Sen. Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., said Sunday that they did not lie to the American people The decline of President Biden or ability to serve even though the president withdrew from the race after confronting a January 2024 clip of himself declaring the controversy over Biden's health was “right-wing propaganda.”
NBC News' Kristen Welker confronted the senator about a clip of Schumer talking about Biden on February 13, 2024. Schumer said, “His mentality is very good. It's good. It's as good as it's ever been.” like many years. All this is correct lies that his mind has gone down is wrong.”
After playing the clip, Welker asked Schumer if she would tell Americans who feel they've been misled by top Democrats. Schumer reportedly said the president needed to drop out of the race after the debate.
“We didn't do that. Let's look at President Biden. He's had an amazing record. The legislation that we passed, one of the most important pieces of legislation since Lyndon Johnson's great nation, to put in 235 judges, a record, and he's a patriot. He's a great guy, and when he stepped down he did it on his own because he thought it was good, not just for the Democratic Party, for America salute him,” said Schumer.
Sen. Chuck Schumer stressed that they are not misleading Americans about President Biden's resignation during an interview with NBC's Kristen Welker. (Screenshot/NBC)
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Welker then asked Schumer if he was confident that Biden would have completed a second term.
“Well, I wouldn't guess. As I said, I think his record is stellar, and he will go down in history as an outstanding president,” Schumer responded.
The “Meet the Press” panel also discussed Schumer's interview and MSNBC host Symone Sanders Townsend argued that Schumer should have pushed Welker harder.
“The question on the table is, has the president gotten there? And the answer is, unequivocally, “Sanders insisted. “People would say you feel like President Biden might be too old to do the job, but he's still doing the job, his mental state is there. So I think there's a confusion of things. two there. It's his mental strength. and serving four more years as he is, but those are two separate things, in my opinion, and these people who knew Joe Biden for all their lives and I know President Biden, and to so, can you all protect me a little more?”
President Joe Biden speaks at the 2024 White House Tribal Nations Conference at the Department of the Interior in Washington, on December 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Jonathan Martin of Politico argued that there is no point in defending Biden, because the president has chosen himself for the benefit of the party.
“He's not coming out in a way that I think reflects his party well, and Democrats are not very happy about that, and they should be honest,” Martin said.
Marc Short, who previously worked for Vice President Mike Pence, says it hurts Democrats to try to tell Americans what they saw with their own eyes. during the Biden vs Trump.
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“But it's not true that the president is insane,” Sanders responded before Short said, “of course he is.”
“At least he can string a sentence together,” Sanders argued, suggesting that President-elect Donald Trump can't string a sentence together.
Short asked, “are you sure?” Sanders confidently agreed and noted that he had spoken with Biden recently.