Not many want to run for the United States presidency in the modern era: you must be a crazy person. You subject yourself and your family to the scrutiny of the world. We also need to know about your health. This issue isn’t Biden-centric. Health issues, among other things, derailed George McGovern’s 1972 bid since his running mate, Thomas Eagleton, was revealed to have suffered severe mental health issues and depression, some episodes required hospitalization and electric shock therapy. In the modern era, you can’t be a half-brain dead zombie like Joe Biden, whose mental health issues were an ongoing issue for this administration for the past 18 months.
These concerns were brought to top White House staffers, like Ron Klain, but brushed aside. The media also tried to inquire about these moments. The White House’s reaction was to obscure and deflect. Veteran reporter Carl Bernstein went on CNN and delivered a damning report about the president’s deteriorating mental health crisis, where he had at least 15 instances which were not so dissimilar to his disastrous debate performance last Thursday night. Bernstein recalled one New York City fundraiser where the president entered a state of rigor mortis, leading to a chair being brought out for Biden. Bernstein did close by saying that Joe is sharp as a tack on national security issues—who are they trying to fool with that one:
Carl Bernstein on CNN right now:
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 2, 2024
Multiple sources tell him that there have been at least 15 occasions in the last year and a half “where the president has appeared like he did at that horror show (his debate performance).”
Bernstein reports that in the last six months sources… pic.twitter.com/VoSY8xDZpt
And this is only coming out now… https://t.co/f2FnoWnTXO
— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) July 2, 2024
It's also a bit scary. Let’s say Joe is mentally sharp during national security briefings and meetings, why has he always run aground? The president has and will remain an American official who has been wrong on every foreign policy venture over the past four decades. Afghanistan, Ukraine, and the terror pier in Gaza are three colossal failures.
The debate has destroyed the protective shield White House aides had draped over this aged, decrepit man who can’t hack it. And the polling doesn’t lie. Yet, years of gaslighting has led to Democrats somehow being blindsided though I’m indifferent on that one. He’s your guy, not mine. Have fun with him.
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