But that will not happen. Other than FoxNews, you won’t see this video ever again.