{"id":2260649,"date":"2024-06-05T16:40:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T20:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbcs-scarborough-joins-dems-defending-biden-after-report-on-president-mentally-slipping\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T16:43:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T20:43:06","slug":"msnbcs-scarborough-joins-dems-defending-biden-after-report-on-president-mentally-slipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbcs-scarborough-joins-dems-defending-biden-after-report-on-president-mentally-slipping\/","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC&#8217;s Scarborough Stands with Democrats in Support of Biden Amid Mental Health Concerns"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fmsnbcs-scarborough-joins-dems-defending-biden-after-report-on-president-mentally-slipping%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=2260649&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>MSNBC&#8217;s Joe Scarborough passionately defended Joe Biden \u2064following reports alleging \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-refers-to-vice-president-harris-as-president-harris-during-speech\/\" title=\"WATCH: Biden Refers To Vice President Harris As \u2018President Harris\u2019 During Speech\">mental decline<\/a>. Scarborough criticized Republicans and the Wall Street Journal\u200b for claims of\u200d Biden&#8217;s deterioration. \u200bDemocrats, including\u2062 Nancy \u200cPelosi and Senator\u200b Patty Murray, supported\u200c Biden, \u2062refuting the allegations. The Journal&#8217;s\u200c piece highlighted \u200cconcerns about Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-examiners-sarah-bedford-says-bidens-cognitive-wellness-is-only-thing-both-parties-agree-on\/\" title=\"Both parties agree on Biden's cognitive wellness, according to Sarah Bedford of the Washington Examiner.\">mental \u2064sharpness<\/a>\u2063 in private meetings, prompting strong reactions from both parties.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe\u201d Host Joe Scarborough angrily defended Joe Biden after a report this week citing congressional leaders who said the president is showing obvious signs of mental decline in private meetings.<\/p>\n<p>On his show and social media, Scarborough lashed out at Republicans who were quoted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/joe-biden-age-election-2024-8ee15246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wall Street Journal article<\/a> claiming that Biden is \u201cslipping\u201d in various closed-door settings. The piece specified that Biden\u2019s allegedly diminished faculties are often apparent in private, though many observers regularly note indications of Biden\u2019s physical and mental decline in public as well. Prominent Democrats, however, wasted no time in criticizing both Republicans and the Journal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1906819397\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-fcb8ed9b6c462733a53d84355ab64e3a fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-fcb8ed9b6c462733a53d84355ab64e3a\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBiden is far sharper, more intellectually curious, and far more insightful on global affairs than any House GOP speaker I have met over 30 years,\u201d Scarborough <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoeNBC\/status\/1798285778101154080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>, formerly Twitter. During his show Wednesday, Scarborough also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/its-really-shocking-joe-scarborough-destroys-wsj-trump-hit-piece-on-biden-thats-contradicted-by-their-own-main-source\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">referred<\/a> to \u201cfriends\u201d who said French President Emmanuel Macron was impressed after a previous meeting with Biden. \u201cFriends that I have in that French delegation, who were part of those negotiations \u2026 said that Macron came out like, \u2018Wow, okay, he\u2019s a lot tougher than we expected.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scarborough also asserted that some people feel Biden is \u201ctoo tough\u201d in these negotiations, an attempt to bolster the president\u2019s credibility in the wake of the Journal reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Congressional Democrat leaders also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jen-psaki-transfers-to-msnbc-bureau-of-the-biden-white-house-comms-team\/\" title=\"Jen Psaki Transfers To MSNBC Bureau Of The Biden White House Comms Team\">eagerly defended<\/a> the president, trying to clean up for the White House after the story was widely circulated among reporters and influential commentators on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of us spent time with @WSJ to share on the record our first-hand experiences with @POTUS, where we see his wisdom, experience, strength and strategic thinking,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1798362749543870585\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on X. \u201cInstead, the Journal ignored testimony by Democrats, focused on attacks by Republicans and printed a hit piece.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8c75509931cf1221f670006d6687cdda fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8c75509931cf1221f670006d6687cdda\"><\/div>\n<p>Senator Patty Murray of Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PattyMurray\/status\/1798181164349358572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> the story was an attack coordinated with the Republican \u201cagenda\u201d and complained that an interview she did with the Journal was not included in the final piece.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made clear to the @WSJ regarding the January meeting on Ukraine that the President was absolutely engaged &#038; ran that meeting in a way that brought everyone together,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PattyMurray\/status\/1798181164349358572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m not quoted \u2014 I wonder why.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Journal\u2019s story ran Tuesday evening under the headline \u201cBehind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping.\u201d It featured both on-record and anonymous testimony from elected officials and their staff from both parties who said that in private meetings, Biden appeared mentally dull, inanimate, and unaware of important information and details.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe read from notes to make obvious points, paused for extended periods and sometimes closed his eyes for so long that some in the room wondered whether he had tuned out,\u201d the article said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-519a90d0e4289a1ee7a48489e180a3d5 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-519a90d0e4289a1ee7a48489e180a3d5\"><\/div>\n<p>The story included an episode wherein GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed concern that during an in-person meeting with Biden, the president was either confused or forgetful. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the topic moved to an immigration overhaul, Johnson, the House speaker, offered Biden a list of dozens of executive actions he could undo to improve border security,\u201d the Journal continued. \u201cBiden, rather than responding to Johnson\u2019s suggestions, chided him, according to people at the meeting, \u2018I\u2019ve forgotten more about immigration than you\u2019ll ever know.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House was cited in the story defending Biden, attempting to explain away much of the criticism as partisan or inconsequential. The authors of the report noted that Biden officials went as far as endorsing the need for damage control, and prompted some Democrats to double back with the Journal on their initial comments to the paper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe White House kept close tabs on some of The Wall Street Journal\u2019s interviews with Democratic lawmakers,\u201d the article said. \u201cAfter the offices of several Democrats shared with the White House either a recording of an interview or details about what was asked, some of those lawmakers spoke to the Journal a second time and once again emphasized Biden\u2019s strengths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Gregory Meeks, Democrat of New York, was quoted as telling the authors, \u201cThey just, you know, said that I should give you a call back.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cfd7bae3e3ae3386a727e32a8896311a fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cfd7bae3e3ae3386a727e32a8896311a\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Morning Joe&#8221; host Joe Scarborough passionately supported Joe Biden following a report by congressional leaders alleging signs of mental decline in private meetings. Scarborough condemned Republicans quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on his show and social media. He fiercely defended Biden against claims of mental deterioration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3160,"featured_media":2260650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-05-at-12.33.34-PM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2260649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-05-at-12.33.34-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260649","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\/3160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2260649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2260650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2260649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2260649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2260649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}