House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) refused to acknowledge over the weekend President Joe Biden’s cognitive issues when pressed on why he endorsed Biden during the 2024 presidential election.
Jeffries made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Kristen Welker on NBC News’ “Meet The Press” when asked about his remarks from February 2024 when he said Biden was “definitely the strongest candidate to defeat Donald Trump.”
“What do you say to Americans who believe you and other top Democrats misled them?” Welker asked.
“Well, Joe Biden was the incumbent president at the time. He was the candidate at the time. And I supported him at the time. And that was the right thing to do based on the incumbent president making the decision that he was going to run,” Jeffries said. “Obviously things changed in late June and early July. But I think what’s most…
