Concerns over Joe Biden’s mental sharpness have been reignited following a recent phone interview with the New York Times, in which his responses once again raised doubts about his cognitive function.
During Thursday’s call, Biden was asked about a series of clemency decisions made near the end of his presidency. As reported by the Times on Sunday, those actions were not personally executed by Biden but rather authorized using an autopen by members of his staff.
“Mr. Biden did not personally sign the official warrants recording those decisions; rather his White House staff used an autopen device to do so,” the article stated.
The Times published portions of the interview, including Biden’s response to accusations from President Trump and others, who claimed the use of the autopen was evidence of Biden’s unfitness and that his aides had taken over key responsibilities.
“They’re liars. They know it. They know, for certain. I mean, this is — look, what they, they’ve had a pretty good thing going here. They’ve done so badly. They’ve lied so consistently about almost everything they’re doing. The best thing they can do is try to change the focus and focus on something else. And this is a — I think that’s what this is about.
“It’s — you know — it’s consistent with Trump’s game plan all along. I mean, if I — I don’t expect you to answer any questions — but if I told you three years ago, we’d have a president doing this, I think you’d look at me in the eye and say, “What, are you crazy?”
“About the pre-emptive pardons he bestowed on his own family members, he said, “In terms of my fam — he — go after me through my family. I know how vindictive he is.”
These remarks were included among the “excerpts” published by the New York Times.
Reacting to the article, Clay Travis, founder of Outkick, criticized Biden’s responses, calling them “completely unintelligible.”
“Read this. The guy’s brain is mush. He has no idea what’s going on, zero chance he made all these pardon decisions,” Travis posted online.
That post drew a wave of reactions from others on social media. One user joked, “Joe didn’t pardon anyone…He thought he was ordering ice cream.”
Another remarked, “I went [to] the audio. Excerpts are code for cleaning up his incoherent answers,” while someone else urged readers to “Read it out loud in front of someone, and watch the reaction.”
Back in May, President Donald Trump addressed the issue of the autopen, claiming the situation was rapidly ballooning into a larger controversy, according to a report from Breitbart News.
“Whoever had control of the ‘AUTOPEN’ is looking to be a bigger and bigger scandal by the moment. It is a major part of the real crime, THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2020 WAS RIGGED AND STOLEN! Millions and millions of people knew that, but the Radical Left Democrats waged a campaign of inoculation and innocence like none that had ever been waged before,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
Additionally, Breitbart noted that officials have launched investigations into whether Biden’s mental decline was deliberately concealed from the public during his time in office.
{Matzav.com}