President Biden appears to have hit his head while exiting Marine One after returning to Washington, D.C., from Delaware on Sunday.
Mr. Biden, who was walking with first lady Jill Biden, did not appear to react after being struck by the upper frame of Marine One’s exit. The case comes after special counsel Robert Hur revealed that the 81-year-old Biden suffers from severe memory loss, sparking a heated debate over whether Biden remains mentally fit to serve as president. It happened in the middle of
Biden left his home in Delaware just before the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl between the Chiefs and 49ers began at 10 p.m.
Last week, Hsu’s report on Biden’s handling of classified materials raised questions: Biden’s mental strength The newspaper described the president as a “sympathetic, well-meaning older man with a poor memory” who could not remember the details of important events in his life. Biden then held a last-minute White House press conference to dispute the idea, an event even the New York Times denounced as a “political disaster.”
After the special counsel’s report, Biden lashed out at reporters who asked him about age concerns, saying, “That’s your decision!”
President Biden appears to have hit his head while exiting Marine One after returning to Washington, D.C., from Delaware on Sunday.
Shortly after Biden claimed that his memory was “ok,” he began referring to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi as “the president of Mexico.” Biden then went off-script and answered random questions from reporters, sparking a heated exchange with CNN correspondent MJ Lee, who asked him about Americans worrying about his age.
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“They’re expressing concern about your mental acuity,” Lee told Biden. “They say you’re too old. Mr. President, you told me in December that you believe there are many Democrats who can defeat Donald Trump. So why? Does it have to be you now?”
President Biden is facing a crisis of confidence from the American public, who are concerned that he is no longer mentally capable of holding office. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Flashback: Democrats made defense about Biden’s age before special counsel shines damning spotlight on his ‘poor memory’
Polls have repeatedly shown that a majority of Americans, even Democrats, think Biden is too old to serve a second term. A new ABC News/Ipsos poll found that 86% of Americans think Mr. Trump is too old to serve as president, and 62% think the same about former President Trump, who is 77 years old. .
A new ABC News/Ipsos poll found that 86% of Americans think President Biden is too old to serve, and 62% think the same about former President Trump, 77. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
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Criticism of Biden’s age has been widespread in left-wing media outlets in recent days, with hosts on “The View” suggesting Vice President Kamala Harris or California Governor Gavin Newsom as the Democratic nominee to replace Biden. He even says that it should be. .
Fox News’ Brian Flood and David Rutz contributed to this report.
