Axios reporter says White House did 'not tell the truth' for years to media, themselves about Biden's age

'Democrats are in full freakout mode, because what they saw is finally what they have been obscuring,' Axios' Alex Thompson said

June 28, 2024 6:00pm EDT

An Axios reporter argued that the Biden White House would "gaslight" about the president’s age-related "limitations" for years, flaws he says were exposed for all to see at Thursday's 2024 election debate rematch.

Many reporters have called out the White House for allowing fewer opportunities for the press to question President Biden directly than any other president and his performance at the debate only added more fuel to the fire.

"Well, listen, I’ve covered the Biden White House now for three-and-a-half years," Axios national political reporter Alex Thompson said Friday on CNN. "And as someone that’s reported on his age quite a few times, I can tell you that the White House's response every single time that it's come up for three-and-a-half years has been to deflect, to gaslight, to not tell the truth, not just to reporters, not just to other Democrats, but even at times to themselves about the president’s limitations at his age."

Thompson then addressed how the White House appears to have deliberately protected Biden by hiding his limitations from the pressand the American public.

"There’s a reason why he has not done as many interviews or press conferences as any president in decades," the Axios reporter said. "There’s a reason he does not do events almost ever before 10:00 A.M. and is rarely on camera after 6 P.M., and the reason is because he has limitations."

He concluded, "He is 81 years old. But the problem was, they were not forthright with other Democrats. They weren’t at times forthright with themselves. And that is why Democrats are in full freakout mode, because what they saw is finally what they have been obscuring."

Thompson, along with fellow Axios reporter Hans Nichols, had written a piece after the debate headlined, "Biden's debate is a ‘DEFCON 1’ moment for Democrats" where they said, "Voters, Democrats very much included, have consistently worried that 81-year-old Joe Biden is too old for the job. Last night, Biden showed why."

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment and did not receive an immediate reply.

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The Witch Haley Warns Trump to Prepare for Younger Rival, Renews Call for Cognitive Tests

Former GOP presidential contender says Democrats should move on from Biden

By John McCormick June 29, 2024

(WSJ and Fox that owns them should fuck themselves!)

Nikki Haley, the runner-up to Donald Trump in this year’s GOP nomination race, said Democrats need to dump President Biden as their presumptive nominee following his halting debate performance as she reiterated her calls for cognitive testing of all federal candidates.

But the former South Carolina governor, in a Wall Street Journal interview, said Republicans shouldn’t assume replacing Biden would inherently help Trump.

“They are going to be smart about it: they’re going to bring somebody younger, they’re going to bring somebody vibrant, they’re going to bring somebody tested,” she said. “This is a time for Republicans to prepare and get ready for what’s to come because there is no way that there will be a surviving Democratic Party if they allow Joe Biden to continue to be the candidate.”

Haley also said she spoke about a week ago with Trump—the former president and presumptive Republican nominee—for the first time since she left the race in early March.

The two had a highly combative relationship during the first two months of the year, but Haley said she reached out to Trump to personally offer her support after stating during a public appearance in late May that she would vote for him.

She described it as a “good conversation,” but said there was no discussion of a campaign role for her or participation in next month’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. It was the first time the two had spoken since she dropped out of the race. She had urged Trump to be more welcoming to the millions of people who voted for her.

Haley, who served as Trump’s first United Nations ambassador, said Biden’s presence in the White House presents risk for the nation following his debate appearance because his performance projected weakness. “Our enemies just saw that they have between now and Jan. 20 to do whatever it is they want to do,” she said in a reference to next year’s Inauguration Day.

Biden’s campaign didn’t directly respond to Haley’s comments, but issued a statement seeking to embrace her supporters.

“To the millions of Nikki Haley supporters who are tired of Donald Trump and his MAGA allies constantly attacking them, running moderates and independents out of the party, and repeatedly refusing to commit to accepting the 2024 election results, you have a home in President Biden’s coalition,” said a campaign spokesman, Ammar Moussa.

When Haley announced her presidential bid in February 2023, she called for congressional term limits and “mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old.” It was a topic she brought up at virtually every campaign stop for more than a year.

Such tests are typically only administered for people concerned that they or a loved one might be experiencing dementia or other cognitive decline. The questions are designed to evaluate short-term memory, executive functions, language, orientation and other considerations.

In the interview, Haley said the tests could be administered by most doctors and should be voluntarily shared by candidates for federal office. She compared it to the same sort of basic financial disclosure required of candidates.

Washington is “full of older people,” and voters need to know “who is up to the challenge and who is not,” she said.

Haley, 52 years old, said she watched the debate at her South Carolina home with her husband and some friends and quickly realized Biden was in deep political trouble.

“It was shocking, I think, for a lot of people,” she said. “What we saw was that Trump was strong, but I don’t even think that mattered because Biden was so amazingly unfit. The way he lost his train of thought, the way he couldn’t grasp topics of what he needed to talk about.”…

Nikki Haley will never be president

https://archive.is/CSVgp#selection-5695.0-5751.13

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When the man comes to town….

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Chris Hockaday battled drug addiction throughout his 20s and got clean at age 34. Yesterday, the 55 year-old qualifier shot 69 and MADE THE CUT at the U.S. Senior Open.

This interview is mesmerizing.

It's never too late for redemption in life.

Chris Hockaday's emotional interview on drug addiction and golf

https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1807037657635016733

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That was important to hear