Live updates: Biden dodges questions on his mental fitness in Stephanopoulos interview
President Biden appeared for an interview on ABC News to air Friday following a lackluster debate performance that left Democrats reeling and calling for a new party leader. The interview, conducted by George Stephanopoulos, will air on ABC. Calls for Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race have reached a fever pitch after the […]
We Shouldn’t Speculate on Biden’s Fitness Publicly, Campaign Should Be Team Like Governing Is
On Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom” broadcast Wednesday, Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) said Democrats “publicly speculating on cable news is not the right way to have this discussion” about whether President Joe Biden is fit for the presidency and whether he is the best candidate to win. He said that regardless of who the nominee […]
White House Aides Concede That Biden Must Quickly ‘Demonstrate Mental Fitness,’ Or Plan Efforts To Force His Removal
US President Joe Biden bows in Washington, DC, on July 3, 2024. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) OAN’s Brooke MalloryWednesday, July 3, 2024 5:06 PM Senior aides to President Joe Biden said Wednesday they accepted a stern warning they received from leading Democrats this week: If Biden does not quickly certify he is fit to […]
GOP targets Democrats who downplayed concerns over Biden mental fitness
Republicans in both chambers are targeting Democrats who have previously downplayed concerns about President Joe Biden’s fitness for office in an effort to help the GOP pick up seats this fall. The National Republican Campaign Committee released a memo that outlined a new strategy to blast House Democrats’ “blind allegiance” to Biden as a weapon […]
CNN Host Presses Nancy Pelosi On New Poll Showing 72% Of Americans Worried About Biden’s Mental Fitness
CNN host Dana Bash pressed Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Sunday about a new CBS/YouGov poll that found 72% of Americans are concerned about President Joe Biden’s mental state following the first presidential debate. Pelosi appeared on “State of the Union” to discuss the backlash Biden has received since his debate with former President Donald […]
Dems Previously Rushed To Defend Biden’s Mental Fitness. But What About After His Disastrous Debate?
Over the past few months, as public concern grew about President Joe Biden’s mental state, many Democrats have defended him, calling him “wise” and praising his cognitive abilities. But after Biden’s disastrous debate performance on Thursday, the party seems less eager to defend the president’s intellectual vitality. While Republicans have sounded the alarm about Biden’s […]
Biden’s cabinet has few words about Biden fitness concerns post-debate
Cabinet members who had proudly defended Biden’s fitness to serve as president before Thursday night’s presidential debate adopted a more subdued, if equivocal, stance on Friday morning as the debate calmed. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, the speaker of the House of Representatives, issued a statement Friday claiming the debate “clearly” demonstrated “that Biden is unfit […]
Joe Scarborough Defended Biden’s Mental Fitness Just Days Ago. Now, He Thinks He ‘May Not Be Up To’ Job
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough defended President Joe Biden’s mental health in early June, but then reversed course after the CNN-hosted presidential debate. Scarborough defended Biden while discussing the Wall Street Journal article on “Morning Joe” on June 5. article It featured dozens of Republican and Democrat opinion pieces about Biden’s mental state, and on Wednesday […]
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough says ‘I love Joe Biden’ but questions fitness for office after debate showing
Following Thursday night’s CNN presidential debate, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough expressed his “love” for President Biden, but acknowledged that his performance against former President Trump calls into question whether Biden should seek reelection. Scarborough began his Friday morning monologue about Biden’s debate performance with a long list of his accomplishments during his time […]
Scarborough splits with Newsom argument it is ‘unhelpful’ to question Biden’s fitness
Morning Joe’s Joe Scarborough came out swinging against one of the Democratic Party’s biggest stars and possible future presidential nominee. Responding to Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) defense of President Joe Biden’s messy debate performance on Thursday night, the morning show host emphasized how important it is for Democrats to start questioning whether the president is […]