The White House is in damage control.
Even Democrats are admitting President Joe Biden has lost a step and it is all hands on deck to change the narrative.
Over the last several months, the WSJ conducted more than 45 interviews with both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, as well as administration officials, on the president’s health and mental acuity. The White House “kept close tabs” on the WSJ’s reporting, the outlet wrote, after some Democrats who were interviewed relayed information about their discussions to the White House.
The White House apparently instructed the Democrats to give additional pro-Biden commentary to the WSJ for the piece.
“They just, you know, said that I should give you a call back,” New York Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks told the outlet, referring to the White House.
“We thought it was important that all perspectives be represented,” White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told the WSJ, adding that it was to correct “false and politically motivated claims.”
Yep. Complete and utter editorial fail by the @wsj. Makes you wonder who they’re taking orders from … https://t.co/akqlpuhGrG
— Ben LaBolt (@WHCommsDir) June 5, 2024
NC Governor Roy Cooper reacts to WSJ report: "I've had numerous insightful & detailed conversations with the President over the last few years, and actually had a conversation with the WSJ about those discussions that I had with the President, but I didn't see them in print.”
— DJ Judd (@DJJudd) June 5, 2024
The article detailed one occurrence where during discussions on Ukraine funding where it took Biden 10 minutes to greet two-dozen or so lawmakers because of his slow movements.
And as The Daily Caller reports, Biden relied on notes and when talking talked so softly people had a hard time hearing him.
