Harris confirms she was 'honest with the American people' about Biden's mental acuity: 'Capable in every way'

Vice President Kamala Harris was pressed astir whether she was forthcoming to the American radical astir President Biden's intelligence diminution successful an interrogation with NBC News' Hallie Jackson. 

During Tuesday's sitdown, Jackson noted however Harris was a staunch defender of Biden's whenever she faced questions from the media astir his age. She backed him arsenic they sought reelection arsenic the Democratic summons earlier his disastrous show astatine the CNN statesmanlike statement resulted successful his exit from the race. 

"Can you accidental that you were honorable with the American radical astir what you saw successful those moments with President Biden, arsenic you were with him again and again repeatedly successful that time?" 

"Of course," Harris responded. "Joe Biden is an highly accomplished, experienced and susceptible successful each mode that anyone would privation if they're president."

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Vice President Kamala Harris insisted she was honorable with the American radical astir President Biden's intelligence acuity during an interrogation with NBC News. (Screenshot/NBC News)

"You ne'er saw thing similar what happened astatine the statement nighttime down closed doors with him?" Jackson followed. 

"It was a atrocious debate. People person atrocious debates," Harris replied. 

"But that's the crushed wherefore you're present and he's not moving for the apical of the ticket," Jackson said.

"Well, you'd person to inquire him if that's the lone crushed why," Harris responded. 

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"What bash you think?" Jackson past asked. 

"I'm moving for President of the United States. Joe Biden is not," Harris said. "And my presidency volition beryllium astir bringing a caller procreation of enactment to America that is focused connected the enactment that we request to bash to put successful the ambitions and aspirations of the American people."

President Biden stepping speech and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris made Michael Moore highly happy.  (Tierney L. Cross)

The NBC News anchor clarified to the vice president that it's a "judgment question."

"That's wherefore I ask. Can the American radical spot you successful these moments, adjacent erstwhile it's possibly uncomfortable… to level with Americans successful that way? So that's wherefore I ask," Jackson said. "And it sounds similar what you're saying is you consciousness similar you ne'er saw thing similar that from President Biden."

"I person worked with Joe Biden, whether- hours and hours and hours implicit these 4 years, whether it beryllium successful the Situation Room oregon the Oval Office… I talk with not lone sincerity, but with a existent firsthand relationship of watching him bash this work. I person nary reluctance successful saying that. No, of people I don't." Harris said.

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President Biden's disastrous statement show resulted successful his melodramatic exit from the 2024 race. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Harris was antecedently grilled astir her cognition of Biden's intelligence diminution during her sitdown with Fox News' Bret Baier, wherever she offered a akin effect connected however she watched Biden enactment "from the Oval Office to the Situation Room."

"You met with him astatine slightest erstwhile a week for three-and-a-half years. You didn't person immoderate concerns?" Baier pressed. 

"I deliberation the American radical person a interest astir Donald Trump," Harris responded. "Which is wherefore the radical who cognize him best, including leaders of our nationalist information assemblage person each spoken out, adjacent radical who worked for him successful the Oval Office, worked with him successful the Situation Room and person said helium is unfit and unsafe and should ne'er beryllium President of the United States again, including his erstwhile vice president, which is wherefore the occupation was unfastened for him to take different moving mate. So that is simply a fact. That is simply a fact."