Former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein said that Democrats are in for an “agonizing 8 months” if they nominate former Vice President Joe Biden as their candidate for the White House.
Stein, who graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1979, warned Democrats that Biden might flounder on the campaign trail because of his “obvious cognitive decline.” The 77-year-old former vice president has experienced a series of mental flubs throughout primary, such as his recent botched attempt at reciting lines from the Declaration of Independence.
“Biden’s lies & record are bad enough, but the biggest risk is his obvious cognitive decline,” Stein said in a tweet on Saturday. “He said he’s running for Senate, confused wife & sister, forgot Obama’s name etc. This isn’t going away. If Dems close their eyes & keep pushing Joe, it’ll be an agonizing 8 months ahead.”
Biden’s lies & record are bad enough, but the biggest risk is his obvious cognitive decline. He said he’s running for Senate, confused wife & sister, forgot Obama’s name etc. This isn’t going away. If Dems close their eyes & keep pushing Joe, it’ll be an agonizing 8 months ahead.
— Dr. Jill Stein? (@DrJillStein) March 7, 2020
President Trump has already taken shots at Biden’s mental acuity. At a March 2 rally, Trump joked that if Biden were elected president, he would spend his term in a “home, and other people are going to be running the country.”
“Joe is going to be in a home. He’ll be watching television. Everything will be just fine,” the president said.
At a campaign stop in South Carolina, Biden, a former senator from Delaware, announced that he is “a Democratic candidate for the United States Senate. Look me over. If you like what you see, help out.” During another stop in Los Angeles, Biden introduced his wife, Jill, as his younger sister, Valerie, and vice versa. He later exclaimed, “You switched on me,” after realizing his mistake.
A clip of the former vice president that surfaced in August 2019 showed him appearing to forget the name of former President Barack Obama. He began referring to Obama as “president,” then switched to “my boss” after a few moments of pause.
The Biden campaign did not immediately return a request for comment from the Washington Examiner.
