Former Democratic Congresswoman Susan Wilde of Pennsylvania claimed President Joe Biden’s “mental acuity” was showing during an appearance on CNN on Wednesday, but she had concerns about the president’s ability to “speak.” acknowledged.

Biden announced on July 21 that he would suspend his re-election campaign. support Vice President Kamala Harris is vying for the Democratic presidential nomination after weeks of pressure following her poor performance in a June 27 debate with former President Donald Trump on CNN. Wilde said the “age issue” and the CNN debate are “factors” working against Biden. (Related: ‘It was covered up for him’: Former Clinton pollster skewers corporate media for failing to cover Biden’s deteriorating health)

“As you may know, Susan Page, a longtime and highly respected Washington journalist, says, “Do you think you could have won in November?” It’s presumptuous to say this, but based on the polls, I think that’s the case…” and she interjected, “I think you had the energy to serve as president for four more years.” mosquito?” ‘Biden replied, “I don’t know.” Who the hell knows? Things are going well for now, but who knows what I’ll be like when I’m 86? “Would that honesty have helped the Democratic Party four years ago?” CNN host Casey Hunt asked Wilde, who lost re-election in November.

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“That line wouldn’t have helped the Democratic Party. And I think – no one knows if he would have won, but the fact that he had a woman, a woman of color, as his front-runner. , you can’t underestimate the fact that it may or may not have helped Democrats win the president,” Wilde said. Said. “So, I don’t really know. But the age issue, the competency issue, the debate performance, those were all huge mitigating factors against Joe Biden. So it’s hard to say.”

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“What do you say to voters who feel that Democrats have not been honest about what they may have known about the president’s cognitive state?” I mean, before that argument, there was no confidence in his mental strength. Do you think so? ” Hunt asked Wilde.

“I had confidence in his mental strength. I had major concerns about his ability to project and speak. As we know, he has a lifelong speech impediment. “But this was something different, and I saw it firsthand,” Wilde said. “I was able to be as close as I am now, but sometimes I couldn’t understand what he was saying. That caused me great concern, because as the President of the United States, it’s professional. I’m not saying that because being able to communicate well is important. And that was a real concern for me. But I wasn’t particularly concerned about his cognitive ability.”

Questions about Biden’s age and health arose during his administration and the 2020 campaign. Biden has spoken twice in February and numerous times with former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who died in 2017, and former French President Francois Mitterrand, who died in 1996, among others. He said he had talked about it many times.

In September 2022, Mr. Biden asked Republican Representative Jackie Walorski of Indiana to attend a hunger conference held weeks after Walorski and two staff members were killed in a car accident. (Click here to watch the Daily Caller documentary “Cleaning Up Kamala”)

Biden also suffered multiple falls during his term, including a fall at the Air Force Academy in June 2023, a fall while biking in June 2022, and a trip while biking. step I’ve flown Air Force One many times. Mr. Biden is now making age-appropriate concessions, such as climbing another set of stairs to board the VC-25, a modified Boeing 747 used as Air Force One.

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