'80 is the new 40': Karine Jean-Pierre rejects claims Biden is too old to run again in 2024 with bizarre joke when questioned about dire polling
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre joked that '80 is the new 40' when she was questioned, again, about how President Joe Biden will address his advanced age
Polling over the last few weeks shows that more than 73 percent of Americans believe Biden, 80, is too old to be effective in a second term
Jean-Pierre noted that Biden's age has been a question since he launched his 2020 bid in 2019 and 'every time he beats the naysayers'
By Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 15:49 EDT, 15 September 2023 | Updated: 17:45 EDT, 15 September 2023
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that '80 is the new 40' when asked during Friday's briefing about how President Joe Biden, 80, plans to address concerns about his advanced age as he runs for reelection.
A late August AP-NORC poll found that 77 percent of Americans believe Biden is too old to be effective for four more years - with 69 percent of Democrats agreeing.
A Wall Street Journal poll from earlier this month had similar findings, with 73 percent of voters saying Biden is too old to run again, including two-thirds of Democrats.
'I get asked this question about once a week, I don't know, I lose track,' Jean-Pierre said. 'This is a president, if you think about it - in 2019, he got the same criticism, in 2020, he got the same criticism, in 2022, he got the same criticism. And every time he beats the naysayers.'
'You look at his record, you look at how he's been able to bring both sides together, to get some really important things done. That matters,' she continued.
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