Obama administration veterans sounded the alarm on President Joe Biden’s age, 81, acknowledging that it was a major problem and growing in prominence.
In an episode of Pod Save America, former Obama administration figures who worked directly with then-Vice President Biden said he appears to have deteriorated and that his health and mental acuity will pose a serious problem for Democrats in 2024.
“If you watch Joe Biden speak, oftentimes, he sounds frail, and he sounds more frail than he used to, even in 2019 and 2020,” chief Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau said.
“The voice sounds frail, and he shuffles more because of the arthritis in his back,” he continued.
Favreau proposed a risky strategy to combat public concerns over Biden’s mental acuity: getting him out in public more. While it is risky, he argued it would help combat the
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