Chuck Todd rips Chuck Schumer over Biden decline cover-up: As responsible as anybody else

Chuck Todd ripped Sen.Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after the senior Democrat refused to address whether he saw signs that Joe Biden was unfit for the presidency — telling the top lawmaker he is “as responsible as anybody else” for the Democrats’ 2024 White House loss.The former host of NBC’s “Meet The Press,” who appeared on a CNN panel on Tuesday, reacted to Schumer’s refusal to answer questions from anchor Kasie Hunt about Biden’s condition before the then-president bowed out of the race.During her CNN interview, Hunt pressed Schumer repeatedly on whether he had seen signs of Biden’s cognitive decline during a February 2024 meeting in the Oval Office — just months before the then-president bowed out of the race following his disastrous debate performance against President Trump.“You sat next to Biden in the Oval Office… Did you really not have any idea that he was not fit to serve a second term?” Hunt asked.Schumer refused to directly answer, instead pivoting to criticize the Republican-led reconciliation bill.“Kasie, we’re looking forward,” he said, repeating the phrase multiple times as Hunt attempted to follow up.“You’re facing all of this because you lost a presidential election.

And is that not Joe Biden’s responsibility for deciding to run again?” Hunt pressed.“We’re looking forward,” Schumer reiterated.In response, Todd unloaded on Schumer, saying of the New York senator, “He is among the people that are responsible for this.”Todd went on to blame “the leaders of the Democratic Party” and “the staff of the White House” for concealing Biden’s decline despite obvious signs.Todd added that Democrats are unpopular because “party leadership let [the public] down and let this happen.”“He’s as responsible as anybody else.He was a leader in the party.

He could’ve said something sooner, and he didn’t,” Todd said of Schumer.Last month, Todd rejected claims that the media failed to cover President B...