Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) got defensive when questioned about his comments reassuring the public about President Joe Biden’s mental acuity.
In an interview on Sunday’s Meet the Press, moderator Kristen Welker confronted Schumer by playing a clip from February in which the Democratic Leader vouched for Biden’s mental state.
“I talk to President Biden regularly or sometimes several times in a week — usually several times in a week,” Schumer said. “His mental acuity is great. It’s fine. It’s as good as it’s been over the years. All this Right-wing propaganda that his mental acuity has declined is wrong.”
Welker was blunt in her question to Schumer coming out of the clip.
“What do you say to Americans who feel as though you and other top Democrats misled them about President Biden’s mental acuity?”
Schumer clearly took umbrage with the question and responded with effusive praise for the president.
“We didn’t!” Schumer “And let’s look let’s look at President Biden. He’s had an amazing record. The legislation we passed, one of the most significant groups of legislation since the New Deal, since Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, putting in, 235 judges a record. And he’s a patriot. He’s a great guy. And when he stepped down, he did it on his own because he thought it was better, not only for the Democratic Party, for America. We should all salute him.”
Welker then put Schumer on the spot by asking him to go to bat for Biden’s mental fitness once again.
“Do you feel, as we have this conversation today that President Biden could serve another four years had he stayed in the race and potentially won?” Welker asked.
But this time, Schumer punted.
“Well, I’m not going to speculate,” Schumer replied. “As I said, I think his record is a stellar one and he’ll go down in history as a really outstanding president.”
Watch above, via NBC.
