{"id":94292,"date":"2026-05-31T12:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T12:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/capehart-why-arent-we-talking-as-exhaustively-and-urgently-about-trumps-health-as-we-did-bidens-for-four-years\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T12:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T12:43:13","slug":"capehart-why-arent-we-talking-as-exhaustively-and-urgently-about-trumps-health-as-we-did-bidens-for-four-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/capehart-why-arent-we-talking-as-exhaustively-and-urgently-about-trumps-health-as-we-did-bidens-for-four-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Capehart: Why Aren’t We Talking As Exhaustively And Urgently About Trump’s Health As We Did Biden’s For Four Years?"},"content":{"rendered":"

PBS NEWSHOUR: Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW and Wall Street Journal opinion columnist Matthew Continetti join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including Jill Biden speaking for the first time about the former president’s health<\/a>. <\/p>\n

GEOFF BENNETT, PBS NEWSHOUR: So the issue of Joe Biden’s health has been litigated in public exhaustively. We’re talking about it again because she’s talking about it. But the fact that she was so concerned and thought that there might have been a serious problem, that is not what top figures in the Democratic Party were saying at the time. So, Jonathan, does this undercut their credibility? JONATHAN CAPEHART, MS NOW: That’s not what she even said. The day after, said, you answered every question, Joe. This is not helpful. This is not helpful, certainly for Democrats, who have a unique ability to circle the wagons and then just fire at each other while Republicans watch with glee. This is a sort of a second self-inflicted wound on the party, the first one being earlier last week with the draft of that autopsy that was released. To my mind, to your point, Joe Biden’s health has been litigated up and down, even when he was in the White House, which stands in stark contrast to what is happening today with the current sitting president, who went in for yet another physical at Walter Reed. He’s only been in the job for 18 months. Three visits to Walter Reed? Why are we, as a profession, not talking as extensively and exhaustively and urgently about the health of the sitting president of the United States, when we did that to Joe Biden for four years? MATTHEW CONTINETTI, WALL STREET JOURNAL: I think they should expect a reasonably high level of disclosure. I mean, you have the two oldest presidents back to back, right? But, I mean, you mentioned earlier what is the Republican argument going to be in the fall. One of the biggest arguments is going to be, don’t look at me, look at the alternative, exactly as Joe Biden campaigned in 2022. The one thing that the Republicans are banking on is the Democratic Party failing to learn from its mistakes in 2024, including the way in which the Democratic Party establishment handled questions about Joe Biden’s capacity to run for a second term. And it is quite striking to hear the former first lady make these comments. It is not true. There were signs before that debate. There were signs on the trip to Europe. There were signs at the Juneteenth celebration. There were earlier signs. And it wasn’t until it was exposed to the entire world that we had those three weeks of panic until finally he relinquished the nomination to Kamala Harris.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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