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Apparently concerns about Joe Biden’s physical and mental health are funny to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
In an interview on the left-wing outlet CNN, Jean-Pierre told host Don Lemon that questions about Biden’s physical and mental well-being should not even be asked.
Lemon asked, “Does the president have the stamina, physically and mentally, do you think to continue on even after 2024?”
“Don, you’re asking me this question,” Jean-Pierre exclaimed. “Oh my gosh. He’s the president of the United States.”
79-year-old Biden is the oldest person ever elected to serve in the White House. Many Americans have questioned Biden’s odd behavior and stunning mental gaffes.
Jean-Pierre, who is 47, laughed at the question and said she sometimes struggles to keep up with Biden.
“That is not a question that we should be even asking,” she said. “Just look at the work he does. And look how he’s delivering for the American public.” Watch the clip:
DON LEMON: "Does the president has the stamina, physically and mentally, do you think to continue on even after 2024?"
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: "That is not a question that we should be even asking" pic.twitter.com/dUfQil9qKp
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Jean-Pierre added: “We care about how we are going to deliver for the American people. How we’re going to make their lives better. That’s what the president talks about. That is his focus and that’s what we’ll continue to focus on”…
Concerns about Biden’s age and ability to lead the Democratic Party come amid a gaffe-filled administration, where the president would make a seemingly new policy announcement only for members of his staff to walk back the comment.
Over the last few months, Biden expressed a certain readiness for war, with both Russia and China, before administration officials said the country would not be shifting its international strategies.
In May, Biden said he would send troops to Taiwan and defend it from potential Chinese aggression to fulfill “the commitment we made.” The White House later said it had not made such a commitment and that the U.S. would maintain “strategic ambiguity” in regard to Taiwan.
The same month, Biden also said Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.”
The comment immediately spurred backlash as it appeared Biden was explicitly calling for Putin’s removal, but White House staff later clarified the president was not calling for regime change.
— Advertisement — In April, Biden noticeably struggled to read through a teleprompter-guided speech about Russian oligarchs and new sanctions the U.S. would be enacting.
“We’re going to seize their yachts, their luxury homes and all their ill-begotten gains of Putin’s kleptocri- k- yeah, kleptocracy- klep- — the guys who are the kleptocracies. Ha. Ha. Ha,” Biden said.
