 White House staff tasked with preparing transcripts of his speeches and remarks crossed out Biden's erroneous words or insert the words he should have said using brackets. They had to do that a staggering 51 times in May 2024. The rate of errors per word spoken was one of the worst of his presidency. He was whisked out of the public eye for much of June, speaking only half the number of words and official remarks he normally does until, of course, his cognitive difficulties captured the world's attention at the June 27th debate. And there is a chart demonstrating exactly how bad it is.