Ever since President Biden announced last year that he would run again, those in his inner circle closed ranks and brushed off the obvious question: No, they insisted, he was not too old to seek re-election.
Republicans were posting wildly distorted video clips on social media making him look more feeble than he actually is.
Hand-wringing Democrats fretting over the prospect of an octogenarian president turning 86 by the end of a second term were just “bed-wetters.”Then the debate happened.
And now the days of denial at the White House are over.
Struggling to contain a brush fire of alarm within the Democratic Party, his team is now forced to confront the issue head on.
Persons:
Biden, Donald J, Barack Obama, James E
Organizations:
fretting, Trump, Democratic Party, Biden, Democratic
Locations:
Raleigh, N.C, Atlanta, South Carolina