The California congresswoman, herself 84, praised the Democratic leader’s “vision” for the country. “I’m not a doctor. I can’t say what’s going to happen in three or four years, but from my experience, I think he’s going to continue to be a great president of the United States,” she said.
Joe Biden, still caught in the turmoil
Calls from Democratic elected officials urging the president and his entourage to be transparent about the 81-year-old leader’s health have been increasing in recent hours. Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said Monday that Americans wanted to be “sure” that Joe Biden was “honest about his health,” in an interview broadcast Monday by a local television channel.
For months, the White House has been brushing aside, sometimes with a certain irritation, any questions about the physical and mental faculties of the American president, whose physical and verbal ease has declined.
An American Tragedy
While the party’s heavyweights have publicly stated their support for him so far, since last Thursday’s debate, nervousness has been growing among supporters and donors, some of whom accuse the president’s inner circle of a lack of transparency about his abilities.
Others are asking Joe Biden to respond concretely to concerns, by increasing the number of press conferences or direct exchanges with journalists or supporters.
