John Kirby Insists President Joe Biden Is Sharp As A Tack In Closed-Door Meetings

Posted • July 8, 2024: White House spokesman John Kirby did a tag-team press briefing in which he and Karine Jean-Pierre hyped up President Joe Biden's upcoming "big boy" press conference. It's probably not a good idea to praise Biden for being a big boy, reminiscent of Dr. Jill Biden telling her husband what a good job he did at the debate: "You answered all the questions!"

Kirby wasn't done embarrassing himself, though. This isn't the first time the question of Biden's mental acuity has come into question. There was talk of it in February, and administration officials assured us that behind closed doors, Biden was always the smartest man in the room. DHS Secretary Alejandro Maryorkas talked about how difficult it is to prepare for meetings with Biden because he is so "sharp, intensely probing, and detail-oriented, and focused." Not focused on the border, that's for damn sure.

A reporter asked Kirby today about the president's mental fitness, and Kirby slipped right back into the "two Bidens" defense; there's the Biden you saw at the debate, and then there's the Biden behind the scenes that no one sees who's sharp as a tack. Spokesman John Kirby sensationally claims Biden is so mentally fit he was even asking him questions about European countries that he could not answer. He had to tell him he would get back to him. Not kidding. (…)

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