Vast majority of Americans think Biden too old and cognitively impaired to be president, according to numerous polls.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre repeatedly declined to answer whether Joe Biden will debate presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 election.
When asked Wednesday by Fox News reporter Peter Doocy during a White House press briefing if Biden will debate Trump, Jean-Pierre only answered: “That’s something for the campaign to speak to.”
Karine Jean-Pierre repeatedly declines to say if Biden will debate President Trump before the election pic.twitter.com/r6aKO8LSwA
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Doocy reminded Jean-Pierre that Biden once declared he “can hardly wait to debate” Trump, and asked if Biden plans to stick with that conviction.
“I’m gonna sound like a broken record — you should reach out to the campaign,” she said again.
Doocy then asked, given recent polling showing voters have deep concerns about Biden’s physical and mental fitness, whether Biden’s refusal to participate in a debate would exacerbate those concerns.
Jean-Pierre defended Biden’s advanced age and said the American people could judge Biden’s performance at tomorrow’s State of the Union address.
“What I can say about that is — not talking about the debate, that’s something his campaign can speak to, not gonna speak about that — to your question about age, I think I sorta answered for that, I think, you know, you’re gonna see the State of the Union tomorrow, you’re gonna hear the president lay out his plans, you’re gonna hear the president, a president who has had a successful three years of progress — still a lot more work to be done — but progress nonetheless,” she said.
Jean-Pierre also insisted that 81-year-old Biden has done more in three years than most presidents have accomplished in two terms.
“This is also a president that has gotten done more in the last three years than most presidents have in their two terms! That is what we’ve seen from the data!” she argued.
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE on Biden’s age:
“This is also a president that has gotten done more in the last three years than most presidents have in their two terms! That is what we’ve seen from the data!” pic.twitter.com/b8BoKxWg1i
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 6, 2024
Recent polls bear out the opposite sentiment.
The majority of American voters think Biden is too old, feeble, and incompetent to carry out his duties as president.
Meanwhile, former President Trump on Truth Social Wednesday called for a debate with Biden “anytime, anywhere anyplace” because it’s “for the good of the country.”
“It is important, for the Good of our Country, that Joe Biden and I Debate Issues that are so vital to America, and the American People. Therefore, I am calling for Debates, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ANYPLACE! The Debates can be run by the Corrupt DNC, or their Subsidiary, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). I look forward to receiving a response. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” he wrote.
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