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Now Hillary Clinton is Talking About Joe Biden’s Age.

Why, of all people, is Hillary Clinton talking?

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readFeb 11, 2024
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If you have a television or follow the news at all, you’re certainly aware of the fact that President Joe Biden has been in the news a lot lately, the reason this time of course being his age. Following a right wing special counsel investigation that decided to make not-so-veiled comments abotu his age and cognitive ability, needless to say people across political spectrums sprung into action to weigh in. His followers defending him, his right wing opponents seizing the opportunity, and everyone else simply asking why both Biden AND Trump aren’t getting these sorts of questions.

Of course, none other than Hillary Clinton felt the need to weigh in as well.

Rich Calder with The New York Post writes:

“Former First Lady Hillary Clinton said she believes President Biden’s age is a “legitimate” campaign issue even as the commander-in-chief is under fire over a damning special counsel’s report accusing him of being senile.

“I talked to people in the White House all the time, and you know, they know it’s an issue, but as I like to say, ‘look, it’s a legitimate issue,’” Clinton told MSNBC’s Alex Wagner earlier this week. “It’s a legitimate issue for [ex-President Donald] Trump who’s…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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