Reporters Ask Hakeem Jeffries Point Blank If He Saw Any 'Cognitive Decline With President Biden'

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was asked about reports about President Biden's cognitive ability and the impact on Democrats.

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00:00In the best interest of the American people, then we'll actually have an opportunity

00:03to have a bipartisan conversation about what makes sense for everyday Americans.

00:09Republicans own anything that happens because they've chosen to go down this road of reconciliation

00:15to cut Democrats out of the legislative process.

00:19Mr. Justice, were Democrats doing straight with the American public about Joe Biden's condition

00:23when you're all defending the last year?

00:25House Democrats have been very clear. We're moving forward. We're not looking backward.

00:30And we supported Joe Biden's decision to pass the baton to Vice President Kamala Harris.

00:36Do you think the accountability for that?

00:38Yeah, the voters, yes, the voters are able to determine accountability.

00:42And the way that they do it in terms of who has the right vision for the party moving forward

00:47is through elections. And we've seen special election after special election after special

00:52election. I can detail it again. Iowa in January, New York in February, Pennsylvania in March,

01:00Wisconsin in April, Omaha, Nebraska this week in May.

01:07And in every single one, the voters are saying we support the Democratic vision for the United

01:14States of America. The evidence is mounting up. And in fact, Donald Trump, after first claiming

01:23that he had some big, bold mandate, is now, after his first 100 days, the most unpopular president

01:29in modern American history. The voters are speaking loudly and clearly.

01:36But the polls weren't so hot for Democrats either.

01:39Every single generic ballot that has come out since January 20th, when voters are asked the question,

01:49do you prefer a Democratic Congress or Republican Congress, including in your own poll?

01:54Every single generic ballot has Democrats up. Fox News recently has Democrats up by seven points.

02:03All I'm saying is the data and the voter behavior speaks for itself. I'm not interested in chasing

02:09these sensational narratives when voter behavior, voter data, what voters are saying to us, what

02:16they are communicating speaks for itself.

02:19But did you ever see any cognitive decline with President Biden?

02:22I've answered these questions repeatedly. I've said that in my encounters with Joe Biden,

02:28in terms of the Oval Office and the encounters that we had with him as Democrats, particularly

02:35when he came to the Hill and spoke to the American people during the State of the Union Address,

02:41he presented a vision for the American people consistent with the Democratic vision for making life better.

02:48We're not going to look backward. However, we're going to continue to look forward.

02:51Thank you, everyone.

02:51Thank you, Peter.

02:56Sorry.

02:56I don't push to your wall.