Bernie Sanders dismisses concerns about Joe Biden’s fitness for office as he supports the president’s re-election efforts and urges progressives to “unite” with the Democrat in 2024.
Biden’s critics say he is too old and mentally and physically unfit for office, but Sanders, 81, says the 80-year-old president “seemed fine” to me when they met about two months ago.
The president has been confronted several times recently, and his verbal blunders and mistakes have increased since taking office.
But Sanders says Biden just needs to focus on his track record, and then he’ll be in power for another four years. And the energetic octogenarian senator from Vermont has repeatedly tried to prove that age is just a number.
“When people look at a candidate, whether he’s Joe Biden, or Trump, or Bernie Sanders, whoever, they have to evaluate a lot of factors,” Sanders told NBC Meet the Press host Chuck Todd on Sunday morning.
When asked about his concerns about Biden’s age, he assured, “I met with the president five or six weeks ago, I don’t know. We had a great discussion. He seemed fine to me.’
Biden has fallen quite a few times in the past year, including falling off his bike during a ride in Rehoboth Beach, stumbling up the stairs of Air Force One more than once, and nearly planting his face when he tripped on stage after his comments on the Air Force Academy graduation earlier this summer.
Senator Bernie Sanders said Joe Biden “seemed fine” when they met two months ago as concerns about the president’s age and eligibility remain. While 81-year-old Sanders says age matters, he doesn’t feel it’s the biggest concern in the 2024 election
As Biden’s stumbling and verbal fumbles mount, some are wondering if the 80-year-old can successfully stay in office for another four years
“I think ultimately we need to ask, ‘What do people stand for?'” Sanders added, saying voters should focus on issues like abortion, health care, climate change and the economy. then go into age.
“So age is an issue, Chuck, but there are much broader issues than just that,” the independent progressive senator added.
There are several younger candidates in the Republican primary who have repeatedly pointed to generational issues within politics and calls for a new wave of leadership.
The youngest is rising star and political outsider Vivek Ramaswamy, 38, who, if he wins, would be the first-ever millennial president. Ramaswamy was a breakthrough Wednesday at the first Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Fellow GOP hopeful Nikki Haley, 51, has said an age limit of 75 should be introduced for those who want to serve in the federal government. This would disqualify the likes of Biden, Sanders, and even former President Donald Trump from public service.
It doesn’t seem like the Democrats are interested in nominating another candidate in 2024, despite growing criticism of Biden not only for his age and eligibility for office, but also mounting congressional investigations into corruption in the Biden family and threats from Republicans of impending impeachment. .
When asked if there should be a competitive primary for the Democratic nomination instead of a deferral to the incumbent president, Sanders, who supports Biden, said it’s time for progressives to unite around the current president.
“At this particular time, this particular moment in American history, when we’re up against someone — the former president — who basically doesn’t believe in democracy, he’s an authoritarian and a very, very dangerous person, I think. right now there needs to be a unification of progressive people across the country,” Sanders said.
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