Between his bumbling about during a CNN town hall last week and his over the weekend episode where he seemingly says “my butt’s been wiped,” the condition of President Biden’s mental faculties had drawn increased scrutiny in recent days. And during an appearance on Monday’s Special Report, Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume did what the liberal media refused to do and called it out, noting “these are signs of senility.”
“You know, Brit, the President obviously receives some pretty good press overall from the media,” anchor Bret Baier prefaced as he broached the subject. “But, there have been a couple answers recently at a town hall, also reporters question him where he has snapped at them or said something where people weren’t following it.”
He followed up with these examples of Biden’s incoherent ramblings:
BIDEN: You are not going — you are not going to get COIVD if you have these vaccinations.
[Transition]
The question is whether or not we should be in a position where you, um, are why can’t the – the – the experts say we know that this virus is, in fact, um – uh, it’s going to be, excuse me, we know why all the drugs are not temporarily approved but permanently approved.
[Transition]
UNIDENTIFIED JOURNALIST: Are there people who— in the Democratic Party, who want to defund the police?
BIDEN: Are there people in the Republican Party who think we are sucking the blood out of kids?
“You know, just some answers that the media didn’t make a big deal out of them but made you scratch your head,” Baier added.
According to Hume, the second soundbite, which was from the town hall, was “pretty dramatic,” because “The man obviously had lost his train of thought and couldn’t recover it and stammered around for a little while.”
“These are signs of senility,” he declared, “which is a common thing in elderly people. And Biden, like me, is certainly elderly.”
Earlier in the segment, Baier and Hume discussed Biden’s slipping poll numbers when it came to optimism about the future of the country. “45 optimistic, 55 pessimistic, and then look at the approval rating for the President on specific issues,” Baier reported. “COVID he’s at 63 percent approval but you look at crime, gun violence, immigration down in the high 30’s.”
Recalling those statistics, Hume posed that Biden’s blunders were working to crater the public’s optimism. “And I can’t believe that people who see that who are not already committed to him in one way or another or committed against him don’t look at that and find it alarming. That, you know, at a time when their worries are increasing the polling showing, you know, pessimism in the country is increasing,” he said.
Adding: “They see that the president of the United States losing his train of thought and unable to blurt out a coherent answer to a question. I think people find it disturbing and makes them wonder about the future.”
The transcript is below, click “expand” to read:
Fox News Channel’s Special Report
July 26, 2021
6:26:24 p.m. EasternBRET BAIER: Good evening, Brit. I wanted to talk about a couple of new polls. ABC/The Washington Post poll came out with some interesting numbers. One is the outlook on the country’s future. This optimism/pessimism has really shifted in recent weeks. 45 optimistic, 55 pessimistic, and then look at the approval rating for the President on specific issues. And obviously, COVID he’s at 63 percent approval but you look at crime, gun violence, immigration down in the high 30’s. Your thought on this turn about?
BRIT HUME: Well, partly, Bret, I think it’s the fading of the honeymoon period. You know, every administration starts out with high hopes in the public and they tend to fade with time because not everything that’s promised gets delivered and in this case, enormous promises were made, a very ambitious agenda. Only part of which has been enacted and part of which may be in trouble.
In addition, of course, you have concrete things like the increase in prices pointing to a serious outbreak of inflation, whose duration we don’t yet know. You have lawlessness on the border, which has been obvious about which nothing of any consequence seems to be happening or being done. And then, of course, there’s lawlessness in the major cities and that’s something that people find frightening and do not want to put up with.
Plus, of course, there is the sense that, you know, that China is on the rise still. We don’t seem to check China and so forth there is a lot of concrete reasons for this I think contributing — and, of course, I should add to that Bret, the fact that COVID cases are rising. That always frightens people. I’m not sure cases is the best way to measure that, but people, I think, are obviously worried about a new round of shutdowns and mask mandates. Some which appear to be happening.
BAIER: You know, Brit, the President obviously receives some pretty good press overall from the media. But, there have been a couple answers recently at a town hall, also reporters question him where he has snapped at them or said something where people weren’t following it. Here’s a couple of examples in recent days.
[Cuts to video]
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: You are not going — you are not going to get COIVD if you have these vaccinations.
[Transition]
The question is whether or not we should be in a position where you, um, are why can’t the – the – the experts say we know that this virus is, in fact, um – uh, it’s going to be, excuse me, we know why all the drugs are not temporarily approved but permanently approved.
[Transition]
UNIDENTIFIED JOURNALIST: Are there people who— in the Democratic Party, who want to defund the police?
BIDEN: Are there people in the Republican Party who think we are sucking the blood out of kids?
[Cuts back to live]
BAIER: You know, just some answers that the media didn’t make a big deal out of them but made you scratch your head.
HUME: Well, that second one you showed there was pretty dramatic. The man obviously had lost his train of thought and couldn’t recover it and stammered around for a little while. These are signs of senility, which is a common thing in elderly people. And Biden, like me, is certainly elderly.
But I think it’s becoming increasingly obvious that this is the case. And I can’t believe that people who see that who are not already committed to him in one way or another or committed against him don’t look at that and find it alarming. That, you know, at a time when their worries are increasing the polling showing, you know, pessimism in the country is increasing. They see that the president of the United States losing his train of thought and unable to blurt out a coherent answer to a question. I think people find it disturbing and makes them wonder about the future.
BAIER: All right, Brit, as always. Thank you.
Is senility a new requirement for demoncrats? Easier to control than a healthy mind?
Good point! Makes sense. Control is what they are seeking. He is an excellent example
Biden helped China create the virus, He should be charged with Murder. Biden paid money to China to create the Virus
The dems admitted that they put biden to run for Office because he had the highest rating in the last pres run. Last year I predicted that by may or June the dems were all of sudden they would put biden out of Office under the 25th amendment. Well here it is July and there suggesting that now so to fulfill there initial plan to put harris in Office even though she only had a 2% rating in the prior pres run. The dems goal is so they can say that they got the 1st black woman in Office. She now has a 65% disapproval rating.
It won’t be long before the trollop is the prez!
Its a shame that the party pushed him into office thinking that he would let them control him but with his mental defiencies he wants to do things his way and wants to do too much at one time and his actions prove he is already getting senile. If he makes 2 years in office it will not only be a disaster but a miracle he lasted that long and the other world leaders are already laughing at him. And on the other hand when he is gone Harris will move into the oval office and we will have another disaster because she has a total different agenda than his. She is a very vindictive person and loves to pay back those who she feels wronged her then we will be left out in the cold because she will not listen to anyone but herself, even her staff can’t stand her most of the time because she is a tyrant so whatever happens it is going to be a long rocky road and the immigration and violence issues will only grow unless people step in and take some of the power out of the oval office.
63% approval on covid? Yeah right. The virus is still being spread, regardless of the ‘gene therapy.” Businesses are still closing, still mandatrs, masks not stopping it. They had over a year to sit back and watch the previous administration and they have nothing! Only the threat of forcing a jab which is very dangerous/deadly and doesn’t work. Pathetic!
The swine flu killed 700,000 people around the world in 2009 and 2010. In the US, it infected 61 million Americans, hospitalized over 300,000 and killed more than 18,000, including children and young people. There was no panic. No hysteria. And it was downplayed by the media. No lockdowns. No social distancing. No masks. Obama was President.
Similar story with the Arian flu when Eisenhower was President. It infected millions of Americans and killed over 116,000.
The Hong Kong flu during Johnson/Nixon’s reign in 1968 was similar to covid in that it was especially lethal for people over 65. It infected tens of millions of Americans and killed over 100,000. Worldwide, it killed over 4 million. Again, no panic or lockdowns or social distancing.
What a different world we live in. By now the commies have been indoctrinating our youth for decades and setting the scene to take over. This was so deliberate.
She definitely is the wicked witch of the west. As AG in CA. she put people in jail for smoking pot, while all the while she was doing it herself. She also …blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so” and “kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of California and she fought to keep the cash-bail system in place. That, my friends is your next President of The United States of America. Totally unfit for the job. She has proven she has no clue what she is doing as vice president, how do you think she is going to do as president? Our country is doomed!!!!
If anyone thinks that the democrats or Pelosi are going to leave Harris in control you are wrong. They’re already setting the stage to rid themselves of her. All the bad press coming out about her problems with her staff. Follow that with her failure at the boarder.
I would have to agree 100 percent with David on this pandic bull CRAP it was all started on purpose a way to try and kill Americans on purpose and our economy
Apparently a vaccine not going to help you ??