Shocking details about the left’s cover-up of Biden’s mental and physical decline continue to unravel, quickly becoming one of the biggest scandals in the White House.
Jonathan Parnes and Allen’s new book “Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House” has disclosed how the former president’s handlers used a fluorescent tape to guide Biden and prevent him from wandering around the room.
Despite his handlers and Democrats maintaining that he was fit to serve another four years in office, they were still worried that they were putting too much pressure on the octogenarian.
“Publicly, Democrats scoffed at Republican claims that Biden wasn’t up to the job,” Allen and Parnes wrote. “But privately, some of them worried all along that they were putting too much stock in an old man who, at best, had long since lost his fastball.”
The Wall Street Journal had also previously reported that the White House operated with a diminished president, with his handlers reducing the number of engagements with journalists and politicians.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), a 2020 presidential primaries challenger, came face to face with the then-president, but Biden could not recognize him. Rep. Swalwell was forced to use personal hints to help the former president recognize him. Those present during the embarrassing encounter remained tight-lipped, and so did Rep. Swalwell. However, he was among the Democrats who were secretly worried about Biden’s decline as far back as June 2023.
The book also lifted the lid on how his makeup artist had to cover the signs of aging during the G7 summit in Italy. The authors explained how the then-president frequently booked these makeup sessions and sometimes canceled briefings that immediately followed. Likely, he was too tired, or perhaps the results were not satisfactory.
Other signs of Biden’s mental decline highlighted by Parnes and Allen’s book include the former president requiring a teleprompter to speak to a small group of people. They likely wanted to avoid an embarrassment like when Biden went off-script during a speech about China.
On January 20, President Trump mocked Biden’s deteriorated cognitive abilities during an informal press conference while signing a slew of executive orders and responding to questions from the media.
“Could you imagine Biden doing this?” he said. “I don’t think so!”
Other liberal authors, including CNN’s own Jake Tapper, have also corroborated claims of Biden’s deterioration. Nonetheless, they all downplayed the decline to avoid exposing Biden and undermining his re-election bid. Similarly, White House counselors Steve Ricchetti and Mike Donilon and First Lady Jill Biden were neck deep in the coverups.
“At the end of the day, I don’t think anyone in that inner circle was presenting the president any contrary advice that this thing is not going to be easy or maybe this is not the best thing for the Democratic Party,” the book stated. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who benefitted from Biden’s exit by becoming Kamala Harris’s running mate, had also stressed that Biden was fit for re-election.
However, according to the Hill, which first reported the excerpts, Biden urged Harris not to contradict his policies, warning that “let there be no daylight between us.”
