Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressed concern about President Biden’s mental health after the president’s performance at last week’s CNN presidential debate in Atlanta was harshly criticized.
“I think he’s a very good man,” RFK Jr. told Fox News host Martha MacCallum on Tuesday’s “The Story.” Biden’s debate performance It was “worrying.”
“This is a guy who is probably going to be woken up at 3 a.m. and have to make a decision within six minutes of waking up whether to retaliate or launch a missile attack on Russia,” he said.
President Joe Biden walks off stage during the CNN presidential debate at CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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The independent presidential candidate added that relying on the White House alone isn’t enough. Biden’s accomplishments in office And he dismissed concerns about his mental acuity: “We need a president who is constantly thinking,” RFK Jr. continued.
Biden spoke about his performance in the debate. A weekend at a rally in North CarolinaHe said he is aware that he is not a young person.
“I don’t walk as lightly as I used to. I don’t talk as smoothly as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to. But I know what I know. I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong,” he told his supporters. “And I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done. And I know what millions of Americans know: When you get knocked down, you get up.”
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a post-debate rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, on June 28, 2024. (Alison Joyce/Getty Images)
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RFK Jr. has not yet spoken about his family’s reaction to Biden’s performance, but on a family listserv, he said people were “shocked.”
“It was really shocking. People were texting each other during the debate, people who are very strong supporters of President Biden,” she said. [were] We said to each other: This is embarrassing“This is awful,” he recalled.
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RFK Jr. added that he believes the country is in a more dangerous and unstable situation since the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Pointing to the war between Russia and Ukraine and China’s growing influence, he said the country needs a president who is “looking at reality and trying to match reality to the facts.”
