CNN anchor Brianna Keilar grilled ex-White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Friday after she insisted she was not worried about former President Joe Biden’s cognitive state before he dropped out of the 2024 election.
During Biden’s final months in office, Jean-Pierre said that he was “as sharp as ever” and blamed his disastrous debate against Donald Trump on a cold. She has since left the Democratic Party to write a book, “Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House.”
Keilar noted that another book, Jake Tapper’s “Original Sin,” has described Democratic officials actively limiting Biden’s time in public. She said even actor George Clooney smelled trouble when Biden didn’t recognize him at a 2024 fundraiser.
Keilar asked Friday, “Why didn’t you have concerns? Why didn’t you raise them?”
“So, I did not have any concerns,” Jean-Pierre replied. “I saw him on a daily basis, Brianna. You know that. I saw him every day. I engaged with him every day. Now, did he show age? No one is denying that. Yes, he showed age. This is a president that was sharp.”
