Veteran journalist Bob Woodward reports that Democratic donors recognized Joe Biden’s cognitive decline as early as June 2023.

• Veteran journalist Bob Woodward reports that Democratic donors recognized Joe Biden’s cognitive decline as early as June 2023.
• Biden’s performance at a Chevy Chase, MD fundraiser raised concerns among attendees, with one describing him as “frighteningly awful” and comparing him to an “87-year-old senile grandfather.”
• The article claims that despite these concerns, Democrats continued supporting Biden, and Kamala Harris remains defensive about his abilities.

Quotes:

• “He never completed a sentence.”
• “It was like we didn’t exist.”
• “Harris is still trying to keep it going.”

Woodward reports in his new book that Biden donors began expressing concern about Biden’s mental fitness in June of 2023. At a Los Gatos event: Biden was “frightening awful” and like your 87-year-old senile grandfather.” “He could not wait to sit down and only took 2 pre-arranged questions.” In NYC: he struggled to find the word veteran. The crowd was unsettled, Woodward writes.

At a Chevy Chase fundraiser in June 2023, Bill Reichblum tells Woodward of Biden: “He never completed a sentence….He told the same story three times in exactly the same way and it meandered so much…Frankly, my impression was there were times…it was as though we didn’t exist.… pic.twitter.com/Vav7clSMGQ

— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) October 23, 2024