Biden struggled to speak, focus more than a year before leaving race, according to new book

A caller publication by famed Watergate writer Bob Woodward features claims that President Biden struggled to implicit sentences and basal astatine fundraising events much than a twelvemonth earlier helium withdrew from the statesmanlike race.

Woodward’s caller book, "War," quotes aggregate radical who alleged they witnessed Biden’s senility firsthand astatine assorted fundraisers and different events. Among the claims were that Biden looked "frighteningly awful" and similar a "senile grandfather" during immoderate of these appearances.

Woodward quoted Liberties Journal President Bill Reichblum, who remarked connected Biden’s intelligence authorities astatine a fundraiser held astatine the location of salient philanthropists Michael and Susie Gelman successful June 2023.

According to Reichblum, Biden "never completed a sentence" astatine the event. 

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Bob Woodward's caller publication details witnesser accounts of President Biden's alleged senility from much than a twelvemonth earlier helium stepped down from his re-election campaign.  (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

"He would commencement to speech astir something, leap determination else. He told the aforesaid communicative 3 times successful precisely the aforesaid mode and it meandered truthful much," Reichblum was quoted saying. "Frankly, my content was determination were times it was arsenic though we didn’t exist. He was conscionable rambling and talking arsenic to what came into his head."

Biden announced his determination to retreat from his re-election run successful precocious June pursuing a disastrous statement quality against erstwhile President Trump wherever helium appeared feeble and stumbled portion speaking. 

Prior to the debate, galore of Biden’s allies successful the Democratic Party media had defended his cognitive quality and disputed those who claimed helium didn’t person the intelligence acuity to tally for office. Woodward’s publication elaborate however respective of Biden’s apical aides did not admit his cognitive challenges until aft the debate. 

However, his publication besides revealed that different salient Democrats and liberals recognized Biden’s problems good earlier enactment leaders recommended helium extremity his campaign. 

Biden "could not hold to beryllium down and lone took 2 pre-arranged questions," 1 witnesser – a Democratic Party donor astatine a Silicon Valley fundraiser hosted by Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott successful June 2023 – was quoted saying successful "War."

At the aforesaid fundraiser, witnesses alleged that Biden struggled to absorption connected giving his code adjacent portion having notecards to usher him.

The writer quoted 1 anonymous impermanent who described Biden, writing, "It was ‘like your 87-year-old senile grandfather,’ wandering astir the room, saying to women guests, ‘your eyes are truthful beautiful.’"

However, Woodward besides quoted task capitalist Steve Westly who called the president "energetic" and said helium "wouldn’t beryllium down for 2 hours" astatine a 2nd lawsuit that aforesaid day.

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Woodward quoted 1 witnesser who said Biden looked similar a "senile" grandpa during a fundraising lawsuit much than a twelvemonth ago. (AP)

Woodward’s publication besides included the accounts of radical who attended a Biden run fundraiser astatine the Four Seasons Hotel successful New York City that aforesaid period and noted Biden’s struggles.

According to these attendees, Biden struggled to retrieve the connection "veteran," and resorted to asking the assemblage for assistance successful referring to a idiosyncratic who "served successful the military."

Other witnesses described Biden talking with guests arsenic "painful."

Woodward besides quoted an anonymous Hollywood enforcement who astatine 1 constituent told the president directly, "You’re f------ up your campaign. Every clip you get retired and walk, radical deliberation ‘old.'"

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