The Washington Post editorial board declared this week that Vice President Kamala Harris' cover-up of President Biden's mental breakdown was one of the reasons for the party's crushing defeat on Election Day.
in Editorial published On Friday, the committee argued that Harris and the White House's constant denials of issues with Biden's mental acuity destroyed the party's “credibility” and that Americans voted accordingly. .
The subheading read, “Democrats' cover-up of the president's ouster hurt their claim to be the party of truth.''
“The credibility issues that Ms. Harris repeatedly demonstrated in her sharp defense of Mr. Biden are part of the reason why Democrats lost,” the board wrote.
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The Washington Post editorial board claimed Vice President Harris and the Democratic Party's cover-up of President Biden's cognitive problems was part of the reason the party lost the 2024 election. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Martin)
The editorial first criticized Harris for rejecting special counsel Robert K. Hur's February assertion that Biden was a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” Mr. Xu made this assessment in his investigative report on Mr. Biden's classified documents incident.
“Vice President Kamala Harris didn't just call Special Counsel Robert K. Hur's report released in February 'unfair, inaccurate, and inappropriate.' “It is politically motivated,'' and criticized his integrity,'' the editorial board recalled. , provides an example of the lengths prominent Democrats will go to hide Biden's health problems.
“Talking to reporters, Ms. Harris angrily stated, “The characterization of the president's behavior in that report could not be more wrong,'' the committee wrote, adding that “for nine months, , Mr. Xu has been repeatedly proven correct,” he added. . ”
The editorial continued, “It is now almost universally agreed that Mr. Biden should not have sought a second term, but the Democratic establishment denies the obvious facts and the evidence of Mr. Biden's decline mounts. “Despite the fact that he was in the country, he supported him politically.”
The committee explained that it acknowledged the truth only when it was forced to do so by Biden's debate performance, arguing that this belated Democratic credibility problem became clear to the American people.
“Democrats have tried to make fidelity to science, facts, and truth the hallmark of their party. The White House's active cover-up of Biden's withdrawal has undermined that claim,” the editorial continued. Explained the extent of the concealment of leverage.
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“Mr. Biden's allies have made up terms like 'cheap fake' to dismiss embarrassing video clips in which Mr. Biden appears dazed, confused, tired and tone-deaf. The President's Allies When several journalists accurately reported on Biden's withdrawal, the White House shared key points about their stories with other media outlets. provided.”
“The harder it spins, the less believable it becomes,” the Post said.
And even though Democratic Party officials acknowledged the problems in forcing Biden to withdraw from re-election, the editorial board noted how the Biden administration continued to “defend” Biden “to the very end.” ” he said. He accused White House stenographers of changing the record to lessen the damage caused by his “garbage” comments in recent weeks.
“All of this undermined credibility, with polls showing that more voters believed that Mr. Trump would actually deliver on his campaign promises than Ms. Harris,” the editorial board said.
The article clarified the Post's belief that Harris' apparent avoidance of candor about Biden's health was not “a deciding factor in this week's election,” but that Democrats “There is a need to follow claims as truth,” he said. To “revive the brand.”
The Harris campaign and the White House did not respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.
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