Media peppers White House with questions about Biden's health, fitness
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday fended off questions from reporters on President Biden’s disastrous debate performance last week.
Jean-Pierre conceded that the president “did not have a great night” and had been dealing with a cold and a “hoarse voice.”
She then pivoted to defending Biden’s record while in office.
“He knows right from wrong. He knows how to tell the truth. And again, he knows how to deliver for the American people,” Jean-Pierre said, repeating some of Biden’s talking points from a rally he held in Raleigh, North Carolina the day after the debate.
Reporters pushed back on her answer, noting Biden had more than just a cold.
“He was trailing off, he didn’t answer some questions,” one reporter noted, asking if there were any plans to release Biden’s medical records to give Americans a better sense of the president’s “mental acuity.”
Another reporter asked whether the president got a neurological scan after the debate. Jean-Pierre defended the president, saying he had released medical records as recently as February.
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