Voters are involved about Joe Biden’s age. Republicans are obsessive about Joe Biden’s age. Donald Trump, particularly, has been making an attempt for a number of years now to painting the president as a cognitively impaired punch line who’s midway to the grave. (That Trump is simply three years youthful than Biden, and thinks he has the thoughts of a person half his age as a result of he handed a take a look at that’s used to display for dementia, is of course hardly talked about.)
Clearly, given a alternative subsequent November between somebody who incited an precise riot and somebody who hasn’t, folks ought to go along with the latter, no matter age. (And, once more, they’re principally the identical age!) Nonetheless, it could be good if folks on Staff Biden might provide you with a greater response to questions on the matter than Hey, of us, he bought a pulse! Which is principally what Kamala Harris mentioned just a few days in the past.
Requested throughout a 60 Minutes interview about her electability “ought to one thing befall President Biden, and he’s not capable of run,” the vp instructed host Invoice Whitaker, “I’m not gonna interact in that hypothetical, ’trigger Joe Biden could be very a lot alive and operating for reelection.” Which isn’t lots higher than saying, He’s not actually lifeless.
Unlucky phrase alternative apart, a Weekend at Bernie’s–model Biden would arguably nonetheless be higher than a second spherical of Trump. In the meantime, the proper’s assaults on Biden’s cognitive functioning have solely gotten extra ridiculous of late, on condition that, within the final six weeks alone, Trump has: blended up the leaders of Hungary and Turkey; confused Jeb Bush and George W. Bush; prompt Barack Obama was his 2016 election opponent; and didn’t know what state he was in on Sunday.
