A former advisor to President Bill Clinton said on Friday that he “woke up every two hours and wet the bed” in response to a special counsel report on President Joe Biden that called him an “elderly man with a poor memory.”
“I’m a Biden supporter, and I slept like a baby last night — I woke up every two hours and wet the bed,” said Paul Begala, a CNN contributor and Democratic Party advisor. “This is terrible for Democrats, and anybody with a functioning brain knows that.”
As previously reported by The Dallas Express, Biden was combative during a press conference on Thursday responding to Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report on the president’s purported mishandling of classified documents. Hur did not recommend Biden for prosecution; however, he justified the decision by claiming the president would present himself on trial as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” The report states Biden, in interviews conducted during the investigation, forgot when he was vice president and when his son died.
“In his interview with our office, Mr. Biden’s memory was worse,” the report reads. “He did not remember when he was vice president, forgetting on the first day of the interview when his term ended (‘if it was 2013 — when did I stop being Vice President?’), and forgetting on the second day of the interview when his term began (‘in 2009, am I still Vice President?’).”
The president attempted to counter the claims the report made about his memory in a press conference Thursday night, but during the press conference, he mistakenly called Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi the “president of Mexico.” Biden was combative with several reporters at his press conference who questioned his mental capacity.
Republicans capitalized on the special counsel report and press conference, arguing that Biden is not fit for office.
“Today’s report from Robert Hur tells us two things: There’s a double standard of justice in this country. And Joe Biden isn’t fit for office,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said, according to Fox News.
While Trump supporters have typically been quick to spotlight perceived evidence of Biden’s alleged cognitive decline, many seemingly turned a deaf ear to the former president’s misstatements and ramblings.
Trump has publicly misidentified Nikki Haley as the speaker of the House responsible for Capitol security, mispronounced simple words, claimed that magnets are ruined by water, and proclaimed that “We are an institute in a powerful death penalty.”
He also misidentified Victor Orban — the prime minister of Hungary — as the leader of Turkey, confused Biden with former President Barak Obama, and referred to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, as 7-11.