{"id":2306478,"date":"2024-07-23T06:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T10:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-harris-complicit-in-shielding-biden-cognitive-decline-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-23T06:54:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T10:54:23","slug":"gop-accuses-harris-of-being-complicit-in-covering-up-bidens-cognitive-decline-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-accuses-harris-of-being-complicit-in-covering-up-bidens-cognitive-decline-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP accuses Harris of being complicit in covering up Biden&#8217;s cognitive decline"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fgop-accuses-harris-of-being-complicit-in-covering-up-bidens-cognitive-decline-2%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=2306478&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>Republican lawmakers are accusing Vice President Kamala \u200cHarris of being complicit in covering up President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">cognitive decline<\/a>. They\u2062 claim that she was part\u200b of an effort to gaslight the country and shield Biden\u2063 from public awareness of his challenges. Republicans\u200b are calling for Biden&#8217;s resignation, pointing to\u200b his exit from the presidential race as evidence of his incapacity. Harris&#8217; role in protecting Biden has come under scrutiny, with some\u200b GOP\u2064 members recounting personal experiences that\u200d indicated \u200cBiden&#8217;s cognitive\u200c decline. House \u200cMajority Leader Steve Scalise questioned when Harris noticed\u200d the change in Biden&#8217;s \u200dbehavior and why she didn&#8217;t take \u200baction. Despite the accusations, the Harris campaign has not responded to requests for comment.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Republicans say Kamala Harris &lsquo;complicit&rsquo; in shielding Biden cognitive decline<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1709792\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Republican lawmakers are pointing the finger at Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3094985\/harris-sets-up-race-between-prosecutor-felon-first-campaign-stop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> for what they describe as a concerted effort to cover up President Joe Biden&rsquo;s decline in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3092914\/republicans-say-biden-should-resign-immediately-after-historic-campaign-exit-not-fit-to-serve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"mental acuity\">mental acuity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3092787\/biden-drops-out-2024-race-whats-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"exit from the presidential race\">exit from the presidential race<\/a> following weeks of escalating pressure from Democrats has fueled GOP calls for his resignation from office over assertions he&rsquo;s no longer up to the task while simultaneously putting Harris under the microscope as she seeks her party&rsquo;s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s been part of the effort to gaslight the country,&rdquo; Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), a centrist Republican up for reelection in a Biden district, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;So many of my colleagues knew full well that he was having challenges. And it wasn&rsquo;t until it became apparent to the American people did any of them even say anything. Obviously, she knows full well the challenges he was dealing with, and I think she has a responsibility to come clean about that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-accuses-harris-of-being-complicit-in-covering-up-bidens-cognitive-decline\/\" title=\"GOP accuses Harris of being complicit in covering up Biden&#039;s cognitive decline\">recalled separate encounters<\/a> with Biden years apart at the White House, one in 2022 and another earlier this year in January.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Totally different person. And the cognitive decline had gone down progressively,&rdquo; McCaul said. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t imagine that people in the inner circle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-democrats-stole-votes-for-joe-biden-from-every-developmentally-disabled-person-in-milwaukee-homes-she-spoke-with\/\" title=\"Whistleblower: Democrats Stole Votes for Joe Biden from Every Developmentally Disabled Person in Milwaukee Homes She Spoke With\">didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t see that. They protected him, there&rsquo;s no question. I don&rsquo;t know what [Harris&rsquo;s] role was in all that. But they knew that there wasn&rsquo;t &mdash; I think the debate kind of exposed them, and then everybody knew.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), a Freedom Caucus member, recounted a similar recent experience with Biden, in which he said the president was &ldquo;unable to carry on a complex conversation with me&rdquo; after the State of the Union address in January.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know to what extent [Harris] played a role,&rdquo; Ogles said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s scary to think that he&rsquo;s the leader of the free world. Clearly, he&rsquo;s not. This is <em>Weekend at Bernie&rsquo;s<\/em>: <em>White House<\/em> edition. You got Pelosi on one side, you got Obama on the other side, escorting him out of the building.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Harris campaign did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden hands a pen to Vice President Kamala Harris after signing an executive order on abortion access during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, July 8, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) questioned when Harris began to notice a change in Biden&rsquo;s daily behavior, given her proximity to him. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think Kamala Harris is front and center in that,&rdquo; Scalise told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s been closer to President Biden than anybody. And it does beg the question, when did Kamala Harris start recognizing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s cognitive decline, and why didn&rsquo;t she do something about it?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have quickly coalesced around Harris, including Biden. Her campaign operations have quickly gone into overdrive with a little more than three months until Americans head to the polls. More conservative Republicans are counterprogramming, in part, by saying Harris should have already invoked the 25th Amendment to remove Biden from office.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s complicit. She&rsquo;s hid it from the country as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>,&rdquo; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s responsible for the 25th Amendment. She should have invoked it a long time ago.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) accused Harris of &ldquo;lying to the public about his condition.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know how you can trust Kamala Harris to run the government when she was part of the conspiracy to operate the Weekend at Bernie&rsquo;s presidency,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans suggested Harris was playing a natural role of protecting Biden as his vice president and that there was little expectation for her to handle the situation any differently. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s not going to knock her boss,&rdquo; Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s the one that brought [her] to the table.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1709792\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1709792\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans are accusing Vice President Kamala Harris of being complicit in covering up President Joe Biden&#8217;s cognitive decline. They claim that she was part of an effort to hide Biden&#8217;s challenges and should come clean about it. Some lawmakers have shared personal experiences with Biden that they believe show a decline in his mental acuity. While some Republicans believe Harris should have invoked the 25th Amendment to remove Biden from office, others argue that she was simply fulfilling her role as vice president by protecting him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2306479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harris-covered-up-biden-decline.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,34538,6883,6203,4021],"class_list":["post-2306478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-cognitive-decline","tag-cover-up","tag-gop","tag-harris"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harris-covered-up-biden-decline.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306478","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2306478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2306479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2306478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2306478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2306478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}