A poll on Sunday found that an overwhelming majority of Americans believe it is too late for President Joe Biden to serve as their next president, following the release of a special counsel report that described President Joe Biden as a “well-intentioned old man with a poor memory.” It turned out that they thought, “I'm taking too much of this.”
Special Counsel Robert Hur report He declined to press criminal charges against Biden in the classified document investigation, but detailed how interviewers questioned the president's mental competency. ABC News/Ipsos investigation It found that 85% of Americans think Biden is “too old” to run in 2024, while 62% think the same about former President Donald Trump.
Biden is already the oldest president in U.S. history, and will be 86 years old by the end of his second term. According to the poll, only 3% of Americans think Trump is too old for another term, while Biden is 77 years old. 27% said the same.
Polls show that most Americans think both men are “too old” to run for reelection, with 11% saying they are “too old” for reelection. (Related: Biden campaign circles the wagons after special counsel report calls Biden an 'elderly man with a poor memory')
Hsu's report found that the president intentionally concealed classified documents from his time as vice president related to important national security issues. The special counsel recalled a moment when Biden could not remember the death of his son Beau or his time as vice president.
“Based on our direct interactions and observations with him, he is someone that many jurors would want to give a reasonable doubt to.” “It would be difficult to convince a former president, who had been involved in a criminal trial, that he should be convicted of serious felonies that require intentional insanity,” the report said.
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Just hours after the report was released, Biden held a press conference to quell concerns about his mental health, during which he confused the leaders of Mexico and Egypt and criticized the special counsel's key findings. contradicted the elements.
The White House pointed the Daily Caller News Foundation to a Saturday memo listing several people who disputed concerns about Biden's age and mental fitness. father Liat Beinin Atsiri, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, freed from Hamas hostage mark milleyformer Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives kevin mccarthy and Republican senators. mitt romney of Utah.
“President Biden's experience, character and drive have made him the most successful president in modern history, helping the country recover after inheriting a country in crisis and doing what his predecessors have avoided for decades,” the memo said. He continued to achieve his goals.” . “And this undeniable record explains why, after years of failure, it's no wonder Republican officials continue their desperate and inadvertently self-defeating age attacks. They’re afraid of Biden.”
The president is now clearly following Trump's lead. Most likely candidate According to RealClearPolitics, there is a difference of about 2 points in the race for the Republican nomination. average Regarding the possibility of a direct showdown in 2024. Mr. Trump also leads Mr. Biden in several key battleground states, including: arizona, nevada, georgia and michigan.
The ABC News/Ipsos poll was conducted among 528 adults nationwide from February 9th to February 10th, and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
The Biden campaign did not immediately respond to DCNF's request for comment.
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