{"id":1981794,"date":"2023-07-24T21:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T01:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-intel-chief-says-enough-with-disabled-presidents-calls-for-someone-younger\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T21:23:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T01:23:47","slug":"former-intel-chief-says-enough-with-disabled-presidents-calls-for-someone-younger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-intel-chief-says-enough-with-disabled-presidents-calls-for-someone-younger\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Intel Chief: No More &#8216;Disabled&#8217; Presidents, Time for Youth."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-intel-chief-says-enough-with-disabled-presidents-calls-for-someone-younger%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1981794&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Intelligence Official Calls for Younger \u200cPresident in the White \u200cHouse<\/h2>\n<p>In\u200c a thought-provoking \u2063statement,\u200d former \u2064top intelligence official \u2062Dan Coats emphasized the need for a younger president to occupy the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/white-house\">White House<\/a>. Coats, who served as director of\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-carlson-if-youre-looking-for-election-rigging-look-no-further-than-media-treatment-of-hunter-biden-saga\/\" title=\"FNC's Carlson: 'If You're Looking for Election Rigging, Look No Further' Than Media Treatment of Hunter Biden Saga\">national intelligence<\/a> during the \u2062Trump \u2062administration, expressed \u2062his concerns about President\u2063 Joe Biden&#8217;s advanced age as he seeks re-election \u2062in 2024, \u200cas reported by \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/joe-biden\/joe-biden-age-re-election-short-stairs-air-force-one-rcna95355\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs someone\u2063 who just turned 80, I strongly believe that we need someone younger,\u2063 whether \u2064it\u2019s on the Democratic side or \u2063the Republican side,\u201d Coats said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden, who coincidentally shares the same age as Coats, is already the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/very-lucky-116-year-old-french-nun-europes-oldest-person-beats-covid-19\/\" title=\"\u2018Very Lucky\u2019: 116-Year-Old French Nun, Europe\u2019s Oldest Person, Beats COVID-19\">oldest person<\/a> to hold the presidency. If re-elected, he\u2064 would be 86 by the end of his second \u2062term. Concerns about\u2062 Biden&#8217;s ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-send-in-the-green-berets-special-forces-vets-launch-congressional-campaigns\/\" title=\"Exclusive -- Send in the Green Berets: Special Forces Vets Launch Congressional Campaigns\">lead effectively<\/a> have been fueled by instances where he loses\u2062 his \u200dtrain of thought while speaking and moments caught on camera where he has tripped or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-falls-while-standing-partially-on-ground-after-stopping-bicycle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fallen over<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A recent survey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/polls-finds-rising-tide-of-voters-worried-biden-lacks-fitness-to-be-president\">revealed<\/a> \u200d a growing number\u2062 of voters\u200d expressing anxiety about Biden&#8217;s\u2062 fitness to serve. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump, at the age of 77, is\u200b campaigning\u200b to regain the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe weight of the world falls on the shoulders of\u2064 the president, and right now, we have\u200b two\u2062 disabled presidents,\u201d Coats remarked, \u2064referring to Trump and Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAge plays a major factor in this,\u200d and\u200c people have to think about\u200c what the next generation will provide,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The NBC News report featured\u200d assurances from \u2062individuals \u2063in\u2062 Biden&#8217;s circle \u200bthat\u2063 the president remains steady. It also included anecdotes from \u2063members of his\u2062 administration praising\u200b his energy levels when\u200c not in the public eye.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Emerita \u2064Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who herself is 83 \u2063years old,\u2064 dismissed concerns about Biden&#8217;s age in\u200c an interview with \u2064MSNBC. Pelosi referred to Biden as &#8220;just a kid&#8221; and encouraged him to embrace his age and experience.<\/p>\n<p>However, the NBC News\u2062 report also highlighted signs \u2062of an \u200delder statesman becoming more cautious, \u2064such as using\u200d shorter stairs to board\u2064 aircraft and\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-intel-chief-says-enough-with-disabled-presidents-calls-for-someone-younger\/\" title=\"Ex-Intel Chief: No More 'Disabled' Presidents, Time for Youth.\">employing extra-large\u200d font<\/a> on teleprompters as time goes on.<\/p>\n<p>One \u200danonymous congressional \u200bDemocrat\u200d stressed the importance of addressing concerns about Biden&#8217;s age\u200b within the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe number of text messages\u2062 that I got after the president fell \u2026 I\u2062 mean, my\u2064 phone was blowing up. People are like, \u2018Oh, this is so\u2062 bad,&#8217;\u201d the Democrat shared.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former top intelligence official, Dan Coats, warns against peers and advocates for a younger president in the White House. Coats, who previously served as director of national intelligence under Trump, expresses concerns about President Biden in a new NBC News report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1981795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1981794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1981794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1981795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1981794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1981794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1981794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}