Prominent Democrats in Congress are defending President Joe Biden as concerns about his age and mental fitness reach a fever pitch during his re-election run.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told CNN on Monday that she has worked with Biden — who is the oldest person to be president at 81 and would be 86 at the end of a second term — for a “long time” and warned anyone who “would think that they’re at some advantage because of his age, thinks that at their peril because he’s very sharp.”
“Age is an objective fact. As I say, it’s all relative. He’s younger than I am,” Pelosi, who is 83, said. “So what do I have to say about his age?” Pelosi touted Biden’s experience and “vision” while dismissing his gaffes as a “slip of the tongue here or there.” Biden “has what he needs mentally and what he has in his heart empathetically for the American people,” Pelosi added.
NEW: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended President Biden's mental acuity, saying, "He's very sharp."
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