Old friends Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell seem to be giving each other political cover as they face questions about their age and health.
A Wall Street Journalout this week found that 73% of registered voters believe Biden is too old to run for president, while 60% said they think he isn’t “mentally up for the job.”
But so far, the vast majority of Senate Republicans are sticking by McConnell after he froze for 30 seconds as he fielded questions from reporters in Kentucky last week, the second such freeze in two months. They include three potential McConnell successors, known as"The Three Johns" — Minority Whip John Thune of South Dakota, GOP Conference Chair John Barrasso of Wyoming and former Whip John Cornyn of Texas — all of whom have pledged their public support to McConnell.
Immediately after McConnell spoke, one of his former top aides, Steven Law, who runs a McConnell-aligned super PAC, gave a presentation touting strong GOP fundraising numbers — which Hawley described as “a little surprising for the setting.” “You can’t have it both ways. Risk is directly correlated to age, and it’s unreasonable to apply that lens to President Biden without doing so to Sen. McConnell and former President Trump,” Phillips said.
“Mine was a re-election decision,” Cardin said. “Next year will be 58 years that I’ve been in consecutive elected office. And for me, I think it was the right decision.”
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