{"id":2227089,"date":"2024-04-22T11:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-douglas-claims-biden-sharp-as-a-tack-ahead-of-fundraiser-hosted-by-hollywood-couple\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T11:55:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:55:58","slug":"michael-douglas-claims-biden-sharp-as-a-tack-ahead-of-fundraiser-hosted-by-hollywood-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-douglas-claims-biden-sharp-as-a-tack-ahead-of-fundraiser-hosted-by-hollywood-couple\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Douglas praises Biden&#8217;s sharpness before Hollywood couple&#8217;s fundraiser"},"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%2Fmichael-douglas-claims-biden-sharp-as-a-tack-ahead-of-fundraiser-hosted-by-hollywood-couple%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=2227089&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--><p>Michael Douglas supports President Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">reelection bid<\/a>, praising his mental acuity and dismissing age concerns. The actor, close\u200d in age to Biden, highlights the president&#8217;s capabilities and contrasts them with his predecessor. The fundraiser,\u200d co-hosted by Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones,\u2062 aims to secure support for Biden&#8217;s campaign. Attendees \u2063can contribute between $3,300 and $100,000, emphasizing the event&#8217;s significance in current politics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Michael Douglas defended President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> seeking a second term in office, waiving aside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2839529\/bidens-age-major-concern-for-over-half-of-democratic-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"concerns many voters have\">concerns many voters have<\/a> about the president\u2019s age, ahead of a <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.joebiden.com\/a\/4-25-reception-ts?attr=112964231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"scheduled fundraiser\">scheduled fundraiser<\/a> co-hosted by the actor and his wife, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, this week.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas, 79, is only a couple of years younger than Biden, and suggested that the president is doing well for his age. He added that Biden\u2019s Cabinet wants to work for him again for the next four years, something he could not say about \u201cthe other candidate,\u201d a knock against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-is-no-1-desantis-tells-state-legislature-during-state-of-the-state-speech\/\" title=\"Florida Is No. 1, DeSantis Tells State Legislature During State of the State Speech\">presumptive presidential candidate<\/a> for the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I think that I walk a little similar to him, and the people that I\u2018ve talked to, and everybody that I have say he\u2019s sharp as a tack,\u201d Douglas said on CNN\u2019s<em> Fareed Zakaria GPS<\/em> Sunday. \u201cHe\u2018s fine, we all have an issue of memories as we get older, we forget names, something, he\u2018s overcome a stutter in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor also argued that Biden would continue to be mentally fit to be president for the next four years, as the country needs a president who has \u201csome experience\u201d and knows how to work on a global stage. He also described the election as the most important one of his lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>The fundraiser will take place in Irvington, New York, on Thursday. Attendees must be a \u201cU.S. citizen or lawfully admitted permanent resident (i.e., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-biden-immigration-orders-seek-to-reverse-trumps-policies-streamline-naturalization-process\/\" title=\"New Biden Immigration Orders Seek To Reverse Trump\u2019s Policies, Streamline Naturalization Process\">green card holder<\/a>),\u201d with tickets ranging from $3,300 to $100,000.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas was also one of five actors who appeared in a video call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2907730\/biden-president-actors-advice-ahead-of-state-of-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>to give Biden advice ahead of his 2024 State of the Union speech<\/a>, with all of the actors having played a U.S. president at one point in their career. Douglas played President Andrew Shepherd in the 1995 film <em>The American President<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>You may\u2019ve heard I\u2019ve got a big speech coming up.<\/p>\n<p>So, I thought I would hear from some folks who have done the job before \u2013 sort of. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7wFYVQm7Xm\">pic.twitter.com\/7wFYVQm7Xm<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1765750702972809621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden, who became the oldest president ever to get elected at the age of 77 in 2020, has some concerned about him seeking a second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-officials-move-to-drop-sex-offender-term-due-to-negative-impacts-on-sex-offenders\/\" title=\"Colorado Officials Move To Drop \u2018Sex Offender\u2019 Term Due To \u2018Negative Impacts\u2019 On Sex Offenders\">term due<\/a> to his age. These concerns increased in February when special counsel Robert Hur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2845770\/hur-report-biden-as-elderly-man-poor-memory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>released his 15-month investigation into the president<\/a> on his handling of classified documents, which described Biden as a \u201cwell-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In December, Biden revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/biden-not-sure-he-would-seek-re-election-if-trump-was-not-2023-12-05\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>he was not sure he would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-anatomy-of-a-stolen-election-the-fraud-cannot-stand\/\" title=\"The Anatomy of a Stolen Election \u2013 The Fraud Cannot Stand\">seeking reelection<\/a><\/a> if Trump was not running for president again, stressing that \u201cwe cannot let him win.\u201d Trump led Biden by 1% <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2965179\/trump-loses-massive-lead-he-built-up-over-biden-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>in a poll from earlier this month<\/a>, though his lead is significantly tighter than polling data from two months ago, which showed him leading Biden by 5%.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Douglas, aged 79, supported President Biden&#8217;s reelection bid, dismissing age concerns. The Hollywood couple, Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, host a fundraiser this week. Biden, in his 70s like Douglas, is endorsed as fit for office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2227090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24073144922916-1024x715.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2227089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24073144922916-1024x715.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227089","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2227090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2227089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2227089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}