Joe Biden finally left the basement

[GoodTaste]

What does "the basement" mean here? It sounds as if to mean "the foundation of presidential race" - you leave the foundation then it means you are sure to lose the race. I am not sure.

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Donald J. Trump Retweeted
Ronna McDaniel
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Joe Biden finally left the basement, and here is the "welcome" he received.

Pennsylvania voters support
@realDonaldTrump!

Source: https://twitter.com/GOPChairwoman/status/1276228637235298304

 

[GoesStation]

Google "Joe Biden basement" and you'll find plenty of material to review to establish the context.

 

[GoodTaste]

Google "Joe Biden basement" and you'll find plenty of material to review to establish the context.

Donald Trump claims Joe Biden is 'hiding in a basement' refusing to debate him just hours after Democratic candidate said he's willing to go head-to-head on 'Zoom, Skype, Slack or in person...

Where's Joe Biden? In his basement, adjusting to a digital campaign style

Jun 19, 2020 · ‘The silence was striking’: Joe Biden leaves his basement, delivers MAJOR speech in front of a crowd that could fit in his basement Posted at 9:43 pm on June 19, 2020 by Greg P.

OK. Biden was following stay-at-home order in his basement.

 

[Tarheel]

Yes. He was literally in his basement.

 

[GoesStation]

OK. Biden was following stay-at-home order in his basement.

You have to consider the source when you read a text. Biden has been mostly isolating at home for some time. He set up a home broadcasting studio in his finished basement and has done a lot of virtual campaign appearances from there. His opponents like to reinforce the image of "Biden in his basement" because hanging out in a basement sounds like something a lazy adolescent would do.

He hasn't actually been confined there.

 

[SoothingDave]

It's not so much that he's like an adolescent, but that he's a fragile old man. In contrast to Trump, who is going about his business. That's the thinking, anyway.

You're right that "basement" usually invokes the image of someone still living at Mom and Dad's house who thinks they know how to run the world better.