Jon Stewart, Obama speechwriter rip Harris, others over Bidens mental acuity: Lied to the American people

The hosts of “Pod Save America” and Jon Stewart are questioning former President Joe Biden’s mental acuity following the release of Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s book, “Original Sin.”“So everybody goes on television and goes, ‘You don’t understand,” Jon Stewart said during a Thursday episode of his podcast, “The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart,” discussing how people would try to frame concerns about Biden’s health.“I sit with this guy.

He’s the smartest one in the room.I can’t keep up with him.

I’m exhausted.I went to a meeting, and he was using words I didn’t even know were words! They were fantastic! I had to look them up.

He’s the smartest man in the world.'” On Tuesday, “Original Sin,” which looks in part at the efforts made by top Biden aides and allies to hide the truth about Biden’s mental and physical health, providing a depiction of a president who was routinely confused and disorientated during his term, was released.During his podcast Thursday, Stewart talked about how he thinks those in Biden’s circle tried to control what the public saw. “You know, Kamala Harris comes out, ‘I sit with this man.You don’t understand,’” Stewart said.

“You don’t see it.’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, has anyone filmed that? Because you should show that.’ Because it was a very simple case to puncture.People are saying, ‘I’m a little concerned about his stamina and cognitive ability.

Here’s how we can dispel that.’ Just put him out there and let him show us how f—ing smart – and they wouldn’t do it.Because they knew they couldn’t.”Jon Favreau, former President Barack Obama’s head speechwriter from 2005-2013, said that the people closest to Biden were not honest about his decline. “Throughout Biden’s term, you had it with the age issue, you also had it with inflation, right,” Favreau said.“In the Biden administration, a lot of elected Democrats were like, ‘Oh, look at all the s...