Chuck Schumer wore a sense of betrayal on his face when Kristen Welker of NBC News had the temerity to confront him with his own remarks. President Joe Biden was “fine,” the former Senate majority leader had insisted in February 2024. That was Schumer’s conclusion following the release of special counsel Robert Hur’s recommendation that the president be spared prosecution for mishandling classified documents because no jury would convict an “elderly man with a poor memory.” At the time, Schumer said that “all this right-wing propaganda that his mental acuity is declining is wrong.” It was right there on video.
Welker went on the attack. “What do you say to Americans who feel as though you and other top Democrats misled them about President Biden’s mental acuity?” The treachery so grated on Schumer that he didn’t wait for Welker to finish. “Look,” he interjected, “we didn’t!”
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