In an interview aired Monday on NBC’s “Late Night,” President Joe Biden said 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is “about my age, and he can’t even remember his wife’s name.” ” in response to concerns about age. ”, and “It’s about how old your ideas are.”
host Seth Meyers asked.[Y]You are now 81 years old…according to recent polls, this is a major concern for American voters. How will you address that concern going forward as we head into the 2024 election?”
Biden responded: “Well, there are a few things. First, you have to take a good look at him. He’s about the same age as me, but he can’t even remember his oldest wife’s name. Second. , that’s how old your ideas are. Look, this is the guy who’s trying to bring us back. He wants to bring us back. Roe v. Wade. He’s trying to take us back to a lot of issues that have been strong American positions for 50, 60 years. And I’m really saying this from the bottom of my heart, but I think this is about the future, everything, everything we’ve done so far, and I think we’ve done some good things. Masu, everything – and they told us we couldn’t get it done because things were so divisive. But I think we’ve done everything, he flatly states, and he wants to abolish it if he’s elected.And I really think his views on where to lead America are older than mine — I just don’t want to know. [unintelligible]”
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