Kamala Harris made it clear in an August interview with CNN's Dana Bash that she has no regrets gaslighting the American people about President Joe Biden's worsening decline. If anything, media personnel appear to have come to regret their role in maintaining the illusion.
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asked “Joe Biden's apparent cognitive decline is… “It became impossible to deny it during the TV debate.”
Crawford, the network's top legal correspondent, acknowledged that the media failed to cover the issue despite clear signs that the Democratic president's condition was deteriorating.
“It has been reported for four years in the Wall Street Journal, but it is now beginning to become clear that his advisers have managed to manage his limits. Yet he may still run for president. “There was,” Crawford said.
The Wall Street Journal cited insights from Democratic lawmakers, donors and aides who have worked with Biden.
reported Earlier this month, the president's aides said they had created a particularly insulating culture within the White House to protect Biden during the pandemic, but that “the shell built in preparation for the pandemic will never be completely dismantled, and His advanced age has solidified this.”
The newspaper said, “This structure leaves Biden, an undisciplined orator throughout his half-century political career, vulnerable to the possibility of tarnishing his image, causing political trouble, or disrupting the world order.'' “It's also designed to prevent certain gaffes and gaffes.” “This system unusually isolated Mr. Biden from Cabinet members, Congressional committee chairs, and other senior officials. It also isolated Mr. Biden from the scrutiny of the American public.”
“We should have asked more forcefully whether he was worthy of another four-year term, which could have led to a Democratic primary,” Crawford said. “That could have changed the scope of the entire election.”
“This version of Biden is intellectually and analytically the best Biden of all time.”
Crawford is not the first to admit that the media did not properly cover Biden's decline.
Former CNN political analyst Chris Sillizza recently admitted that as a reporter, he should have “sought information sooner about Joe Biden's physical and mental health and signs of decline.”
Some reporters on the White House press corps remain anonymous.
admitted They told CNN they refrain from speaking truth to power for fear of “backlash from pursuing such reporting, especially from the White House and the Democratic Party.”
Before Mr. Biden's abysmal performance in the June 27 debate with President-elect Donald Trump, the media seemed determined to recycle the talking points he had raised.
Attorney General Merrick GarlandWhite House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, General Mark Milley, and the 82-year-old Democrat have a stake in maintaining the illusion that he is competent, capable, and ready to lead the world's presidents. other travelers. -The prominent superpower will last for four more years.
Of course, maintaining the illusion required discounting and glossing over Biden's difficulty completing sentences. have trouble staying upright; strong dependence on the cue card. Repeat the same debunked anecdote almost word for word in short succession. He confuses the dead with the living. sister for his wife,and different country names; uncertainty About this year. obvious need for spending Approximately 40% His resignation from the Presidency. and his unintended international provocation.
MSNBC talking head Joe Scarborough seemed happy to participate in such a game of make-believe.
states In March, “I've been saying for years that he's persuasive. But to say he was persuasive was an understatement.'' In fact, intellectually and analytically, I think he's better than he's been for 50 years.
“Start the tape now because I'm going to tell you the truth,” Scarborough continued. “And if you can't handle the truth, you quit. This version of Biden is the best Biden ever, intellectually and analytically.”
Noah Berlatsky was similarly perplexed.
declare A July 2023 Independent article stated that “there is virtually no evidence that Biden is suffering from cognitive decline, but that he remains fully capable of carrying out his duties, including successfully negotiating the debt ceiling.” There's a lot of evidence.”
Oliver Darcy before leaving CNN
raise doubts Regarding suggestions that Biden's mental acuity is declining.
Brian Tyler Cohen, a left-wing podcaster who interviewed Biden in February 2022, said:
I felt relieved An MSNBC reader in September 2023 said, “There's no need to speculate whether Biden can do the job, because he's literally already done it. “I would argue that he has done that more effectively than any other president.”
Robert Costa, CBS News' chief election and campaign correspondent, doubled down on Crawford's ability to do so following his admission on Sunday, telling a panel that “President Biden will During the debate in Atlanta, he repeatedly stated that he was not feeling well, and he had been feeling unwell for some time.” Even if there were such reports, that is his position, and the position of many of his inner circle. ”
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