KAMALA IN ON ‘COVERUP’
Vice President and potential presidential candidate Kamala Harris “covered up’’ President Biden’s dangerous mental decline, GOP leaders charged Sunday — while threatening to officially investigate the issue.
Harris, 59 — the leading candidate to replace Biden at the top of the Democratic ballot after he ended his re-election campaign — was instrumental in hiding his condition, Republicans said.
“Not only would Harris be a disaster in the White House, but she also helped Biden cover up his declining health while in office, which destroys her credibility,” Republican National Committee co-chairs Michael Whatley and Lara Trump seethed in a statement.
An anti-Harris ad from a Trump super PAC began airing in key battleground states after Biden’s Sunday announcement, saying Harris has essentially been in charge of the White House and its disastrous policies for months.
“Kamala was in on it. She covered up Joe’s obvious mental decline,’’ the ad says.
“Kamala knew Joe couldn’t do the job, so she did it. Look what she got done: a border invasion, runaway inflation, the American dream dead.”
‘Cat out of the bag’
Top Trump advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles called Harris “as much of a joke as Biden is.”
“The question then to Kamala Harris is simple: Knowing that Joe Biden withdrew from the campaign beof cause his rapidly deteriorating condition, does Harris bethe lieve people of America are safe and secure with Joe Biden in the White House for six more months?” they added.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday beBiden’s fore announcement that he had seen the president deteriorating behind the scenes — and indicated Republicans have held discussions about investigating Dem efforts to cover it up. Johnson (R-La.) also suggested that Republicans would likely challenge Biden’s replacement.
“I didn’t want to come out and talk about personal interactions with the president because I’ve been concerned about . . . this projection of weakness on the world stage in a very dangerous time,” Johnson told CNN’s “State of the Union.’’ “But now that the cat is out of the bag . . . . The Democrats have been involved in a big coverup here.”
Johnson stressed that Biden, 81, was no longer the “Joe Biden of even four years ago.”
The Republican speaker emphasized that it’s “not [Biden’s] fault,” saying Father Time simply took a toll on him.
Asked by host Jake Tapper whether the alleged cover-up should be investigated, Johnson replied: “Well, that’s something we’ve discussed. Top Democrats . . . were coming onto television regularly and saying Joe Biden is running circles around us.
“It was just comical. They all knew that wasn’t true . . . . Now the whole country sees it, and they have painted themselves into a corner.”