The left-wing Washington Post admitted that lame-duck President Joe Biden’s inner circle conspired to hide his cognitive decline from the American people.
The admission is a striking reversal after the Democrats’ allies in the corporate media spent years downplaying concerns about Biden’s fitness.
The Washington Post also indirectly implicated Vice President Kamla Harris in the cover-up.
However, the newspaper stopped short of naming the Democrat presidential nominee.
The paper’s editorial board wrote.
“The 81-year-old had shown signs of slipping for a long time, but his inner circle worked to conceal his decline.”
Of course, many will see the Washington Post’s change in tone as a cynical shift from a newspaper that had long supported Biden throughout his presidency.
However, Biden faced mounting pressure to drop his re-election campaign following a disastrous debate with President Trump on June 27.
The Wall Street Journal published a damning report about Biden’s condition in early June.
At the time, the report was widely dismissed by the mainstream media.
After the debate, mainstream media outlets and Democrats who had long dismissed Biden’s cognitive decline suddenly started clamoring for his exit.
The Washington Post showered Biden with obliging praise.
The outlet describes his dropout decision as “profoundly selfless.”
However, the statement ignores Biden’s spirited fight to stay in the race.
It also fails to take into account that Biden was forced out of the race by top Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
Biden eventually caved to the threats of being forcibly removed and endorsed Vice President Harris to replace him on the ticket.
The Democrat credited with pushing Biden out, Nancy Pelosi, praised Biden in her speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week.
During the DNC, Harris formally accepted her party’s nomination for president without receiving a single vote.
Biden insisted he did not hold any grudges in his farewell speech.
The president’s speech was pushed past primetime on the first night of the convention as the party continues to distance itself from Biden.
The Washington Post argued that Biden would have been better off not seeking re-election at all.
However, hardly any mainstream media outlets were lobbying for Biden to step aside before June.
“In retrospect, Mr. Biden should not have sought reelection,” the Post states.
“The June 27 debate was worse than just a bad night, as the president maintained afterward.
“The 81-year-old had shown signs of slipping for a long time, but his inner circle worked to conceal his decline.”
“He and the country would have been better off if Mr. Biden had kept his implied promise from the 2020 campaign to be a ‘transitional’ figure, perhaps by bowing out after the Democrats’ surprisingly good showing in the 2022 midterm elections.”
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