{"id":2197128,"date":"2024-03-12T06:40:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T10:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-downplay-hur-testimony-after-declaring-biden-age-concerns-debunked\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T06:41:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T10:41:32","slug":"democrats-downplay-hur-testimony-after-declaring-biden-age-concerns-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-downplay-hur-testimony-after-declaring-biden-age-concerns-debunked\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats dismiss Hur testimony after declaring Biden age concerns &#8216;debunked"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fdemocrats-downplay-hur-testimony-after-declaring-biden-age-concerns-debunked%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=2197128&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>Democrats Downplay Concerns About Biden&#8217;s Mental Acuity Ahead of Hur&#8217;s \u200dTestimony<\/h2>\n<p>Democrats are dismissing the notion that special counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s upcoming testimony before Congress will revive worries about President Joe Biden&#8217;s mental sharpness. Instead, they are asserting that Biden&#8217;s recent State\u2064 of the Union speech has put to rest any questions about \u2063his age and memory. Hur&#8217;s\u2064 report on Biden&#8217;s handling of classified documents concluded that the president should not face indictment, in part because a jury would perceive \u200bhim as an &#8220;elderly\u2062 man with \u200da poor memory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;After the president&#8217;s strong State of the Union performance, Republicans complained that \u200dhe was too strident and too angry, but\u200d not\u200b that he was too old. I\u200b think he put that to rest,\u2063 and \u200bHur won&#8217;t resurrect that,&#8221; \u2063said Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD),\u2062 a member of the House Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats have strongly criticized\u200d both the \u200creport and Hur&#8217;s involvement, deeming the remarks &#8220;gratuitous&#8221; in \u2063the aftermath. Now, ahead of\u200c the hearing, Democrats are asserting that Biden&#8217;s passionate address to Congress has finally dispelled\u200b concerns about his age.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Nobody&#8217;s going \u2062to talk about\u2062 cognitively impaired now,&#8221; Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) told Biden following \u2063the speech.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However,\u200c Hur may bring up the topic during his \u2062testimony. The prosecutor will face a public grilling before\u2063 the House Judiciary Committee,\u200d with Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD),\u200c along with other committee members, questioning \u2064him. The focus of the hearing will be Hur&#8217;s report, \u2063but \u200bboth parties are likely \u200cto draw comparisons \u2064to former \u2062President\u2064 Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-questions-whether-biden-admin-suppressed-national-archive-statements-in-classified-documents-case\/\" title=\"House GOP Questions Whether Biden Admin Suppressed National Archive Statements in Classified Documents Case\">case involving classified documents<\/a>, led by\u2062 special counsel \u2062Jack Smith. Republicans may question why Trump\u200d should face charges while Biden was not, while Democrats will likely aim to further dispel concerns about\u2063 Biden&#8217;s memory.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Last Wednesday, I was scared for \u200cthe Hur testimony. Now I&#8217;m \u200bexcited,&#8221; a House Democrat&#8217;s office told the Washington Examiner. &#8220;Biden&#8217;s performance at the State of \u200cthe Union showed that report isn&#8217;t worth the \u2064paper it \u2062was written on. If Jim Jordan and James \u2062Comer want\u200c to embarrass themselves on \u2064national TV yet again, be my guest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democratic strategist Brad \u2064Bannon emphasized the need for his party to focus on the bigger picture, regardless of what Hur says.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The proper response from the\u2064 president is that he&#8217;s very happy that the special prosecutor \u200dcleared him of any \u200dwrongdoing,&#8221; Bannon said. &#8220;He should then reference the \u2064federal charges against Trump for his secret document stockpile.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Finally,&#8221; Bannon added, &#8220;the president or press secretary \u200dcan say that he may forget small details\u2062 at times, but he never \u200dforgets his commitment \u2063to protect democracy at home and abroad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In February, Hur released a 388-page report detailing the findings of a yearlong investigation into classified documents found\u200d at Biden&#8217;s\u200d office \u2062and\u2062 home. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j6-committee-focuses-on-election-fraud-claims-while-ignoring-tactics-used-to-rig-the-2020-election\/\" title=\"J6 Committee Focuses On Election Fraud Claims While Ignoring Tactics Used To Rig The 2020 Election\">special counsel concluded<\/a> that Biden may\u200d have knowingly kept \u200cclassified documents in unauthorized locations and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pentagon-pick-colin-kahl-denies-leaking-classified-information-on-social-media\/\" title=\"Biden Pentagon Pick Colin Kahl Denies Leaking Classified Information on Social Media\">disclosed classified information<\/a> to the ghostwriter of his memoir. The report caused a political uproar in Washington, with its revelations \u2062suggesting the \u2064president&#8217;s memory was lacking. Biden \u2064responded by holding a press conference during which\u200c he mistakenly mixed up the presidents\u2062 of Egypt and Mexico, leading Republicans to argue that his mental acuity was \u200dinsufficient for a second term.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s administration staunchly \u2062defended him, with White House\u200b counsel spokesman Ian Sams \u200bmaking \u2062a rare appearance in the briefing room.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Put simply,\u200b this case is \u2062closed because the facts and the \u2063evidence don&#8217;t support the theories here,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The gratuitous comments\u200d [about Biden&#8217;s memory] that respected experts say is out of line are inappropriate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>White House officials have not committed to releasing the transcripts of Biden&#8217;s interviews with Hur, a topic that is likely to\u2064 arise during the testimony. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, stated \u200bthat he believes Hur&#8217;s testimony can be summarized in the first sentence \u200cof his \u2062report, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-big-things-we-learned-from-the-michael-sussmann-prosecution\/\" title=\"9 Big Things We Learned From The Michael Sussmann Prosecution\">special counsel stated<\/a> that there were no reasonable grounds to pursue\u2064 criminal charges against Biden.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;So, he&#8217;s essentially exonerated in the very first sentence,&#8221; Raskin said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he is\u2064 &#8220;curious&#8221; about \u200dwhat will transpire during Hur&#8217;s\u2064 testimony and can only assume that Republicans&#8217; reason for calling him to testify is\u2064 &#8220;an exercise in legislative masochism by the majority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously, there were some drive-by comments about President Biden&#8217;s age and his memory, and maybe they \u200cwould pounce on that,&#8221; the Maryland Democrat said. &#8220;Again, it&#8217;s not relevant to his conduct, and I think that a lot of those acerbic observations are debunked by what the whole\u200d country got to see for several hours during the State of \u2064the Union address.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/democrats-downplay-concerns-biden-mental-acuity-hur-testimony\">CLICK HERE TO READ\u2062 MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What findings did Hur&#8217;s report on classified documents in Biden&#8217;s office and home \u200craise regarding Biden&#8217;s mental acuity?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Parking concerns about Biden&#8217;s mental acuity.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy surrounding Hur&#8217;s report, Democrats are confident that \u200bBiden&#8217;s recent State of the Union speech has reassured \u2064the public about \u2062his mental sharpness.\u200c They argue that Biden&#8217;s passionate address to Congress has dispelled\u200c any doubts about his age and memory. Representative Glenn\u2064 Ivey, a member\u2063 of \u2062the \u2062House Judiciary Committee, stated that Republicans did not criticize Biden&#8217;s age\u2062 after his\u2062 strong performance,\u2062 indicating that\u2062 the issue has been \u2063put to rest.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u2064 there is speculation that \u2063Hur may \u2064bring up \u200bthe \u2064topic \u200bduring his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. \u2062Both Republicans\u2064 and Democrats are expected to question Hur and draw comparisons to former President \u200dDonald Trump&#8217;s case involving classified documents. Republicans may question why Biden was not charged while Trump faced charges, while Democrats aim to further dispel concerns about Biden&#8217;s memory.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic strategist Brad Bannon \u200badvises his party to focus\u200d on the bigger picture, \u200cregardless of what Hur says. He \u2064suggests that Biden should respond by\u200b expressing\u2063 his satisfaction with being cleared of\u200c any \u2063wrongdoing and highlight the federal charges against Trump for his secret document stockpile. Bannon also recommends emphasizing\u2062 Biden&#8217;s commitment to protecting democracy.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Hur released a comprehensive \u200breport detailing the\u200c findings of a yearlong \u2062investigation into classified documents found in Biden&#8217;s\u200c office and home. The report raised concerns about Biden potentially mishandling classified information and disclosing it to\u2064 the ghostwriter of his memoir. Despite the political uproar it caused, Democrats \u200cremain \u2064adamant \u200dthat Biden&#8217;s recent State of the Union speech\u200d has addressed any concerns \u200babout his mental acuity.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Democrats\u200d are downplaying concerns about Biden&#8217;s mental acuity ahead\u2062 of Hur&#8217;s testimony. They argue that Biden&#8217;s strong State of the Union \u200dperformance \u2064has put to rest any questions about his age and memory. While Hur&#8217;s involvement\u2063 has been criticized by Democrats, it remains to be seen whether the topic \u200bof Biden&#8217;s mental sharpness will be brought up during the \u200btestimony. Democrats emphasize the need to focus on the bigger picture and highlight Biden&#8217;s commitment to protecting democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats downplay the notion that Robert Hur&#8217;s testimony will raise concerns about President Biden&#8217;s mental acuity. They assert that Biden&#8217;s recent State of the Union address has addressed age and memory doubts. 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