Joe Biden in His Own Words


ate the 80-year-old president is in men- tal


reports.


“But his of eat proverbs are just Biden being Biden.” David


Harsanyi, senior


editor at The Federalist and nation- ally syndicated columnist, scoff s at this: “Most reporters who pretend perceptions of Biden’s decline are due to his propensity for homespun maxims or previously unknown stuttering problems almost sure- ly wouldn’t fi nd him fi t enough to babysit their kids.” And the American


public clearly has gen- uine concerns. In June, a poll by


DailyMail.com and J.L. Partners found that 71% of likely gen- eral election voters be- lieve Biden is already too old to be president. An astonishing 71% of independents say the same. Even 49% of Dem-


ocrats agree. James Johnson, the


general election voters believe Joe Biden is already too old to be president. An astonishing 71% of independents say the same. Even 49% of Democrats agree.


71


pollster for the survey, doesn’t mince words: “There are few things that unite American vot- ers, but there is one: the belief that Biden is too old to be president,” he says. “Though he managed to avoid his


age becoming a pivotal issue in 2020, it looks set to be the defi ning hesita- tion in voters’ minds next year.”


Polls taken by left-leaning media outlets also confi rm the fi ndings. In June, NBC News found that


A poll by DailyMail.com and J.L. Partners found that


% of likely


68% of those surveyed were con- cerned that Biden doesn’t have the necessary mental and physical health to be president, including 55% who say they have “major” con- cerns. An NPR/PBS/


Marist poll taken in May found 62% saying Biden’s mental fi tness was a real concern about his ability to be president. The fi gure for Donald Trump was 51%.


NPR found that


“almost 4 in 10 Demo- crats said his mental fi tness was a real con- cern, as did 7 in 10 independents and, as expected, more than 8 in 10 Republicans.” Even Hillary Clin-


ton raised eyebrows in May when she told the Financial Times Weekend Festival in


Washington that “his age is an issue, and people have every right to con- sider” it. Biden backers respond that his


February physical examination at Walter Reed Medical Center con- cluded the president was “vigorous” and “fi t to successfully execute” his duties. But Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s


| AUTHOR | John Fund is a columnist and bestselling author. His books include Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy and How the Obama Administration Threatens to Undermine Our Elections.


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physician, didn’t hold a news conference and declined to an- swer any questions from reporters. And O’Connor’s summary gave


no indication that Biden had taken tests such as the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, a highly praised tool for early detection of cognitive im- pairment and one that Trump took


decline,” Axios


“Let me start off with two words, Made in America.”


“Folks, I can tell you I’ve known eight presidents, three of them intimately.”


“The number-one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three- letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S, jobs.”


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