‘Not Joe Biden anymore’: Fmr WH stenographer who worked close to VP says ‘mental acuity’ is completely different
September 8, 2020 | Frieda Powers
A former White House stenographer who spent years working with Joe Biden warned that the Democratic presidential nominee is facing a mental decline.
Biden’s ability to speak in public is “a complete difference†as compared to 2017, according to Mike McCormick who spent 15 years as a White House stenographer. After working with the former vice president from 2011 to 2017, McCormick sees a very different man, telling the Washington Free Beacon that he’s “not the same Joe Biden.â€
“It is a complete difference from what he was in 2017,†McCormick said in an interview published Tuesday.
“He’s lost a step and he doesn’t seem to have the same mental acuity as he did four years ago,†he said. “He doesn’t have the energy, he doesn’t have the pace of his speaking.â€
McCormick noted that “he’s a different guy,†as Biden has come under increased scrutiny over his frequent gaffes and, more recently, his tired appearance and sometimes confused thinking during speeches and events.
McCormick has had a first-hand look at Biden’s alleged decline as he often traveled with the then-vice president and transcribed speeches, discussions and more for the official White House record. The former stenographer, who wrote a book published earlier this year that focuses on Biden’s alleged corruption in overseas business dealings, noted that the marked change can be seen in how Biden seems to always need a script to follow whereas he used to have no trouble connecting with people and often strayed from his pre-written speeches.
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