Several top Democrats have told the press that they hope to look forward when pressed on allegations of former President Biden’s decline, deflecting the questions.
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SeveraltopDemocratshavedeflectedquestionsaboutformerPresidentBiden’scognitivedecline,asallegedinmultiplebooksaboutthe2024election,tellingthemediathatthey’relookingtomoveforwardandnotlookback.
SenateMinorityLeaderChuckSchumer,D-N.Y.,dismissedthequestionssurroundingthelatestbooktocomeoutwithallegationsofthepresident’sdeclineonCNN,MSNBCandduringapressconferenceonTuesday.
DuringaninterviewwithCNN’sKasieHunt,Schumerwasasked,“Didyoureallynothaveanyideathathewasnotfittoserveasecondterm?”
“Kasie,we’relookingforward.WehavethelargestMedicaidcutinfrontofus.Wehavethewholefederalgovernment,”hesaidasHuntpushedback,notingthereasontheyweredealingwithPresidentDonaldTrumpnowwasbecausetheDemocratslostin2024.
EX-BIDENAIDESAYSFORMERPRESIDENTWAS‘FATIGUED,BEFUDDLED,ANDDISENGAGED’PRIORTOJUNEDEBA
