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TAPPER: “How do you think it makes little kids with stutters feel when they see you make a comment like that?”
L. Trump: “It’s very clearly a cognitive decline.”
TAPPER: “OK.”
L. Trump: “That’s what I’m referring to. It makes me uncomfortable to watch somebody on stage search for questions —“
TAPPER: “You have no — you have — I can’t — it’s so amazing — it’s amazing to me that — that —“
L. Trump: “— and try and figure out an answer.”
TAPPER: “A cognitive decline.”
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TAPPER: “President Biden embraces his stutter, talking about it, while Trump mocks it, exaggerates it, belittles it. (...) He’s sharp physically — I mean, mentally.”
FOER: “Yeah.”
TAPPER: “I think the question is physically, right?
FOER: “Right.
TAPPER: “More so?”
FOER: “Right, right.”
TAPPER: “And the guy who’s his chief opponent is only three or four years younger than him.
FOER: “Exactly.”
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TAPPER: “I mean, you have questioned President Biden’s age, mental fitness, ability to lead. Of those supporting Biden, you said, quote, shame on all of you, pretending everything is OK. You’re leading us and him into a disaster. Do you worry that you damaged him at all? (...) I don’t doubt that you got hugs and handshakes behind closed doors today. And maybe even publicly, some of them, because they like you personally. But I’ve heard a lot of really nasty stuff about you from your Democratic colleagues.” PHILLIPS: “Sure.”
TAPPER: “I mean, just like, what is he thinking? Exercising narcissism. I mean —“
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TAPPER: “False claims to ‘The Wall Street Journal’ about President Biden’s mental fitness and acuity.”
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TAPPER: “He’s 81 and his memory, you know, it doesn’t seem great, it’s not horrible, but I don’t understand the outrage.”
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TAPPER: “Quote, ‘Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping, unquote. ‘The Wall Street Journal’ is owned by News Corp, which is run by the Murdochs.”
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TAPPER: “Beyond the headline, there is some critical nuance here. The article is mostly based on observations of Republicans, with former Speaker Kevin McCarthy the only one going on the record. (...) They do note in the article that most of the criticism comes from Republicans. (...) Have you heard any concerns from anyone who has met with President Biden about him seeming — seeming a little slower?”
COONS: “No.”
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TAPPER: “The Russians are trying to do, to make us and the public not trust our election integrity. Joe Biden has dementia and all this stuff.”
