{"id":2260813,"date":"2024-06-05T19:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T23:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vindicated-by-reports-about-bidens-fitness-for-office-hes-missing-a-step\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T19:20:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T23:20:08","slug":"republicans-vindicated-by-reports-about-bidens-fitness-for-office-hes-missing-a-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vindicated-by-reports-about-bidens-fitness-for-office-hes-missing-a-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans feel validated by reports questioning Biden&#8217;s capability: &#8216;He appears to be struggling."},"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\">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%2Frepublicans-vindicated-by-reports-about-bidens-fitness-for-office-hes-missing-a-step%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=2260813&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>Congressional Republicans express vindication over concerns about President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-white-house-physician-13-republican-lawmakers-request-biden-take-cognitive-test\/\" title=\"Former White House Physician, 13 Republican Lawmakers Request Biden Take Cognitive Test\">mental capabilities<\/a>. They believe \u2063the public should not grant Biden, at 81, another chance to lead. Key Republican figures like Joni Ernst and John Cornyn question Biden&#8217;s \u200dabilities, pushing for \u2062scrutiny\u2062 through audio \u2062recordings of interviews. The upcoming election may heavily consider \u2064Biden&#8217;s cognitive fitness and economic stewardship.  <\/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>Congressional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a> are feeling vindicated over their long-held complaints that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s mental capabilities are insufficient for another four years in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>But to Republicans, the report was just more evidence proving their arguments that the public cannot grant Biden, at 81, another chance to lead the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it just tells Republicans what we already know. We\u2019ve seen this time and time again, where it\u2019s not just what he\u2019s demonstrating in private but what we see in public, and the issue is not for Republicans,\u201d Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the GOP Senate leadership team, said. \u201cBut what\u2019s the Democrats\u2019 reaction to this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I have Democrats that have said that they have got to get this figured out because they do not want him as their nominee,\u201d Ernst said. <\/p>\n<p>Ernst, like many other Republicans, doesn\u2019t believe Biden will remain the Democratic presidential nominee by the time the Democratic National Committee convention is held in August. \u201cJust seeing how he interacts on the public stage, how can he go another four years?\u201d Ernst questioned.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), who is vying to replace Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as the GOP\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-police-officers-issue-vote-of-no-confidence-for-top-leadership\/\" title=\"Capitol Police Officers Issue Vote Of No Confidence For Top Leadership\">top leader<\/a> in the upper chamber, echoed Ernst\u2019s comments to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe the hardest decision that people in public life, or maybe any area of life, have are when to quit,\u201d Cornyn said. \u201cAnd I think President Biden is not quitting at the top of his game, shall we say. So, I mean, I don\u2019t take any joy in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s missing a step physically and mentally, but people are going to have to factor that into their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/listen-elon-musk-presses-robinhood-ceo-about-gamestop-fiasco-restricted-trading\/\" title=\"LISTEN: Elon Musk Presses Robinhood CEO About GameStop Fiasco, Restricted Trading\">decision-making process<\/a>,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>When questioned, some Republicans pushed for the release of the audio recording of special counsel Robert Hur\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2845770\/hur-report-biden-as-elderly-man-poor-memory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"classified documents interview with Biden\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-insists-biden-can-juggle-israel-and-classified-documents-interview\/\" title=\"White House affirms Biden's ability to handle Israel and classified documents interview simultaneously.\">classified documents interview<\/a> with Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason they don\u2019t want us to have the audio version is because they don\u2019t want his competency and his ability to be called into question in front of the election,\u201d Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) said. \u201cBut this is important for the American people. If the president of the United States does not have the mental capacity to do his job, why in the world would people give him four more years?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) also pointed to Hur\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-rebukes-china-for-human-rights-abuses-in-call-with-chinese-diplomat\/\" title=\"Blinken Rebukes China for Human Rights Abuses in Call with Chinese Diplomat\">report earlier<\/a> this year that called into question Biden\u2019s mental capabilities and claimed the public, and Democrats in particular, would have to \u201cjudge for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), however, warned that Biden won\u2019t be judged just on his cognitive fitness in November but on his leadership over the last four years. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think his decisions with regard to what he calls Bidenomics have been a major thing,\u201d Rounds said. \u201cI think that\u2019s what most people are gonna vote on is whether or not, you know, the economy is his fault or not. And I think they\u2019re gonna decide this economy is his fault.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The public\u2019s consternation over rising grocery and gas prices has coincided with Biden\u2019s approval numbers dipping and could be a serious obstacle for the president to overcome if he wishes to win his reelection bid.<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats have argued that his other legislative accomplishments, coupled with former President Donald Trump\u2019s legal problems, will push Biden to victory in November.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3029516\/biden-allies-overdrive-dispel-wall-street-journal-report-too-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>defending Biden<\/a> against the <em>Wall Street Journal\u2019s<\/em> story, Democrats have pointed to Trump\u2019s conviction last week of 34 counts of falsifying business records.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re backing a convicted felon who says he wants to be dictator on day one,\u201d Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a top Biden surrogate, said. \u201cSo they\u2019re hoping they can change the subject by making something up about Joe Biden. That\u2019s just not true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most Democrats claim Biden is mentally sharp in private conversations, dismissing the sources as Republican fearmongering. They\u2019ve also claimed that Trump, at 77, is in the same age cohort as Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s completely lucid. He\u2019s completely funny, and he\u2019s got great political sense,\u201d Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said. \u201cHe loves hanging around with people who are actually doing politics around the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs he old? Yes, Joe Biden is an old man. Period. We know and like, let\u2019s, you know, let\u2019s move on,\u201d Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) said. \u201cDonald Trump is just a few years younger, they could have been in the same high school together at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Republicans believe Biden won\u2019t be able to convince the public to give him four more years in office after multiple instances of him stumbling in public along with the private reports of his mental struggles.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> report raises doubts that Joe Biden can even still count to four, but extreme House Democrats want four more years,\u201d National Republican Congressional Committee\u00a0national press secretary Will Reinert said in a statement Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen his cognitive decline. I mean, he\u2019s cooked,\u201d Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) taunted. \u201cHis brain\u2019s cooked.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressional Republicans feel justified as reports raise doubts about President Joe Biden&#8217;s mental fitness for a second term. 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