Jake Tapper’s latest book just dropped a bombshell that’s shaking up the narrative around President Joe Biden’s mental fitness.
Just the News reported that Jake Tapper, alongside Axios reporter Alex Thompson, has penned "Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," a book claiming Biden’s cognitive decline was not just a recent issue but potentially dates back years, with efforts to conceal it during his 2020 campaign.
The book’s core argument points to a significant deterioration in Biden’s mental sharpness, with clues suggesting it started as early as 2015 after the tragic death of his son, Beau.
“Those close to him say that the first signs he was deteriorating emerged after the death of his beloved son Beau in 2015,” the book notes, painting a picture of grief that allegedly broke something within Biden.
A senior White House official at the time is quoted as saying parts of Biden’s mental capacity “seemed to dissolve” post-2015, a claim that raises eyebrows about his readiness for high office even then.
Let’s be real—if grief can shatter someone so profoundly, shouldn’t there have been a frank discussion about whether Biden was fit to lead, rather than a quiet cover-up?
Fast forward to 2017, and recordings with Biden’s ghostwriter, reviewed by Special Counsel Robert Hur, reportedly show a man struggling to recall events or speak coherently.
The book states, “Biden sounded very old and diminished,” during these tapes, a detail that clashes with the polished image presented to voters just a few years later.
If these recordings were so telling, one has to wonder why the alarm bells didn’t ring louder before Biden stepped into the presidential race.
By the time the 2020 campaign rolled around, Tapper’s book suggests Biden’s team was already in damage control, with anecdotes of forgotten names—like longtime aide Mike Donilon, during a grueling Iowa bus tour in December 2019.
The so-called “Covid Cocoon” became a convenient shield, allowing Biden to campaign from his basement in Wilmington, avoiding the physical toll of traditional campaigning, as per the book’s revelations.
Isn’t it a bit rich to call a global tragedy a campaign blessing, while voters were left guessing about the true state of their candidate?
Adding fuel to the fire, the book confirms Biden used a teleprompter for media interviews in 2020, a crutch rarely seen in spontaneous settings, which his team dodged questions about.
Then there’s the edited “town hall” video from the Democratic National Convention in August 2020, where a top Democrat reportedly called the unedited footage “horrible,” with Biden unable to follow conversations—a damning snapshot creatively trimmed for public consumption.
Turns out, actions have consequences, and glossing over a candidate’s struggles with slick edits and tech tricks only erodes trust in the entire political machine.
