Biden campaign official pressed on president’s mental sharpness, says election ‘not going to be about age’

President Biden’s principal deputy campaign supervisor, when pressed about the commander in chief’s mental sharpness, argued the 2024 election “is not going to be about age.” 

“When it comes to the president’s age, we’ve got a easy system for that, and that’s outcomes,” Quentin Fulks informed ABC’s “This Week” host Martha Raddatz. “And you know, age equals wisdom, equals results and experience. And President Biden, because of his age, has come to the table and brought people together from both sides of the aisle to deliver results for the American people, whether it be a historic bipartisan infrastructure bill, whether it has been bringing people to the table for job creation, making sure that inflation is down – the president has been delivering results, and our best answer to this is to continue to communicate about the things that people care about, Americans care about.”

“This election is not going to be about age,” Fulks added. “This election is about freedom and democracy, and the fact that Democrats under President Biden’s leadership believe that people deserve more freedom, not less. And Republicans want to roll that back and rip it away.” 

According to a brand new ABC News/Ipso ballot performed Jan. 4-8, 69% of respondents don’t suppose Biden has the mental sharpness to be president – up from simply 43% in May 2020.  

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President Trump is about 4 years youthful than President Biden. (AP)

Fulks’ remarks come after former President Trump throughout a New Hampshire campaign rally on Friday used Nikki Haley’s title when describing allegations about Nancy Pelosi on Jan. 6. The obvious mix-up referred to as consideration to how Trump has lengthy alleged Pelosi, as House speaker on the time, turned down 10,000 National Guard troops the day earlier than the Capitol riot. 

President Biden talks with reporters after talking throughout an occasion to welcome the U.S. Conference of Mayors to the White House, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Haley branded the mix-up as a gaffe, calling into query Trump’s mental health forward of the New Hampshire primaries, however some conservative voices on X championed how the on-stage comment prompted nationwide information headlines on how Pelosi was allegedly answerable for safety whereas Congress was certifying the 2020 election outcomes. 

Trump, who will flip 78 in June, is simply about 4 years youthful than Biden, who will flip 82 in November. 

“I don’t mind being 80, but I’m 77. That’s a big difference,” Trump stated at a campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, Saturday.

“It’s not age. Different people, different strokes,” Trump added. “I feel my mind is stronger now than it was 25 years ago. Is that possible? I really do. Now, Biden can’t say that. Look, you know he can’t say that. You know, he can’t say that, you know, there’s something going on.” 

Former President Trump after talking throughout a campaign occasion in Manchester, New Hampshire, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump stated Biden’s public feedback final for a really brief time frame, recalling how he mocked Biden final week that “he can never find the stairs” when leaving talking engagements. 

Some Democrats have additionally referred to as Biden’s mental sharpness into query.  

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Last week, Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., gained the endorsement of former 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang on Thursday, who, whereas addressing voters in New Hampshire, stated it is going to be exhausting for Biden at his age to “reinvent grandpa” and added it was time to improve from the anticipated Biden vs. Trump rematch that “no one wants.”

Phillips, who is taken into account to be a average Minnesotan, is an extended shot to lead the Democratic presidential ticket, however he and Yang had been campaigning within the Granite State forward of the first on Jan. 23.

Fox News’ Greg Wehner contributed to this report.