Former Biden aide Jon Lovett has admitted he said nothing about President Biden’s decline because he wanted him to win the election and didn’t want to become “part of the case against Joe Biden from the right.”
Speaking to Jon Stewart on Thursday, Lovett said that although he “wanted to talk about this [Biden’s decline] as a huge liability,” he felt that he couldn’t for pragmatic reasons.
“I remember feeling, I want to talk about this as a huge liability,” Lovett told Stewart.
“I want to talk about this as something Joe Biden can overcome. But I’m not going to go so far as to say “I think Joe Biden must drop out. He is too old to be president.” A: because I didn’t know exactly what was going on behind the scenes, but, B: if Joe Biden is the candidate, I want him to f*cking win because I care about the country!
Lovett continued: “And I don’t want to be somebody suddenly having the words we’re saying taken out of context and all of a sudden part of the case against Joe Biden from the Right that would use any person criticizing Joe Biden from the Left as a weapon against him. So, it was a— it was about being honest about Joe Biden’s age as a liability, while knowing that if he is the nominee, I want to be clear that I thought it was important to make sure we did everything we could to re-elect him.”
In a fresh twist to the growing scandal about Joe Biden’s capability while president, the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee has called for his doctor and top advisors to testify in front of them about his health.
The Committee sent letters to Biden’s personal physician, Kevin O’Connor, and former White House officials Neera Tanden, Anthony Bernal, Annie Tomasini and Ashley Williams seeking testimony.
In the letter to Biden’s physician, Kevin O’Connor, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer notes that O’Connor deemed Biden “robust” and “fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency” in a February 2024 assessment. Comer asks O’Connor to testify to “ensure accurate information was provided to the American people and your health reports were not subject to any improper influence.”
And in letters to Biden’s former aides, Comer says the Committee wishes to know “who made key decisions and exercised the powers of the executive branch during the Biden Administration.”
Comer previously sought testimony about Joe Biden’s cognitive abilities from a number of his aides during the Biden presidency, and he also campaigned for the release of the audio of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur.
The requests for testimony come at a time of heightened focus on Joe Biden’s mental capacity during his tenure as president.
Jake Tapper’s new book, Original Sin, released on Monday, reveals how President Biden’s cognitive decline was hidden from the public by his closest advisors, a group Tapper and his co-author call “the Politburo.”
On Sunday, just hours before the release of the book, it was announced Joe Biden has stage 4 prostate cancer which has metastasised to his bones. The announcement was widely seen as a cynical ploy to distract from the impending release of Tapper’s book, and also raised further questions about Biden’s health during his presidency.
A number of senior physicians said it was extremely likely Biden had cancer for most or even all of his presidency, raising the disturbing possibility not only that this was also hidden from the public, but also that the president could have been denied treatment in order to keep him isolated and control him better.