Allegedly close to unnamed sources President Biden There have reportedly been 15 to 20 incidents over the past year and a half like what the country saw in last week’s presidential debate.
“These are people, many of whom are very close to President Biden, who love him, support him and some of them are people who can raise a lot of money for him. And they are adamant that what we saw from Joe Biden that night was not a one-time thing, there have been 15, 20 times over the last year and a half when the president has looked somewhat like he did in that horror show that we saw,” CNN’s Carl Bernstein told Anderson Cooper on Monday night, referring to the debate.
“And more importantly, who is this coming from, and how many people around the president are aware of these events, including some journalists who have witnessed some of these incidents,” he said.
pointing to Biden’s address to the nation Reacting to the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling involving Trump’s legal cases on Monday, Bernstein said, “But tonight we see that, as these people say, President Biden is at his best, and yet these people who have supported him, loved him, campaigned for him, seen him often, say that over the last six months in particular there has been an incidence of cognitive decline and physical impairment.”
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President Biden’s “cognitive decline” has been a cause for concern among his closest aides, CNN reports. (Getty Images)
The 80-year-old veteran journalist alleged that sources he spoke to told him that last year he warned Ron Klain, a top Biden aide who oversaw debate preparations at Camp David, that he “had a problem,” telling the Biden confidant about instances where the president “lost his train of thought” and “couldn’t get it back up.”
“There was a fundraiser where he started on stage. And then he got very stiff, according to people who were there, almost like it was a kind of stiff death,” Bernstein said. “It was about a year ago at the old Four Seasons restaurant on Park Avenue. And he got very stiff and they had to bring in a chair to do the last part of the show.”
“I think what these people are saying, and have been saying for some time, is that, ‘Yes, he seems great when we watch him, as we saw tonight. But he also has some unimaginable moments that we are very concerned about and you, Ron Klain and the first family, we need to talk about this.’ And every time that issue has been raised, they have been pushed back again and again,” he added.
CNN’s Carl Bernstein reports that sources close to President Biden have seen “15, 20 instances” of cognitive decline over the past two years. (Screenshot/CNN)
Bernstein said his sources say Biden has been “sharp” in his national security meetings, suggesting the country is “dealing with two sets of one person.”
“And according to the people I’ve talked to, this really needs to be researched,” Bernstein said. “And I think a lot of prominent Democrats believe this, including some who have made statements to the contrary. But this is a problem that’s not going to go away.”
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President Biden’s shocking debate performance has sparked chaos among Democrats and fueled calls for him to drop out of the presidential race. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Biden’s shocking debate performance has become a political storm, with a large portion of the liberal media calling for him to withdraw from the presidential race.
“Mr. Biden has been an admirable president. Under his leadership, the nation has prospered and begun to address many long-term challenges, and the wounds opened by Mr. Trump are beginning to heal. But the greatest public service Mr. Biden can perform now is to announce that he will not seek re-election,” The New York Times editorial board wrote on Friday,
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However, top Democrats, including former President Obama, stand in support of Biden.
“There are bad argument nights. Trust me, I know,” Obama said in a statement Friday. “But this election is still an election between a man who has fought for ordinary people his whole life and a man who only cares about himself. Between a man who tells the truth; who knows right and wrong and tells the American people straight — and a man who lies for his own benefit. Last night didn’t change that, and that’s why there’s so much at stake in November.”
