{"id":1986249,"date":"2023-07-30T14:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T18:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-senator-denies-republican-claims-that-biden-is-too-old-to-be-president-2\/"},"modified":"2023-07-30T14:31:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T18:31:52","slug":"democratic-senator-denies-republican-claims-that-biden-is-too-old-to-be-president-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-senator-denies-republican-claims-that-biden-is-too-old-to-be-president-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat senator refutes GOP&#8217;s age-related criticism of Biden&#8217;s presidential eligibility."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fdemocratic-senator-denies-republican-claims-that-biden-is-too-old-to-be-president-2%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=1986249&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>Sen. Chris\u200d Murphy:\u2062 President Biden Succeeding at an Extraordinary \u2064Rate<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) has dismissed concerns about the age of President\u200d Joe Biden, \u200carguing \u2064that the president is\u2064 &#8220;succeeding at \u2064an extraordinary and\u200d historic\u2064 rate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Murphy&#8217;s statement comes\u2063 as many have argued\u2063 that \u2062Biden,\u200b who is\u200d turning 81 this\u200c November, \u2062is too \u200bold\u2063 to serve as president. \u2064The debate concerning\u200c Biden&#8217;s age has brought about discussions \u200con age\u200b limits for the presidency,\u200d with even a few Democrats saying they will not \u2062endorse the president in\u200b his reelection campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;Joe Biden is Succeeding at an Extraordinary \u2064and Historic Rate&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I guess\u200b age \u2062is\u2064 relevant if it is an indicator \u2062that a candidate isn&#8217;t up to do the most important job in the\u200c world, \u200bbut Joe Biden\u200b is succeeding, \u2064and succeeding at an \u200dextraordinary and historic rate,&#8221; Murphy said on CNN. &#8220;The \u2063amount of major legislation\u200b passed by\u200d this \u200cpresident, the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-senator-denies-republican-claims-that-biden-is-too-old-to-be-president-2\/\" title=\"Democrat senator refutes GOP's age-related criticism of Biden's presidential eligibility.\">gun\u2063 violence bill<\/a>\u200b in 30 years, the first\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-warned-infrastructure-bill-could-be-considered-racist\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Warned Infrastructure Bill Could Be Considered Racist\">major investment<\/a> in\u2062 clean energy, the\u200d biggest infrastructure investment\u2062 in the history of this country; all of that doesn&#8217;t happen without Joe Biden.\u2064 He is \u200da master \u200clegislative tactician.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Murphy also touched on Biden&#8217;s business dealings regarding his son, Hunter Biden, saying\u200c that he is not \u200dconcerned about Republicans&#8217;\u200d investigation and called\u200c it\u200d a &#8220;witch hunt.&#8221; \u200dThe senator added that there has &#8220;never \u200dbeen any evidence&#8221; that Joe\u200c Biden compromised his office.<\/p>\n<p>The Connecticut senator is\u2063 not the only \u2063Democrat \u2064who has dismissed the president&#8217;s age, \u200das\u200b Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) brushed off concerns about Biden&#8217;s age earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Not all \u200dDemocrats are on board with \u200cBiden serving a \u200csecond term as president; \u200chowever, as \u200bRep. Dean Phillips (D-MN)\u2063 said earlier this week, he \u2062would not back Biden&#8217;s reelection bid in 2024. Instead, Phillips has \u2062argued the party should look to a &#8220;new generation of leadership&#8221; and\u200b elevate younger candidates to Congress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON\u2062 EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A poll from last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-senator-denies-republican-claims-that-biden-is-too-old-to-be-president\/\" title=\"Democrat senator refutes GOP's age-related criticism of Biden's presidential eligibility.\">month found broad concern<\/a> over the president&#8217;s \u200bage, with\u200b seven in 10 responding\u2064 that he is too old to be president, including \u200dhalf of \u200bDemocrats. The poll \u200cfound 49% of \u200cDemocrats\u200c said Biden is too old to be president, while 28% believed he is the right \u200cage,\u2063 and 23% \u2062replied they were \u2062unsure.<\/p>\n<p>Former President \u200cDonald Trump, who is \u200crunning\u2062 for president again, is only four years\u200c younger than Biden,\u200d but many voters believe neither is the best option for president.\u2063 A poll conducted from\u2064 July 8-11 showed 61% of voters believe Biden is not the\u200c strongest\u200b candidate \u2064Democrats could nominate, while 53% of voters\u200d believe Trump is not \u200cthe strongest\u2063 candidate Republicans could \u200cnominate in \u200b2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) brushed off worries about President Joe Biden&#8217;s age, asserting that he is achieving remarkable and unprecedented progress. This response follows ongoing discussions about Biden&#8217;s ability to serve as president, given that he will turn 81 in November. 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