Initially, after the debate, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) pushed the party line that Joe Biden was just fine, only that he had a bad debate.
That narrative seemed to change as the week progressed, and several Democrats came out against Joe Biden. Pelosi now admits that Joe Biden's health is a real concern.
Talking Points…
- Pelosi deflects to Trump
- Pelosi now admits there are real concerns
- Analysis
Anyone who watched that debate last week could clearly see that Joe Biden was not all there. He regularly looked into the camera with a blank stare and black eyes… the very definition of an empty vessel. His responses were horrible, stammering and stuttering, and he often lost his train of thought.
After the debate, there were legitimate concerns about Biden having dementia or the onset of Alzheimer's, but Pelosi decided to take a different plan of attack. When asked about the debate and the concerns regarding Joe Biden's mental health, Pelosi attacked Trump, stating:
"My people are very much Biden-Kamala Harris and this is an opportunity for Joe Biden to go out there and show he has the stamina. And by the way, while the press and for some reason they don't - there are health care professionals who think that Trump has dementia, that his connection, his thoughts do not go together.
"Not only that he just lies, he doesn't even know the truth, so if we're just talking about mental acuity, let's be fair about it."
I love the fact that she brought up lies because Joe Biden told quite a few of them himself, the worst being that no troops were lost overseas on his watch, literally erasing the deaths of special operators and the 13 soldiers who died in Afghanistan.
Pelosi was back on the media circuit this week but had changed her tune a bit regarding Joe Biden's mental health. She finally admitted that these concerns were "legitimate," which then opened up the floodgates for other Democrats to question if Joe was the right man for the ticket this time around. For instance, former Obama administration Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro stated:
"[I] believe that another Democrat would have a better shot at beating Trump. ... I think Democrats would be well to find another candidate."
Adam Frisch, who is running in Rep. Lauren Boebert's (R-CO) former district, added:
"It has been clear to me for some time, and the debate only reinforced it, neither candidate should be running for president.
"We deserve better. President Biden should do what's best for the country and withdraw from the race."
That started a run, with Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Senator Pete Welch (D-VT) also coming forward to say they believe that Biden should step down and allow someone else to run against Trump for president.
You see, you don't get to play the game this way and not get called out for it. For the last three years, especially over the last six months, all we have heard is how sharp Joe Biden is, but it was all lies. They were all using White House talking points when they all knew that Biden was struggling, and now they are stuck with Biden unless they use the 25th Amendment to remove him or Biden steps down, which would mean the electors choose the candidate, taking it out of the hands of voters. No matter how this plays out from here, the Dems will take a massive hit in November, and they should for having deceived the American people for so long.
