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Jake Tapper

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Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

It's never happened before that somebody gets his party, an incumbent president gets his party's nomination, has such a bad performance at the debate with so many questions about what that reveals about his cognition that his party essentially forces him to step down. It's never happened before. And we thought it was definitely worth exploring.

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

It's never happened before that somebody gets his party, an incumbent president gets his party's nomination, has such a bad performance at the debate with so many questions about what that reveals about his cognition that his party essentially forces him to step down. It's never happened before. And we thought it was definitely worth exploring.

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

Three, to paraphrase George Clooney for an interview I did with him about his op-ed calling for Biden to drop down, like, I mean, to anybody who says that, like his answer is, how do you think we got Trump? That's what George Clooney says because of this. And number four, I think just as a political analyst here, the Democratic Party has a real problem.

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

Three, to paraphrase George Clooney for an interview I did with him about his op-ed calling for Biden to drop down, like, I mean, to anybody who says that, like his answer is, how do you think we got Trump? That's what George Clooney says because of this. And number four, I think just as a political analyst here, the Democratic Party has a real problem.

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

Three, to paraphrase George Clooney for an interview I did with him about his op-ed calling for Biden to drop down, like, I mean, to anybody who says that, like his answer is, how do you think we got Trump? That's what George Clooney says because of this. And number four, I think just as a political analyst here, the Democratic Party has a real problem.

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

And I think the problem is not as much about bathrooms as it is about people. the feeling that so many people in the public have that the Democratic Party was not straight with them about any number of things, but perhaps top on the list, President Biden's acuity.

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

And I think the problem is not as much about bathrooms as it is about people. the feeling that so many people in the public have that the Democratic Party was not straight with them about any number of things, but perhaps top on the list, President Biden's acuity.

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

And I think the problem is not as much about bathrooms as it is about people. the feeling that so many people in the public have that the Democratic Party was not straight with them about any number of things, but perhaps top on the list, President Biden's acuity.

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

Well, I had seen, as we all had seen, his decline, the parts that we saw on camera. His reliance on a teleprompter, his unsteady gait, moments where he was not as articulate as I'd seen him in the past. You know, obviously he's aging, so... That's the one thing that we're all experiencing. So I'm 56. I'm not insensitive to what aging is like. But by another token, you'd call people.

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

Well, I had seen, as we all had seen, his decline, the parts that we saw on camera. His reliance on a teleprompter, his unsteady gait, moments where he was not as articulate as I'd seen him in the past. You know, obviously he's aging, so... That's the one thing that we're all experiencing. So I'm 56. I'm not insensitive to what aging is like. But by another token, you'd call people.

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

Well, I had seen, as we all had seen, his decline, the parts that we saw on camera. His reliance on a teleprompter, his unsteady gait, moments where he was not as articulate as I'd seen him in the past. You know, obviously he's aging, so... That's the one thing that we're all experiencing. So I'm 56. I'm not insensitive to what aging is like. But by another token, you'd call people.

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

I would call people. What's going on? That looks really bad. And everybody would be assured, no, he's fine. He's fine. He's just old. He's fine. But he's fine. His decision making is great. He's great in meetings. He's sharp. What was shocking is they weren't just telling that to me and reporters.

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

I would call people. What's going on? That looks really bad. And everybody would be assured, no, he's fine. He's fine. He's just old. He's fine. But he's fine. His decision making is great. He's great in meetings. He's sharp. What was shocking is they weren't just telling that to me and reporters.

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

I would call people. What's going on? That looks really bad. And everybody would be assured, no, he's fine. He's fine. He's just old. He's fine. But he's fine. His decision making is great. He's great in meetings. He's sharp. What was shocking is they weren't just telling that to me and reporters.

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

They were telling that to Democratic insiders and people raising millions for the party and Democratic members of Congress, their own cabinet, White House staffers who were being cut off, not given access. Everybody was being told the same thing. So when he came out on that stage that night, June 27th in Atlanta,

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

They were telling that to Democratic insiders and people raising millions for the party and Democratic members of Congress, their own cabinet, White House staffers who were being cut off, not given access. Everybody was being told the same thing. So when he came out on that stage that night, June 27th in Atlanta,

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

They were telling that to Democratic insiders and people raising millions for the party and Democratic members of Congress, their own cabinet, White House staffers who were being cut off, not given access. Everybody was being told the same thing. So when he came out on that stage that night, June 27th in Atlanta,

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

I admit, I was shocked, not by his gait, and then he had a cold, obviously, so his voice sounded even thinner and readier than ever, but his inability to form a coherent thought his inability just to articulate why he should be president of the United States.

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

I admit, I was shocked, not by his gait, and then he had a cold, obviously, so his voice sounded even thinner and readier than ever, but his inability to form a coherent thought his inability just to articulate why he should be president of the United States.

Fresh Air
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline

I admit, I was shocked, not by his gait, and then he had a cold, obviously, so his voice sounded even thinner and readier than ever, but his inability to form a coherent thought his inability just to articulate why he should be president of the United States.