White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates complained about recent press coverage of President Biden’s mental acuity after special adviser Robert Hur referred to his memory as “poor.”
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Hur declined to indict Biden for his mishandling of classified documents, in part because his “poor memory” would discourage a jury from convicting him. The document sent shockwaves through Washington and the media, with leading media outlets covering Biden’s cognitive abilities in a more skeptical light than ever.
On the other hand, Biden’s defenders within the Democratic Party and in his own administration insist that Biden is fine and that any evidence to the contrary is “right-wing propaganda”.
Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates recently complained about reporters questioning Biden’s mental acuity after the Hur Report denounced the president’s “poor memory.” (Getty Images)
Bates trashed the press, saying his own “collective memory problems” were preventing them from remembering Biden’s strong qualities and past “right-wing age attacks.”
The deputy press secretary said this while sharing a message Puck News senior correspondent Dylan Byers, who said: “NEW @PuckNews: The Biden Era: Many members of the WH press corps have spent the last two years noticeably avoiding the subject of agility and acuity of the president because it seemed indelicate or irrelevant. Now, the Hur report has sparked some introspection.”
The correspondent press article detailed how Byers noticed – after Hur’s report – “members of the White House press corps – reporters, on-air correspondents, photographers, etc. “, pointing out “that the symptoms of Biden’s age had become more visible in recent months and were a frequent topic of discussion at the desks behind the Brady briefing room.
Byers noted that while there was talk of Biden’s age before Hur’s bombshell, it “wasn’t reflected” in their coverage, “often due to the feeling that it was sensitive or inappropriate.”
He continued: “The Hur report obviously gave the press greater freedom to cover the issue – in the same way, one reporter noted, that the Monica Lewinsky scandal gave the White House press corps greater freedom. freedom to talk about their flirtatious behavior. “I saw Bill Clinton showing off to some women, but I never got the impression that they had the freedom to write on their pages.”
Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report denouncing President Biden’s “poor memory” has sparked new media coverage on the ruling leader’s mental capabilities. (Reuters/Getty)
The reporter added: “Either way, Biden’s age is now a problem, a lasting problem, a challenge for the administration and the campaign. »
Bates disputed this reality, saying the scrutiny over Biden’s age and memory has been going on for years and is old news.
The White House official commented on the post saying: “Reinforces my theory that, beginning in 2019, some members of the press began to suffer from collective memory problems. I don’t remember their own media coverage. I don’t even remember one of Biden’s historic victories since. SO. I don’t remember that the right-wing anti-aging attacks they treat as new are… old.
Last year Bates was found to be involved in propagation the now-discredited letter signed by 50 former intelligence agency officials claiming that Hunter Biden’s laptop and its controversial contents were a hoax hatched by Russian disinformation agents.
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