CNN’s Blitzer to Rep. Jeffries: Why Should Voters Trust Democrats After They Went To Great Lengths To Hide Biden’s Condition?
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer interviewed Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-CA) and asked him about the Democratic Party’s attempt to hide former President Joe Biden’s mental and physical decline.
WOLF BLITZER, CNN: Before I let you go, Leader Jeffries, I want to quickly get your thoughts on this new book that’s about to come out from CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson detailing President Biden’s decline during his time in the White House. According to one rather stunning passage from the book, President Biden didn’t even recognize George Clooney at a fund-raiser the movie star was actually hosting for him. Why should voters trust Democrats when it’s clear so many in your party went to great lengths to keep Biden’s condition hidden, hidden from the public? REP. HAKEEM JEFFRIES (D-NY), HOUSE MINORITY LEADER: I can’t tell you what happened between George Clooney and President Biden. I wasn’t at that event. What I can say is that we’re not looking back. We’re going to continue to look forward, because, at this moment, we have got real problems that need to be addressed on behalf of the American people, including the Republican effort to snatch away health care, snatch away food assistance, and hurt veterans. BLITZER: You interacted with President Biden during those days, those final days he was president of the United States. Did you see, did you sense there was a major deterioration? JEFFRIES: Well, in the conversations that I was able to have on behalf of the House Democratic Caucus in those final days, we simply expressed our perspective as to what would be best for the party at that given moment in time. President Biden subsequently made the decision that he was going to pass the baton to Vice President Kamala Harris. Of course, that was a decision that we supported strongly.
