Washington Post editorial board admits Biden's 'inner circle worked to conceal his decline' | Fox News
By: Brian Flood (Fox News)
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President Biden quipped that Kamala Harris would be among the "best presidents" who first served as vice president and promised to finish the rest of his five months in office strong.
The Washington Post editorial board admitted President Biden's "inner circle worked to conceal his decline" on Tuesday in a piece celebrating Biden stepping down under intense party pressure last month.
Critics of President Biden had long suggested he wasn't mentally fit to serve another term, but he sought re-election until Democratic leaders effectively forced him to step aside following a disastrous debate performance against former President Trump. Throughout the entire process, Biden and White House officials have insisted he was still sharp.
In a piece that largely fawned over Biden, the editorial board declared his "willingness to surrender power deserves special recognition" and added a tidbit that White House critics have long suspected.
Four paragraphs into the piece, the Post editorial board conceded: "The 81-year-old had shown signs of slipping for a long time, but his inner circle worked to conceal his decline."
"He and the country would have been better off if Mr. Biden had kept his implied promise from the 2020 campaign to be a 'transitional' figure, perhaps by bowing out after the Democrats' surprisingly good showing in the 2022 midterm elections," the editorial board added.
The Post even linked to the infamous Wall Street Journal report about Biden showing signs of slipping behind closed doors, which was largely dismissed by the mainstream media until the disastrous debate put fitness for office at the forefront.
The White House also exploded over the report and pressed Democrats to work the newspaper's reporters and insist on the president's mental fitness.
Left-wing Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin, a fanatic Biden and Democratic supporter, even fumed on June 9 that the Wall Street Journal article was "shoddy" and the president was still perfectly fit to lead; six weeks later, he was out of the race.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Washington Post senior reporter Aaron Blake wrote prior to the debate debacle that the WSJ piece "set off a new round of teeth-gnashing about coverage of President Biden's age," and said Democrats have asked why Trump doesn't face the same criticism for his advanced age.
Following the debate, the mainstream media and high-profile Democrats quickly turned on Biden, with many openly calling for him to step aside. Conservatives watched as the same people who dismissed concerns before the debate suddenly wanted a new candidate to face Trump.
Once Biden ended his re-election bid, the Democratic Party quickly consolidated support behind Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him on the ticket.
Brian Flood is a media editor/reporter for FOX News Digital. Story tips can be sent to brian.flood@fox.com and on Twitter: @briansflood.
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I wonder if any of those who have been bitching for years about LIES will look the other way now. See if it is the lies or the person they really hate.
Of course. That was alway a pretext to attack Trump, just like everything else. They have no principles other than obtaining power by any means necessary.
The Harry Reid "we won, didn't we" captured their ethos.
Much of the mainstream media is complicit in the projection and reiterations of the lies coming from the Biden camp and supporters.
It is amazing how just a few short months ago everyone was telling us how strong and on-top of things Joe Biden was, how he outran everybody in the White House, how on top of everything he was.. and the talk was how does Joe get rid of Harris from the ticket as she was viewed as the weak link to the ticket.
And now Joe has been pushed aside and Harris has been anointed the chosen one and more leads are coming about how the inner circle was covering for Joe and how everybody knew he was not up to the task. I would wonder if mainstream media will ever own up to their own shortcomings but I know better.
It is all indeed very, very strange.
Here we had Joe Biden, touted as worthy of being on Mt. Rushmore, touted as being as energetic as people 30 years his junior, of being a veritable ball of energy, handily sweeping the Democratic primaries with nary a serious challenger and polling favorably with Trump.
In a few short weeks, Biden gets pushed out and suddenly Harris is hailed as some sort of savior or political savant , and the same woman who just 4 years ago or so couldn't even garner enough Democratic support to make the very first primary vote suddenly is golden!
Strange.
To say the very least.
Pretty much every attack they make on Trump is projection.
Biden lies about Trump calling neo-Nazi's very fine people, and than says the literal nazis attacking police in the street as he speaks "have a point"
Schumer says Trump is an anti-Semite as Jewish events at the DNC have to be held in secret locations to protect them from other Democrats at the convention.
Obama spends half his speech attacking polarization and the other half demonizing Republicans...
Did you watch Biden’s speech at the DNC convention? It directly contradicts the GOP brain dead attacks.
Biden is far more rational than Trump.
I watched it this morning. Just wondering why he thinks he has to yell? They did give him a microphone..................
I guess Angry Joe had to try to fire up the sycophants one last time.
Just cannot bring yourself to give Biden any credit?
No I didn't, and no he isn't. Get real.
For what? He's been the worst president ever.
By what standards of measurement? Be specific.
Ummm I think you meant to reply to JR with that
Enough of a list for you?
Biden sucked as president. Kamala will be much worse.
Other than separating children from their parents, what policies has Biden changed?
Best of a bad situation since he had to follow Trump's decision on the date they needed to withdraw.
So you are pro USSR v2.0.
You don't think preventing Putin from rebuilding the USSR isn't a US interest?
Wow, Biden is such a powerful leader that he has the ability to create world-wide inflation? You must truly think he is a great leader to have that ability.
US presidents set gas prices? I did not know that. Why didn't Trump lower the prices when he was president?
Trump is the poster child of a 2 tier criminal justice system, and it has existed long before 2020.
How dare they prosecute a criminal who just happens to be named Trump....
In case you missed all of Trump's speeches, it is not the democrats constantly lying about job creation.
You feel we should have put boots on the ground and sent troops into Gaza, or completely separate ourselves and leave one of our greatest allies to fend for themselves?
Supreme court is not working properly or ethically and needs to change. Supreme court has thrown out years and decades of case law to make determinations that are obviously partisan.
They have made judgements that allow states to withhold needed medical procedures and force women to give birth to their rapist's children, and have given the president the same immunity to laws that only dictators and monarchs have previously had.
Then we can talk about justices accepting million dollar "presents" from people that have cases in front of them, and refusing to recuse themselves when they have personal interests before the court.
While states have a large ability to have their elections anyway they want, those election procedures must remain legal, that is where the fed steps in. It is also not the democrats that want to outlaw mail in ballots.
Thought we were talking about Biden, but you just did a U-turn straight to Trump-ville.
Let's see now, Biden spotted the balloons, Trump was ignorant of the ones while he was POTUS ( there were at least 2 ).
Even if true ( it's not ), SCOTUS has ruled that it would be legal for him to do so.
An obvious, easily proven lie.
The date Trump negotiated was three months before Biden's disastrous withdrawal.
Google it, it has been all over the news.
Google it, it has been all over the news.
its down the memory hole now. Just like the same people who swore up and down how fit Biden was and that everyone who said otherwise was lying now claim it was Obvious and necessary for pelosi to overthrow the primary system to install Harris.
Securing the border. Or did you forget that on his 1st day in office he signed an EO stopping all work on the border?
Biden changed those plans and the result is letting in hundreds of thousand of more unvetted immigrants; while abandoning US citizens and special VISA holders. Also leaving behind billions in US weaponry, data, and tech. Biden knew the Afghan government was going to fail- he kept that hidden as well. But lets not pay attention to facts.
Stupid fucking assumption.
The ONLY interest in Ukraine was to cover Biden and his crackhead kids corruption.
For once I agree with you. But it's not entirely for the reasons you think. Trump has been the victim of this 2 tier system.
That's one person's opinion. I also notice you fail to describe how it's "not working properly or ethically". Although I'm not really expecting any explanation that would be factual.
The SCOTUS covers constitutional law. Please point out exactly where abortion is. And despite what your talking heads are telling you, the SCOTUS did not "ban abortion". It made it a states matter. Just like a lot of other medical procedures. You have a problem with how it's being done in your state, take it up with YOUR STATE.
So why are Democrats trying to step in? We know it's not the Democrats trying to outlaw mail in ballots. Look at how well t worked for them during the 2020 election. But there are specific reasons for mail in ballots. A cold is not one of them
.Where did the SCOTUS rule this? Or are you talking about the lie that has been pushed by the left and Democrats about "absolute immunity"?
I spotted a couple of untruths early on in that post and didn't bother to go any further.
I picked a few to call out. Now to wait to see the nonsense.
I couldn't even get past the first point. Too ridiculous.
I think you'll have a very long wait.
It's amazing that they don't think they would get called out. Then cry when they do.
That's not a policy. And yes he stopped work on a multi billion dollar project that didn't do anything for border security.
There were no plans, just a due by date.
You are either pro USSR v2.0 or against it. If against it you would be for stopping it.
That's the trouble with discussing anything with right wingers, they cannot tell reality from the latest conspiracy theory.
Anybody except Trump would be in jail right now for multiple contempt of court violations, just from violating the gag orders over and over.
I see you don't dispute it, and explaining it to you was not part of the question.
Like the right to privacy? The right to control your own body? The right to not be forced to undergo a life threatening medical procedure? You think the Constitution doesn't include those rights?
SCOTUS allowed states to take away a certain minority's rights. Force them to do something that they do not want to do with their own bodies.
Haven't seen where they are other than making sure states are following the laws.
Wake up, he is commander and chief of the military. Part of his basic job is controlling the military. So by SCOTUS ruling anything he does in that job is immune from the law.
We'll never know that now will we..........................
I don't know if people will continue to pretend SCOTUS gave a President carte blanc but I sure wish they would cease.
Until a President is actually convicted it never will.
Ending 'Stay in Mexico' and re-enacting 'Catch and Release'. Those were policies handled by EO's the first week that Biden was in office that directly impacted the border. Try to stay up.
Wasn't Trump already convicted?
Of misdemeanors with expired statute of limitations dressed up as a felony by a leftist partisan hack judge.
And there is the nonsense I was expecting. I will give you credit, you hit all the talking points. They're wrong. but you got them.
Would a 10 foot fence stop you if you really wanted to get to the other side? Really???
A $50 reciprocating saw or ladder from Home Depot would get you through or over it. Not to mention a $10 shovel.
So he stopped 1 policy? That's it?
Then why did the Democrats erect a wall in Chicago? Try again.
He did stop the separation of kids from their "parents" at the border. He just stopped apprehending them and allowing them in the country.
It's being appealed on the SCOTUS ruling.
Ok, it is just it is weird for some folks to claim any act by a President is covered by immunity when clearly the Court didn't ever say that.
If so, Trump should lose his appeal. He's also appealed J6 case on the same grounds. We'll see what that ruling is too.
Maybe, maybe not.
Convictions can be overturned for any number of reasons.
Why are you so afraid to answer the question? You responded to my question yet you are too afraid to answer it.
Where did you ask me a question? I may have missed it.
You never specified how many policies you wanted to see, and now you're bitching because I didn't list them all? By the way, I provided two policy changes as your original question was what policy changes he had made. Re-enacting the 'Catch & Release' policy is another change.
You are correct, the question was posed to "Just Jim NC Ttth", [✘]
Read it again .
Read it again, it remains the exact same, with no number of how many policies he was to name for you.
Yeah, why don't you go back and re-read your own postings. You might just see that once again you're wrong.
This all started back in 3.1.8 where you posted among other comments :
First reply in 3.1.11 is :
From you in 3.1.17 where you didn't like the reply :
In 3.1.21 I jumped in and gave you 2 policy changes that Biden undertook dealing with the border:
Your post in 3.1.26 where it shows you misread my posting.
My correction to you in 3.1.35 where once again I specified that I gave you two changes and pointed out that your initial posting only asked 'other than separating children from their parents, what policies has Biden changed?'.
So once again you are wrong. I can suggest you go back and read your own postings but I doubt that will happen.
he walked away because it's a stupid ass question.
Someone should tell these people Biden is not the candidate anymore.
Reading the article would inform you that they already know Biden is no longer the candidate, that he has been pushed out because the moneybags in the Party didn't think he could win again, despite the cheerleading press' attempt to deceive.
Biden was clearly pressured to step aside. For good reason too. And by doing so, Biden has enabled the Ds to put forth a serious effort to prevent Trump from securing the power of the presidency. In addition, Biden has done himself a favor too by securing a legacy as a statesman rather than having his last act being a stubborn refusal that allowed Trump to be elected.
The only people who seem upset by this are those who want Trump to win. Rightly so, this puts a major league damper in Trump's chances.
Obviously, and something apparently not in dispute.
I find it odd that some would be so willing to excuse Democrats' LIES so easily.
The moneybags and Democratic Party hierarchy decided it was just too risky to run Joe Biden no matter what they had all told the nation during the primaries and beyond.
Their fear of a Trump Presidency made them go against the will of the voters in their party.
Lets be honest. The right wings forlorn clinging to the Biden candidacy is unbecoming and pathetic.
Yes, let's.
Pointing out how Joe was jettisoned despite being perfectly fine AND getting the nomination through winning every single DEM primary is being honest, and we hope all Democrats will come to recognize the fact.
I love it. Sure I lied my ass off conspiring to hide biden's mental status from the nation last month, but who cares it's old news.
Now let's talk about how Trump lied on a phone call in 2020....
Sorry to break it to you, but it looks like the Dems are too busy having fun at their Brat Summer to care about what right wing populists want.
you cant be serious
If you think lying to further a conspiracy to hide the mental status of a Presidential candidate is acceptable and "pathetic" to talk about, there's really nothing that's off the table at this point. We are so far off the charts that normalcy can't be seen with a telescope by Democrats at this point.
You can say a thousand times that people should vote for Trump because someone wasnt honest about Biden and the answer will be "no" a thousand times .
What's pathetic is the left and Democrats ignoring the glaring mental decline yet still allowing Biden to remain in office.
The ONLY thing the Democrats did right was remove him as a candidate. Their process to get to that point is far from the right thing to do and their actions afterward aren't any better.
Only in your TDS driven opinion which has been evident since before Trump became the nominee.
The right wings forlorn clinging to the Biden candidacy is unbecoming and pathetic.
Hilarious coming from someone who has clinged onto every word Trump has spoken in the last 8 years and wants to inject him in every seed with nothing to do with him.
Isn't that the "lie" found after somebody altered the official transcript?
I'd agree with you but then we'd both be wrong.
This isn't about Trump.
Well, Biden and his WH officials, along with prominent Democrats, lied through their teeth about Biden's condition.
If he was so damn sharp, why did they kick him to the curb, even though he won the primaries handily?
A second question for them to answer is if Biden isn't mentally fit to go on then why is he still in office? Why hasn't the 25th Amendment been used? He is after all the Commander in Chief. A mentally unfit person in his position could do a lot of damage in the next five months, is it worth the risk?
The hyperbole ... Good grief man, Biden is clearly capable of completing his term.
They will simply ignore any such questions and STILL stick to "Joe is fine and dandy!".
Seems odd the Party thinks that after kicking him out of the race.
You can't prove that. Joe showed on Monday that he can do well with a teleprompter speech but running the country is not covered by the writings on a teleprompter. Joe showed us in that debate how well he thinks on his feet.
Try for just a second and swap around the names. Can you honestly state that if it was the Trump White House and we had heard all the crap from his inner circle about how Trump has more energy than those 30 years younger than him, is mentally sharp and on top of everything in the White House, goes into meetings and is so well prepared above and beyond what anybody else in the room has done; and then was pushed out when it became obvious that he was not mentally sharp enough for a second term that you would not have been right there also screaming for someone to bring forth the 25th Amendment? Would you be willing to allow a mentally weakened Trump to remain in office for another five months?
Like 4.1.1. Completely ignoring the threat that Biden presents to the country and allies.
So you think he is quite capable of running the country despite real evidence of his decline, but that he isn't fit to run for office.
Illogical.
Yeah, Texan, it is quite obvious that Biden is capable of performing his duty as PotUS for the remainder of his term.
I have trouble swallowing that nonsense given he is too unfit to run for President.
Some people are getting dumber by the minute.
Yes, it's half the nation who somehow believe that a man is unfit to run for reelection after 3 1/2 years of them telling us he was but, has no problem running the country. Maybe you can explain who made the call that he's unfit to run, because it sure as hell wasn't Joe. .
a lot of people made the call. do you ever watch the news ?
A lot of people?
But none that actually voted for him in the primaries.
the more the right wing cries about biden the better it is for harris.
people are tired of maga crap.
So not even a Biden cheerleader can give even one plausible reason why Biden is magically fit for office but not to run again.
Kind of what I figured the non-answer would be.
Keep your Maga crap off this article.
I already gave you the reason. He doesnt have the energy to go out on the trail every day and to attack Trump in the way necessary. Just look what has happened to Trump since Harris took over - he is falling apart.
Sure looks like it................./S
Tuesday : Howell, Michigan
Wednesday: Asheboro, North Carolina
Thursday : Border-Phoenix, AZ
Friday: Glendale, AZ
So the man you tout was lied about for months, and now you know it.
But this frail old man is fit for office? Bullshit.
I don't care who made what, the question is why is he fit for office but, not to run again. The right wing or the news has nothing to do with it.
No, he isn't. Not all of the leftist pearl clenching, lying, and denial will make him either.
That’s nice. He’s not running anymore, despite Trump’s teary eyed objections. Move on already.
But he's still the Commander in Chief for another five months. How much damage are you willing to accept?
What damage ?
Slow to act in a global emergency, overriding generals and experts in what actions to take (like the withdraw from Afghanistan), not holding adversaries accountable for their actions. The list could go on and on.
Except no one believes any of that is happening.
Did he seem damaged on Monday night giving a badass fully coherent speech at midnight in front of a packed house of adoring fans? He had a bad debate performance while suffering from Covid. The Covid is gone and he is clearly back on the attack for the citizens of this country. Get over it.
I think Biden is perfectly capable of being president, but running for the office takes a lot of energy and his relative lack of energy would have been very much exploited by the demented trump and his boys. they were doing it already.
We were all assured Biden possessed the vigor of someone 30 years younger.
What the hell happened?
And will be for the rest of his term by those who don't like us as well as those who do. Not a good look.
Global emergencies, like the war in Ukraine, the war in Gaza, Iran within weeks of having enough fuel for an nuclear bomb, China getting adventurous in the South China Sea threatening shipping from the Philippines as well as talking tough on Tiawan. You keep on trying to convince us there's no issue around the globe that could need a President on top of his game.
All that showed us is that he can handle a prepared speech using a teleprompter. Being the commander in chief is a much more demanding job.
If Covid was the only reason why he had a bad debate, and if the Covid is gone and he's recovered from it, why did they have to force him out and put Harris in as the nominee?
You guys act like Biden belongs in assisted living. Go to an assisted living facility and find one person that can deliver that speech from a teleprompter with anything close to the skill and adeptness of Biden. There have been speeches all throughout both conventions that were given by people who could barely read from the teleprompter. It’s not an easy feat to do it with his skill, while overcoming a stutter. Not everyone can be Barrack Obama. World leaders know Joe Biden and I guarantee they are not saying he’s the guy you’re trying so desperately to project him as.
A little hyperbole there... But when that's all you got you have to go with it. It's a shame because your comment does absolutely nothing to refute my post. Seeing how you're not adding anything of value to the conversation I'm just going to end it here but you can have the last word.
Your post claimed it takes no skill to read from a teleprompter. That is obviously false, as I have explained. The rest of your comment doesn’t even merit a refutation since it’s based in your sour grapes over Trump not getting to run against Biden. Get over it. Your moronic felon candidate needs to vastly step up his game because he’s now facing a prosecutor.
See Joe read.
Read, Joe, read!
yay!!
I know I said I was going to end it back there, but your post is just so wrong I have to comment.
My post claimed nothing of the sort. Go back and re-read it again. My point was that Joe is able to read a prepared speech from a teleprompter, but that is very different than the skills needed to be the commander in chief. He's inability to think on his feet is what did him in during the debate and it is a major obstacle to running the country. That you ignore that says an awful lot about you.
As far as sour grapes, I really don't care who Trump runs against because I'm not voting for either one of them. They are both bad for the country and I will not vote in affirmation of either one. I will vote on down-ticket issues which I feel are important but cannot give my approval for either one of them. The sad fact is that one of them will win the Oval Office in November, my only solace in that is that we have had and endured terrible presidents in the past and the country is still here. I suspect the country will still be here in the 2028 election cycle as well. I can only hope we have better candidates presented.
But you want to respond to me, read what I post and not what you want to think it is because you have shown you are just completely wrong in your understanding of the words that I type.
Sounds perfect!
We all know who is running, and also why Biden isn't any longer TPTB lost confidence in Biden, didn't think he could win, so scrap the primaries and get another candidate!
you are starting to get it !
now to get you to explain why Biden is fit for office but not to run for same office.
this should be great
Democrats don't believe in Democracy.
That is what we all are getting.
Leftists need to catch on.
Right, I get that Biden won every primary and is as fit as a fiddle with the energy level of a man 30 years younger, but the Powers That Be (read that as the big money who controls the Democratic Party) said "No, Joe, we don't want you anymore, time to go--skedaddle, now!"
I also get that Democrats have gone bat-shit crazy over Kamala after so disliking her such a short time ago.
Do you get that the Democratic Party just told you your primary vote was totally useless and didn't matter to anyone at all?
Safe to say it's because Trump hasn't demonstrated the mental decline Biden has.
But he has shown some decline. That really can't be ignored. I'm all for mental competency exams for all public office for those over the age of 70.
The sad thing is that either Trump or Harris will be the next to sit in that office. I foresee my bar bill going much higher over the next few years..
You're right. It has declined and can't be ignored. But to compare Trump with with President Vapor Lock and not see the problem doesn't help.
You are correct. Trumps mental decline has been far worse. Or should we say ethical decline? Moral decline? Logical decline?
We both know you spewing bullshit with that one.
No sane person would act and campaign like Trump does.
No sane person would be obsessed with Trump.
Reality is, since the debate, he's kind of sat back to see if the Democrats and the left would make fools of themselves. And you didn't disappoint.
Maybe there is a little hope for the media.
Maybe other outlets will start admitting what lies they helped promote.
Now the Post should take the next logical step and apologize to its readers for perpetuating what lie Democrats wanted America to believe--that Biden was just fine.
Show some integrity, WaPo.