{"id":20341,"date":"2024-06-29T15:46:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T15:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/29\/bidens-cabinet-has-few-words-about-biden-fitness-concerns-post-debate\/"},"modified":"2024-06-29T15:46:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T15:46:15","slug":"bidens-cabinet-has-few-words-about-biden-fitness-concerns-post-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/29\/bidens-cabinet-has-few-words-about-biden-fitness-concerns-post-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Cabinet has few words about Biden fitness concerns post-debate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cabinet members who proudly defended President Biden\u2019s fitness for office prior to Thursday night\u2019s presidential debate took a more reserved, if unambiguous, stance on Friday morning as the dust settled.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Several top members of the Biden administration said they stood by their previous statements about Biden\u2019s abilities and said no efforts to declare the president incapable of serving via the 25th Amendment were underway now or should be in the future.<\/p>\n

But the group also offered no new support for the embattled commander-in-chief, whose debate performance only amplified increasing concerns about his mental acuity.<\/p>\n

\u2018His mental and physical decline has been obvious throughout his presidency,\u2019 House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Friday. \u2018To anyone who hasn\u2019t been paying attention, last night should have been a wake-up call.\u2019<\/p>\n

Cabinet members provided terse responses when asked about Biden\u2019s performance and how it contrasted with the recent and far more effusive pre-debate defenses they offered of the president.<\/p>\n

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas last week rejected accusations that Biden is \u2018slipping,\u2019 instead claiming that \u2018the president always draws on our prior conversations and past events in analyzing the issues and reaching his conclusion.\u2019<\/p>\n

When asked if Mayorkas stands by those comments, a DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital: \u2018YES.\u2019<\/p>\n

The spokesperson also insisted that the 25th Amendment \u2018SHOULD NOT\u2019 be invoked to relieve Biden of his duties. The amendment governs presidential succession and provides a mechanism for the vice president to assume the duties of the president if a majority of the cabinet finds that the president is \u2018unable to discharge the powers and the duties of his office.\u2019 Any dispute from the president would then send the matter to Congress.<\/p>\n

Secretary of State Antony Blinken likewise stands by his prior comments, according to a spokesperson. Blinken previously stressed that during his 22 years working with Biden, \u2018his depth of knowledge, fluency with policy and politics and ability to cut to the chase and argue his case are exceptional. He\u2019s invariably one step ahead of us.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Energy Sec. Jennifer Granholm also reaffirmed her support for Biden, according to Department of Energy Director of Public Affairs Amanda Finney.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Yes, the Secretary stands by her comments made previously,\u2019 Finney said in an email to Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen told Fox News Digital that \u2018The Secretary stands by her previous comments including the statement provided to Fox digital\u2019 and rejected talk of the 25th Amendment, saying there are no rumblings and \u2018it won\u2019t be\u2019 invoked.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yellen previously told Fox News Digital: \u2018Both\u00a0in Washington\u00a0and in meetings with world leaders around the globe \u2014 including during strenuous negotiations with President Xi \u2014 I\u2019ve always seen President Biden to be extremely well-informed, in command of the facts and very effective in advancing American interests.\u2019<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said that they had \u2018nothing to add\u2019 beyond comments made last week, in which Haaland touted Biden\u2019s mentorship and described his leadership as \u2018a strong, experienced hand as well as a compassionate heart in this era of both environmental and political challenges.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Each time, he takes charge and implores us to think more deeply about our task of moving our country forward,\u2019 Haaland said in the earlier remarks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A White House spokesperson said any inquiries for Vice President Kamala Harris, who made the rounds on CNN and MSNBC immediately following the debate Thursday night and who was sought for comment in her official executive branch capacity, should be directed to the Biden campaign. The campaign did not immediately respond when contacted.<\/p>\n

Other cabinet members did not respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment by the time of publication.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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