Michael LaRosa, Jill Biden's ex-press secretary, admitted that the Biden campaign engaged in gaslighting regarding concerns about President Biden's age and capability. Despite evident public skepticism highlighted by voter polls and Biden's debated performance, Democratic leaders chose to downplay these issues, branding them as media overreactions. During a recent seminar, LaRosa criticized former colleagues for this denial and effort to undermine critical journalism. He recognized age as a significant factor from the outset of the campaign and pointed out the campaign's systematic dismissal of polling data surrounding Biden's age.
Yet even as polling and voter interviews at the time suggested public skepticism about Biden's age was a persistent concern nationwide, many Democratic leaders in Washington circled the wagons and continually avoided addressing it directly.
LaRosa called out former colleagues for deliberately gaslighting on the issue, which he said they were aware of from Day 1 and criticized the campaign for attacking the insightful journalism at the New York Times spotlighting the problem.
Cover-up to me is a little hard, a little harsh. Every politician, everybody, every human being tries to cover up age.
We were always, from day one, cognizant that age was an issue. There are some things that are true, I mean, like the gaslighting.
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