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New Report Raises Questions About Biden's Age

February 13, 2024 / 07:18

This episode discusses the special counsel report on President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents, the implications of Biden's cognitive abilities, and comparisons to Donald Trump's legal issues.

The report concludes that no criminal charges against Biden are warranted, but it mentions evidence of willful retention of classified materials. Biden's cognitive abilities are highlighted, with references to him being a sympathetic elderly man with a poor memory.

During a press conference, Biden criticized the special counsel's comments about his memory, while Trump claimed that if Biden faced charges, he should too. The media's coverage of both cases is scrutinized, particularly regarding age-related concerns.

The conversation also touches on the physical and cognitive stamina required for leadership, questioning the suitability of both Biden and Trump for the presidency at their ages.

Overall, the episode raises concerns about the media's portrayal of Biden and Trump, emphasizing the potential dangers of their comments and actions.

TL;DR

The episode critiques Biden's cognitive abilities and compares his legal issues to Trump's, questioning both men's suitability for leadership.

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

Episode Highlights

  • Biden's Special Counsel Report
    The report concludes no criminal charges against Biden are warranted despite evidence of mishandling classified documents.
    “Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials as a private citizen.”
    @ 00m 12s
    February 13, 2024
  • Media Coverage Critique
    Criticism of media bias in covering Biden's age compared to Trump's actions.
    “The media's coverage is out of context.”
    @ 00m 23s
    February 13, 2024
  • Concerns Over Age and Leadership
    Discussion on the age of presidential candidates and the implications for leadership.
    “People this old should not be put in positions that require exacting stamina.”
    @ 03m 54s
    February 13, 2024

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  • Biden's Report00:02
  • Media Bias00:23
  • Age Concerns03:54

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