Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emphasized concerns regarding President Joe Biden’s age as a significant factor for voters to consider in the upcoming 2024 election, urging the White House to confront the issue directly.
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The former Democratic presidential nominee noted that it is also a “legitimate issue” for former President Donald Trump in his campaign for the Republican nomination.
“It’s a legitimate issue for Trump who’s only three years younger, right?” Clinton said. “So it’s an issue.”
The former first lady continued, saying that she is for Biden because of his “merits.”
“Once you say that, you need to also talk about what is at stake in this election,” Clinton continued. “And I’m for Joe Biden because of the merits.”
“I think he has done a really good job as president,” she added.
“I think he should be willing to really pull that out … and I think he should kid more about it,” Clinton said.
Hillary’s comment came as former President Bill Clinton’s lead strategist, James Carville, argued Saturday that the White House has little confidence in President Biden after he turned down a Super Bowl Sunday interview.
Carville, a long-time Democrat, gave his take on the situation while being interviewed on CNN on Saturday.
“It’s the biggest television audience, not even close, and you get a chance to do a 20-25-minute interview on that day,” Carville began.
“And you don’t do it? That’s a kind of sign that the staff or yourself doesn’t have much confidence in you,” Carville continued. “There’s no other way to read this.”
Earlier this week, former Bill Clinton strategist and CNN political commentator Paul Begala admitted that Special Counsel Robert Hur’s indictment of President Biden’s memory and Biden’s response was “terrible for Democrats.”
“Oh yeah. Look, I’m a Biden supporter, and I slept like a baby last night: I woke up every two hours crying and wet the bed,” Begala quipped on CNN last Friday.
