Hillary Clinton spoke out about the concerns of those around her. President Biden’s agesaid it was a “legitimate issue.”
“I’ve always talked to people in the White House and they know it’s an issue, but what I want to say is, ‘Look, , this is a legitimate issue.”
The former Democratic presidential candidate said the issue is also a “legitimate issue” for former President Donald Trump, who is seeking the Republican nomination.
“For Trump, who’s only three years younger, that’s a legitimate issue, right?” Clinton said. “So that’s the problem.”
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Hillary Clinton appeared on “Morning Joe” Thursday and dismissed concerns about President Biden’s age. ((Left: Reuters/Kevin Lamarck, Right: Reuters/Evelyn Hochstein))
The former first lady went on to say she supports Biden for his “merits.”
“Having said that, we also need to talk about what’s at stake in this election,” Clinton continued. “I support Joe Biden because of his merits.”
“I think he’s done a really good job as president,” she added.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former US President Bill Clinton. ((Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images))
Clinton suggested the president should focus more on the wisdom he has gained over the years and be “sober” about his age.
“I think Mr. Biden should also look at the fact that he has experience, and that experience is not just in politics,” she said. “It’s like human experience, character and wisdom.
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“I think he should have the attitude to really bring it out…and I think he should joke about it more,” Clinton said.
Democratic strategist James Carville recently appeared on “Real Time.” (Screenshot/HBO)
Hillary’s comments come as James Carville, former President Bill Clinton’s chief strategist, claimed on Saturday that the White House has little confidence in Biden after he refused to resign as president-elect. Served. Super Bowl Sunday interview.
Carville, a longtime Democrat, gave his perspective on the situation in an interview with CNN on Saturday.
“It’s close to the largest audience on TV, and you get a chance to do a 20-25 minute interview that day,” Carville began.
“So you don’t do that? That’s kind of a sign that the staff or yourself don’t have a lot of confidence in you,” Carville continued. “There is no other way but to read this.”
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Earlier this week, former Bill Clinton strategist and CNN political commentator Paul Begala acknowledged that Special Counsel Robert Hur’s indictment of President Biden’s memory and President Biden’s response was “terrible for Democrats.”
“Oh yeah. You know, I’m a Biden supporter, but I slept like a baby last night. I woke up every two hours and cried and wet the bed,” Begala joked on CNN last Friday. said.
“This is terrible for the Democratic Party, and anyone with a functioning brain knows it,” he declared.
President Joe Biden held a press conference Thursday in response to Special Counsel Robert Hur’s briefing on age and memory. (Reuters)
The comments from top Democratic strategists came in the wake of a report by Special Counsel Robert Hur that found that Biden knowingly kept classified US documents as a private citizen.
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The report renewed the non-prosecution of the 46th president for his actions, in part because he will be defending himself in court as a “sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.” This is because
FOX News’ Andrea Vacchiano and Gabriel Hayes contributed to this report.
