Biden struggled to speak, focus more than a year before leaving race, according to new book

A caller book by famed Watergate journalist Bob Woodward features claims that President Biden struggled to complete sentences and guidelines astatine fundraising events much than a twelvemonth earlier he withdrew from nan statesmanlike race.

Woodward’s caller book, "War," quotes aggregate group who alleged they witnessed Biden’s senility firsthand astatine various fundraisers and different events. Among nan claims were that Biden looked "frighteningly awful" and for illustration a "senile grandfather" during immoderate of these appearances.

Woodward quoted Liberties Journal President Bill Reichblum, who remarked connected Biden’s intelligence authorities astatine a fundraiser held astatine nan location of salient philanthropists Michael and Susie Gelman successful June 2023.

According to Reichblum, Biden "never completed a sentence" astatine nan event. 

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Bob Woodward's caller book specifications witnesser accounts of President Biden's alleged senility from much than a twelvemonth earlier he stepped down from his re-election campaign.  (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

"He would commencement to talk astir something, jump location else. He told nan aforesaid communicative 3 times successful precisely nan aforesaid measurement and it meandered truthful much," Reichblum was quoted saying. "Frankly, my belief was location were times it was arsenic though we didn’t exist. He was conscionable rambling and talking arsenic to what came into his head."

Biden announced his determination to retreat from his re-election run successful precocious June pursuing a disastrous statement quality against erstwhile President Trump wherever he appeared feeble and stumbled while speaking. 

Prior to nan debate, galore of Biden’s allies successful nan Democratic Party media had defended his cognitive expertise and disputed those who claimed he didn’t person nan intelligence acuity to tally for office. Woodward’s book elaborate really respective of Biden’s apical aides did not admit his cognitive challenges until aft nan debate. 

However, his book besides revealed that different salient Democrats and liberals recognized Biden’s problems good earlier statement leaders recommended he extremity his campaign. 

Biden "could not hold to beryllium down and only took 2 pre-arranged questions," 1 witnesser – a Democratic Party philanthropist astatine a Silicon Valley fundraiser hosted by Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott successful June 2023 – was quoted saying successful "War."

At nan aforesaid fundraiser, witnesses alleged that Biden struggled to attraction connected giving his reside moreover while having notecards to guideline him.

The writer quoted 1 anonymous impermanent who described Biden, writing, "It was ‘like your 87-year-old senile grandfather,’ wandering astir nan room, saying to women guests, ‘your eyes are truthful beautiful.’"

However, Woodward besides quoted task capitalist Steve Westly who called nan president "energetic" and said he "wouldn’t beryllium down for 2 hours" astatine a 2nd arena that aforesaid day.

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Woodward quoted 1 witnesser who said Biden looked for illustration a "senile" grandpa during a fundraising arena much than a twelvemonth ago. (AP)

Woodward’s book besides included nan accounts of group who attended a Biden run fundraiser astatine nan Four Seasons Hotel successful New York City that aforesaid period and noted Biden’s struggles.

According to these attendees, Biden struggled to retrieve nan connection "veteran," and resorted to asking nan assemblage for thief successful referring to a personification who "served successful nan military."

Other witnesses described Biden talking pinch guests arsenic "painful."

Woodward besides quoted an anonymous Hollywood executive who astatine 1 constituent told nan president directly, "You’re f------ up your campaign. Every clip you get retired and walk, group deliberation ‘old.'"

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