Get the latest gossip

White House And ‘Morning Joe’ Blast Wall Street Journal Report That Joe Biden “Shows Signs Of Slipping”


The Wall Street Journal has come under extensive criticism from the White House for a report on Joe Biden‘s mental acuity, with spokespersons blasting the story for featuring just one on-the-record Republican source, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, to claim that the president is slipping. On Wednesday morning, Morning Joe added to the chorus, with […]

The Journal also reported that more recently, in a meeting on Ukraine funding in January, Biden “spoke so softly at times that some participants struggled to hear him,” and read from notes “to make obvious points, paused for extended periods and sometimes closed his eyes for so long that some in the room wondered whether he had tuned out.” LaBolt wrote, “What a surprise – Republicans employing their election year messaging strategy that contradicts their own prior words about@POTUS. But Pelosi was among the lawmakers who complained that they spent time with the Journal to offer their accounts, but instead the publication “ignored testimony by Democrats, focused on attacks by Republicans and printed a hit piece.”

Get the Android app

Or read this on Deadline

Read more on:

Photo of Joe Biden

Joe Biden

Photo of Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal

Photo of White House

White House

Related news:

News photo

Bold Bird Lands on Reporter's Head Just Before Live Shot Outside White House

News photo

Travis Kelce Says Secret Service Actually Did Threaten to Tase Him During White House Visit

News photo

Travis Kelce Says Secret Service Actually Did Threaten to Taser Him During White House Visit: 'That's Real'