US EditionLeaked Biden Audio Fuels Renewed Scrutiny Over Cognitive Fitness
- Axios released portions of 2023 interviews between President Joe Biden and special counsel Robert Hur about classified documents, sparking renewed debate on Biden's mental fitness.
- This release followed a new book by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson alleging White House aides concealed Biden’s cognitive and physical decline during his presidency.
- Democratic figures like Senator Chris Murphy and Pete Buttigieg acknowledged Biden’s cognitive decline and questioned whether running for a second term was wise, while others defended his fitness.
- Polls show mixed opinions: in January 2022, 48% of Democrats supported Biden’s reelection, but by August 2023, 75% of Americans felt he was too old for another term, with nearly two-thirds of Democrats urging withdrawal after poor debate performances.
- Biden’s age, reported memory lapses, and the debate over his capabilities have intensified political divisions and influenced Democratic prospects and Republican strategies heading into the 2026 midterms and 2028 nomination battle.
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Joe Biden's memory gaps show that he does not remember the year of his son's death or his vice president's death.
Analysis: Delusion vs. conspiracy
Ben’s viewThe book has revived the conversation about how Democrats put a declining Joe Biden on the ballot — and how the media blew the story. There were a lot of bad moments in public, including one I wrote about in 2023 at the White House holiday party . But I also talked to sources I trusted and who spent time with Biden, and they would candidly assure me that he was, mostly, fine. So what happened here? There was, as the book shows, an exte…
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