{"id":1509099,"date":"2024-12-20T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T02:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1509099"},"modified":"2024-12-20T21:20:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T02:20:00","slug":"he-has-good-days-bad-days-wsj-exposes-concerted-effort-to-conceal-bidens-mental-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/he-has-good-days-bad-days-wsj-exposes-concerted-effort-to-conceal-bidens-mental-decline\/1509099\/","title":{"rendered":"“He Has Good Days & Bad Days”: WSJ Exposes Concerted Effort To Conceal Biden’s Mental Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"

“He Has Good Days & Bad Days”: WSJ Exposes Concerted Effort To Conceal Biden’s Mental Decline<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Jonathan Turley,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

In an explosive expos\u00e9, the Wall Street Journal has revealed how the mental decline of President Joe Biden was pronounced from the start of his term. <\/strong>However, cabinet members and other Democrats lied to the public about his declining levels of acuity and engagement. That effort succeeded largely with the help of an alliance with the media, which showed little interest in whether the President was actually running the government.<\/p>\n

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After President Joe Biden\u2019s disastrous debate performance, the solid wall of media and staff shielding his declining mental state collapsed.<\/strong> Even after Special Counsel Robert Hur declined criminal charges against Biden due to his diminished state, Democratic pundits and the press covered for him,\u00a0claiming that he was sharp and effective. With the debate, the public was able to see what many in the media and the White House had been hiding for years.<\/p>\n

After interviewing roughly 50 insiders, the Journal found evidence of a knowing effort to hide Biden\u2019s mental state. For many, Biden\u2019s refusal to leave his home for much of the 2020 campaign was evidence of the insecurity of staff about his ability to engage with reporters. It only got worse during the term as staff virtually tackled anyone trying to ask him a question. Biden was routinely shuffled off stage after reading briefly from a teleprompter.<\/p>\n

Behind the scenes, cabinet members reportedly stopped asking for meetings with Biden after staff conveyed that such requests were not welcomed. He held far fewer cabinet meetings and was often considered \u201cdown\u201d for any discussions. That included a period during the calamity of the Afghan withdrawal.<\/p>\n

One official is quoted as admitting on one occasion in 2021 that Biden \u201chas good days and bad days, and today was a bad day so we\u2019re going to address this tomorrow.\u201d That was just after he was elected.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yet, Biden was kept within the protective cocoon of media that did not press the issue and was infamous for ignoring scandals while\u00a0asking Biden about his choice of ice cream<\/a>\u00a0on a given day.<\/p>\n

Now, some media outlets are re-positioning on the issue as they prepare to resume hard questioning and investigations in the new Trump Administration . . . after a four-year hiatus.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, everyone is shocked to learn that Biden was mentally diminished and blaming nameless staff for misleading them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One exception this week was Chris Cillizza, who served as CNN\u2019s editor-at-large before leaving the network in 2022.<\/p>\n

On YouTube, Cillizza stated, \u201cAs a reporter, I have a confession to make\u201d and admitted \u201cI should have pushed harder earlier for more information about Joe Biden\u2019s mental and physical well-being and any signs of decline.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Chris Cillizza apologizes for his coverage of Biden while at CNN: “As a reporter, I have a confession to make: I should have pushed harder earlier for more information about Joe Biden’s mental and physical well-being and any signs of decline.”@DailyCaller<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/9GWSmUhgEA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jason Cohen \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JasonJournoDC) December 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, everyone likes a redemptive sinner and I give Cillizza credit for admitting his own failure to pursue the story despite many critics objecting for years over the lack of such inquiries.<\/p>\n

However, Cillizza only confessed to failing to pursue the story due to a fear of being accused of \u201cage shaming\u201d Biden. <\/strong>The suggestion is that identity politics chilled journalism, not the overwhelming media support for the President and countervailing opposition to Trump.<\/p>\n

The \u201cage shaming\u201d excuse is difficult to square with the failure to pursue an array of other scandals during the term from influence peddling to policy debacles.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Cillizza was remarkably frank that he was only able to push on the story after leaving CNN:<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t really push on it, if I\u2019m being honest. Now, once I left CNN and once it became a little bit more clear to me about Biden\u2019s age, I think I did write pretty regularly and talk pretty regularly about how I wasn\u2019t sure that this guy was up to it. And then obviously, after the June 27 debate, everybody, including me, was writing and talking about it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Putting Cillizza\u2019s statement aside, there is a notable effort by some in the media to retroactively resume journalism after years of docile coverage on issues such as Biden\u2019s incapacity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

you didnt simply not push hard enough, you denounced those who did so as partisan liars pic.twitter.com\/kqSzH0RHeM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Michael Malice (@michaelmalice) December 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

The belated interest in the story reflects not only the limits of modern journalism but the limits of the 25th Amendment.<\/strong> From the outset, there was concern over Biden\u2019s acuity and stamina within the White House. It was hidden from the public. His cabinet members like DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, and others quashed claims of any diminishment with first-hand testimonials about how sharp and impressive the President was in meetings. Vice President Kamala Harris echoed those claims.<\/p>\n

The Vice President and the cabinet are essential to the removal process under the 25th Amendment. Section 4\u00a0allows the removal of a president. One option is what I have called the \u201cmutiny option<\/a>.\u201d It requires a vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to declare that the president is \u201cunable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,\u201d and notify Congress that the vice president intends to take over. If Vice President Kamala Harris could get eight Cabinet officers to go along with a letter to Congress, her status as the \u201cActing President\u201d would likely be short-lived.\u00a0Joe Biden\u00a0would only have to declare to Congress that \u201cno inability exists.\u201d Biden would then resume his powers. That would then trigger a congressional fight.<\/p>\n

In reality, the Biden term shows how they can often be part of the cover-up.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd25@ScottJenningsKY<\/a> torches Democrat narrative about Elon running the government and not Trump, while Joe Biden is AWOL:<\/p>\n

“If they’re worried about people who aren’t Donald Trump running the government or having influence, I wonder where they’ve been the last four years…\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/5iER1hrCKD<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) December 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

The 25th Amendment also does not define incapacity and having \u201cgood days and bad days\u201d is unlikely to suffice.<\/strong> As I\u00a0previously<\/a>\u00a0discussed, the issue of \u201cdisability\u201d of a president was briefly\u00a0raised<\/a>\u00a0in the Constitutional Convention in 1787.\u00a0 It was a delegate from Biden\u2019s home state of Delaware who asked how they would respond to a disability, \u201cand who is to be the judge of it?\u201d John Dickinson\u2019s question was left unanswered in the final version of the Constitution.<\/p>\n

What followed were persistent controversies over succession. This issue came to a head\u00a0after President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a stroke. After the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Congress finally addressed the issue in\u00a0the 25th\u00a0Amendment. The amendment addresses the orderly succession of power as well as temporary disabilities when presidents must undergo medical treatment or surgeries.<\/p>\n

This process is even more unlikely to occur when the media has formed a protective line around a president.<\/p>\n

The problem was never \u201cage shaming,\u201d it was a shameless effort to shield this president from tough questions and public exposure.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Too little. Too late. Fuck off.<\/p>\n

\u2014 AllHatNoCattle (@expattexan) December 19, 2024<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 12\/20\/2024 – 16:20<\/span><\/p>\n

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