{"id":2261601,"date":"2024-06-06T17:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T21:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-biden-campaign-official-not-happy-when-anchor-pushes-her-on-cognitive-function\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T17:26:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T21:26:42","slug":"senior-biden-campaign-official-not-happy-when-anchor-pushes-her-on-cognitive-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-biden-campaign-official-not-happy-when-anchor-pushes-her-on-cognitive-function\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Biden Campaign Official Upset Over Anchor&#8217;s Question About &#8216;Cognitive Function"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fsenior-biden-campaign-official-not-happy-when-anchor-pushes-her-on-cognitive-function%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=2261601&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>The article discusses President Biden&#8217;s spokesperson&#8217;s response to questions about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-study-results-facemasks-are-ineffective-to-block-transmission-of-covid-19-and-actually-can-cause-health-deterioration-and-premature-death\/\" title=\"STANFORD STUDY SAYS MASKS ARE \u2018INEFFECTIVE\u2019, HAVE \u2018DEVASTATING HEALTH CONSEQUENCES\u2019\">cognitive function<\/a> during \u200can interview. It highlights incidents indicating the president&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">cognitive decline<\/a>, including awkward\u200d moments at\u2062 ceremonies and reports of reliance \u2063on note\u200c cards. The narrative questions Biden&#8217;s leadership effectiveness and emphasizes the importance of the upcoming\u200d election. The\u200b piece concludes with \u200ba call for support against media challenges.  <\/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<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/%20\"><span>Rachel M. Emmanuel<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 6, 2024 at 12:50pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Note to reporters interviewing President Joe Biden\u2019s proxies: Their vocabulary does not include words such as \u201ccognitive function.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During an interview Wednesday on Scripps News\u2019 \u201cOn the Scene,\u201d Biden campaign spokeswoman Adrienne Elrod apparently lost her ability to process words when host Chris Stewart asked her a question about the importance of mental acuity in this fall\u2019s presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much should a \u2026 candidate\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-report-biden-not-person-signs-cognitive-decline-kick-hard-show-slipping-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cognitive<\/a> function factor into that decision when someone votes?\u201d Stewart said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t even know what that question means,\u201d Elrod responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I mean, when they vote, should they be thinking about which candidate, how they\u2019re functioning cognitively?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure absolutely, they should,\u201d Elrod replied sharply with a glare that would curdle milk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlright, we\u2019ll leave it at that,\u201d Stewart said, clearly realizing that was all he was going to get from the spokeswoman.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cHow much should a candidate\u2019s cognitive function factor into that decision when someone votes?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Top Biden spokeswoman Adrienne Elrod: \u201cI don\u2019t even know what that question means.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AWKWARD! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zl8uh2Nesr\">pic.twitter.com\/Zl8uh2Nesr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1798426159505613007?\">June 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The question, of course, was an extremely vital one.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Biden embarrassed the nation again during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-criticized-unseemly-normandy-d-day-speech-brags-russian-military-casualties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D-Day<\/a> commemoration\u00a0ceremony\u00a0in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-french-authorities-report-sixth-fatality-new-caledonia-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">France<\/a> by doing a half-sitting, half-standing move while French President Emmanuel Macron and first lady Jill Biden remained standing.<\/p>\n<p>The video showed the president\u2019s wife covering her mouth as if instructing him to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/our-country-is-slipping-pastor-whose-church-was-locked-by-police-warns-of-growing-state-tyranny\/\" title=\"\u2018Our Country Is Slipping\u2019: Pastor Whose Church Was Locked By Police Warns Of Growing State Tyranny\">remain standing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Awkward \ud83d\ude2c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3KNLco85hj\">pic.twitter.com\/3KNLco85hj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1798685173216927843?\">June 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After the ceremony, the first lady, holding Biden\u2019s hand, walked away from the ceremony, leaving Macron alone to talk with the veterans.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jill, Ed.D., escorts Joe Biden out as French President Macron stays behind to greet veterans <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n4rpRgdbv5\">pic.twitter.com\/n4rpRgdbv5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1798694917641998764?\">June 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A report Tuesday from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/joe-biden-age-election-2024-8ee15246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> also highlighted the president\u2019s cognitive decline based on accounts from more than 45 Republican and Democratic lawmakers and staffers.<\/p>\n<p>The report painted a picture of an 81-year-old commander in chief who increasingly relies on note cards and cheat sheets during meetings, sometimes struggling to be heard or understood.<\/p>\n<p>Some said Biden would drift off at times, closing his eyes for extended periods. His demeanor and grasp of policy details were described as varying day-to-day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou couldn\u2019t be there and not feel uncomfortable,\u201d one person who met with the president during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-official-hints-american-support-helping-ukraine-attack-russia-shocking-policy-shift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a> aid negotiations in January told the Journal. Others said he frequently deferred questions to aides.<\/p>\n<p>In one meeting, Biden took 10 minutes after entering the room just to get started, then largely relied on note cards to state obvious points everyone had already agreed on, according to the report. Participants could barely hear the president, and \u201cmuch of the conversation didn\u2019t include him\u201d as staffers had to field questions directed at Biden.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Will Biden\u2019s cognitive ability be a critical factor in the election?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In a February follow-up with House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-mtgs-efforts-remove-mike-johnson-fails-democrats-vote-save\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Johnson<\/a> on U.S. liquid natural gas export policy, Biden seemed unaware the policy was already in effect, the Journal reported. He wrongly claimed to Johnson that it was \u201conly a study\u201d despite it being an active policy, leaving the Republican leader \u201cdismayed,\u201d according to witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy recalled Biden \u201crambling\u201d and mumbling through debt ceiling negotiations last year, with his ability to command the room varying \u201cday to day.\u201d McCarthy said Biden always required note cards: \u201cHe couldn\u2019t negotiate another way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When McCarthy asked lawmakers to follow up with Biden to hammer out the final details of the debt ceiling plan, they were frustrated.<\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/del-democrats-facing-accusations-of-racism-violence\/\" title=\"Del. Democrats facing accusations of racism, violence\">speaker told<\/a> the Journal that the president kept revisiting old ground and seemed to forget how far along the negotiations had progressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was going back to all the old stuff that had been done for a long time,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cAnd he was shocked when I\u2019d say: \u2018No, Mr. President. We talked about that meetings ago. We are done with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House pushed back on these reports, with spokesman Andrew Bates calling the accounts \u201cfalse claims\u201d made as a \u201cpolitical tactic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In another clip from her appearance with Stewart on Scripps News, Elrod said with a straight face that Biden is \u201csharper than ever\u201d and that \u201che has achieved more as president than at least the past four to five presidents before him.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Top Biden campaign spokesman Adrienne Elrod: Biden is \u201csharper than ever\u201d \ud83d\ude2c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XmwxDoxvMH\">pic.twitter.com\/XmwxDoxvMH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1798426377353576585?\">June 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The cognitive decline of the president seems to get more obvious by the day, and the White House has to know that few Americans believe the narrative about Biden being a \u201csavvy and effective leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The continuing sight of a president who has to be led around like a child with a nursemaid is not only embarrassing, it\u2019s also dangerous.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The end game is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. We have the platform, the journalists, and the experience to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rises-as-he-promises-hes-only-begun-to-fight-put-on-full-armor-of-god-to-fight-the-left\/\" title=\"DeSantis Rises As He Promises He\u2019s \u2018Only Begun To Fight\u2019: \u2018Put On Full Armor Of God\u2019 To Fight The Left\">fight back hard<\/a>, but Big Tech is strangling us through advertising blacklists, shadow bans, and algorithms. Did you know that we\u2019ve been blacklisted by 90% of advertisers? Without direct support from you, our readers, we can\u2019t continue the fight.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Can we count on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>your support<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>? It may not seem like much, but a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Western Journal Membership<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  can make all the difference in the world because when you support us directly, you cut Big Tech out of the picture. They lose control. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>A monthly Western Journal Membership costs less than one coffee and breakfast sandwich each month, and it gets you access to ALL of our content \u2014 news, commentary, and premium articles. You\u2019ll experience a radically reduced number of ads, and most importantly you will be vitally supporting the fight for America\u2019s soul in 2024.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We are literally counting on you because without our members, The Western Journal would cease to exist. Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45763\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45763\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45763\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45763\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45763\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rachel Emmanuel has served as the director of content on a Republican congressional campaign and writes content for a popular conservative book franchise.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Rachel M. Emmanuel has served as the Director of Content on a Republican Congressional campaign and writes for a popular Conservative book franchise. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commentary by Rachel M. 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