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New Report Raises Questions About Biden's Age

February 13, 2024 / 07:18

This episode discusses the report by special counsel Robert Hur on President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents, concluding no criminal charges are warranted. The report mentions Biden's cognitive abilities, describing him as a sympathetic elderly man with a poor memory.

The conversation highlights Biden's press conference response to the report, where he expressed frustration over claims about his memory. Comparisons are made between Biden and Donald Trump, particularly regarding their ages and cognitive abilities, with Trump also commenting on Biden's situation.

The hosts discuss the media's portrayal of both politicians, criticizing the New York Times for its coverage. They express concern over the age and health of both candidates, suggesting that America has capable leaders who could serve better.

There is a focus on the implications of Trump's recent comments about NATO and Russia, with concerns raised about his cognitive state and its potential impact on international security.

The episode concludes with a critique of the media's handling of the narratives surrounding both Biden and Trump, emphasizing the need for a clearer distinction between their respective situations.

TLDR

The episode critiques Biden's cognitive abilities and media bias while comparing him to Trump amid concerns over their ages and recent comments.

Episode

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special Council Robert her has uh released um his report on President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents
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report concludes no criminal charges against Biden are warranted and also says uh there was evidence that b Biden
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willfully retained and disclosed classified materials as a private citizen there were a number of
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references to B Biden's cognitive abilities notably calling him a sympathetic well-meaning elderly man
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with a poor memory I have to say this was the media coverage is out of context of what I read the entire thing and if
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you read it which no one will um nonetheless this is what happened it was damaging uh Briden lashed out at the
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special counsil during a press conference late last week particularly at the claim that he could not remember
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the year sunbo died that was the guy was talking about strategic around a a trial
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Biden did mix up the presidents of Egypt and Mexico at a press conference that said Donald Trump mixed up uh the
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presidents of I think turkey and then he thought Nikki haly was Nancy Pelosi so let me just equalize that Donald Trump
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also weighed in saying if Biden was going to be charged with classified documents and neither should he calling
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his own case selective persecution it is not um so it obviously created a lot of
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things people were Furious about the number of stories in the New York Times and columns and I would agree there were
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seven of them talking about Biden's age and nothing and and they did not put what Trump said a day later about uh
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letting the Russians attack Europe um in the same spot it was very weird media selection I never say the media's biased
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but boy was that something to see um I I don't it's still a problem and a large amount of people believe both are too
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old I think over 60% more people believe Biden is too old compared to Trump let's
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not equalize it Trump has 91 indictments it's not comparable um but it's still a
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problem so and you've talked about this a lot um so so what do you think about this well how do you get Beyond this I
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think you saw him moving out last night during the Super Bowl even though he didn't do the traditional interview he
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did a ton of social media it was all very clever funny making fun of himself um he's got to get out there I think
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ultimately what is what are your thoughts I saw it simple as a either really poor judgment or a planned
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hitpiece because he was there to talk about the legal veracity of these documents which the president President
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Biden turned over versus president Trump tried to hide and Destroy evidence and again it goes back to what my friend Dev
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Sidman says it's not what you do it's how you do it and basically this special prosecutor did his job to the extent
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that it was clear he said this was you know this was an error in judgment as soon as he recognized his error and
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judgment he fully cooperated and he's the one that disclosed he had these documents so he he drew sharp relief
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between the two cases and did his job he's not there though to be a neurobiologist and make comments that he
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anyone reviewing this thing would go you realize this is going to be blown up into something much bigger and it has no
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legal frame it's not appropriate now the larger issue here is that when you have
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a 77 or 78y old obese man and an 81y old man there's about a 7% chance every year
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that they're going to die so essentially between now in the election there's a little less than a coin flip chance that
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one of these two slips and breaks a hip or something like that and what is just so upsetting and frustrating is that
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America produces more remarkable people I believe than any nation in history we have remarkable military leaders we have
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remarkable artists business people I every time I go to Washington as much as we [ __ ] post Washington I meet
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remarkable people and we end up with two people quite frankly that just should be
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nowhere near the white house because of biology it has nothing about their character let's just put that aside
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right now people this old should not be put in positions that require this exacting a cognitive physical and
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emotional and mental stamina which nobody has at that age I don't I don't care I don't care if you're [ __ ] Jack
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Lan this is just insane but anyways here we are here we are but the reality is they're both they're both really old men
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and so it I find it discouraging that that's those are the two people we've produced but this in my view was either
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very poor judgment or a naked hitpiece yeah it because to think that this wasn't going to go crazy
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and the media they were going to zero in on this [ __ ] was just not to be could
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have done a much better job because Trump has been saying like literally at Pennsylvania and then North Carolina he
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said a series of incoherent things I think the point I was trying to make actually on Chris Wallace the show
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because they were like this is a big problem I'm like are are you Trump you know he's not as Trump isn't as bad I'm
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like almost worse because he says incoherent we've Gott used to it Trump used to it he lies so much that we don't
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think it's cognitive someone someone wrot he Trump is incoherent and occasionally is coherent and Biden is
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coherent and is occasionally incoherent but more more than that Biden has always
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had gaffs right he's definitely old no question he's has more gffs than ever he's always has gffs Trump is getting
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increasingly insane that that's that's and that's like it reminds me and the reason I think Biden gets more attacked
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for it is because he's that I'm thinking of a nursing home he's the nice guy in the nursing home that occasionally can't
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find his apartment right that kind of like I'm going to use a metaphor Trump is the guy in the in the cafeteria who
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who accuses everyone of stealing his fork or his Jello or whatever the reason he seems more vigorous is because he's
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louder but that doesn't make him any less cognitively disabled right he's just seems vigorous and that's true but
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the crazy one in the nursing home is the one I'm worried about the loud one is the one I'm worried about and not the
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sort of friendly old guy who's effective by the way speaking of which now um the
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day let me just say the day after the the his comments encouraging Russia to do whatever the hell they want
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to any NATO country doesn't mean defense guidelines this is a dangerous incoherent person who already was
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problematic the ne NATO's Secretary General said Trump's words could undermine security and put American and
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European forces at risk these comments and that Nikki halil even said this kind of comment that makes Joe
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Biden look clear-headed Joe Biden is clear headed about this um these comments are If he if he's not incoherent then
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he's dangerously leading us into a World War it's just astonishing that that there's
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even a comparison between the two and that Equalization of this and the fact that the New York Times did not put this
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on the very top of the of the thing and kept referring to Joe Biden's that stupid report was I think a dereliction
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of their Duty that's I never say that about media but in this case when I heard that out of his mouth I was like
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are you kidding me what he just said um dangerous and if he meant it he's dangerous and if he's incoherent he's
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even worse more dangerous

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Episode Highlights

  • Special Counsel's Report on Biden
    The report concludes no criminal charges against Biden, citing willful retention of documents.
    “No criminal charges against Biden are warranted.”
    @ 00m 06s
    February 13, 2024
  • Media Coverage Controversy
    Criticism of media bias in reporting on Biden's age versus Trump's actions.
    “The media's coverage is out of context.”
    @ 00m 23s
    February 13, 2024
  • Cognitive Concerns
    Discussion on the cognitive abilities of Biden and Trump, highlighting age-related issues.
    “People this old should not be put in positions that require stamina.”
    @ 03m 54s
    February 13, 2024

Episode Quotes

  • Biden is a sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.
    New Report Raises Questions About Biden's Age
  • America produces more remarkable people than any nation in history.
    New Report Raises Questions About Biden's Age
  • It's astonishing that there's even a comparison between the two.
    New Report Raises Questions About Biden's Age

Key Moments

  • Report Findings00:06
  • Media Bias00:23
  • Cognitive Debate03:54
  • Dangerous Comparisons06:42

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