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The Left’s media narrative factory is working overtime on its latest and greatest attempt at gaslighting. OK, here it is, here’s the whopper you have to believe to be an ally of “our democracy” in good standing: President Joe Biden is fit as a fiddle, yes siree. All those videos you’ve seen of him staring into space, moving awkwardly, falling, garbling words, shaking hands with the air, forgetting names, describing recent conversations with people who’ve been dead for years, and being led around by handlers like a child? Just fake news. Here’s White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre telling reporters Monday that every video you’ve seen of the president looking “frail” and “confused” is nothing but a “cheap fake.” (This was an apparent spin on a “deepfake,” a digitally enhanced video that’s hard to distinguish from reality.) BREAKING: KJP claims that the videos of Joe Biden freezing are "cheap fakes” and “manipulated” videos.“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” -George Orwellpic.twitter.com/m38AzgzSoC— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 17, 2024 Jean-Pierre quotes The Washington Post, supposedly to debunk these videos and never actually says that they’ve been digitally altered. How convincing. I think I’ll personally start using “cheap fake” as a new-fashioned phrase to replace “Orwellian.” It now means that a regime apparatchik is telling me I need to stop believing in something I can clearly see with my own eyes but is demanding I turn off my brain to ignore it. It couldn’t be more obvious that the White House and its Democrat media allies think that Biden’s health issues—I know I’m not supposed to say that, but bear with me here in the realm of reality—are a big problem politically. They also know that the crisis is escalating. Sure, sometimes Biden seems sort of all right, but even at his best, the president is noticeably slower than he was a few years ago, even six months ago. The number of odd incidents seems to be growing. First, The Wall Street Journal published a lengthy, damning piece in early June highlighting that Biden has shown signs of slipping “behind closed doors.” Now I know what you’re thinking: “What, he hasn’t been showing signs of slipping in public?” Obviously, he has. Biden’s declining health has been a problem since he ran for president in 2020. It’s been worsening since then, as age-related decline is wont to do. But when The Wall Street Journal weighs in, it’s different. It’s a signal that media elites no longer can ignore or dismiss the problem outright. Biden’s media friends went into attack mode in an attempt to smear the Journal, of course, along with pretty much anyone who would dare suggest that something is wrong with the president. But the bad news kept coming. New videos of Biden behaving strangely have surfaced almost daily. At an early Juneteenth celebration June 10 outside the White House, the president appeared to be frozen in place with a bizarre grin while everyone around him danced. – Man in a dress front and center at Biden’s Juneteenth celebration.– Biden looking lost, staring into space like a zombie.Looks about right for the Biden admin. pic.twitter.com/efN2hbyUcv— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 11, 2024 Biden looked particularly bad at events in France commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day, which took place just days after the Journal published its piece. In one instance, Biden seems to be hesitantly moving to sit down during a ceremony with French President Emmanuel Macron and awkwardly freezing in place. The Associated Press, bless its heart, appears to have a “contextualize all the times Biden looks weird and ancient” beat; the wire service fact-checked video of the incident. You might be seeing a clip on social media that appears to show President Biden trying to sit in a chair that isn't there. However, this video doesn't show the full context of the moment.AP breaks down the moment. pic.twitter.com/Ovsjdlrbbl— The Associated Press (@AP) June 7, 2024 Does the fact that Biden was trying to sit in a chair rather than no chair matter much here? The problem is that he seemed to hover in a semi-squat onstage for an absurdly long time. He doesn’t look right and anyone watching it can tell. It got worse. In another video that went viral, Biden and a group of other world leaders are observing military parachutists land all around them. Biden suddenly wanders off before being gently brought back to the group by Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni. President Biden appeared to wander off at the G7 summit in Italy, with officials needing to pull him back to focus. https://t.co/M50eobWwHr pic.twitter.com/Uaw1etcUB8— New York Post (@nypost) June 13, 2024 Biden’s media white knights leaped in to “correct” the record, saying that Biden actually wandered off to talk to parachutists just out of the camera shot and that the New York Post and other media outlets were “liars!” for posting the videos without that context. But the media’s contextualizing doesn’t really make the situation look any better. The problem isn’t just that Biden often seems to wander. It’s the way he wanders and the reactions of those around him. Then came, in my mind, the most damning and symbolic video. At a big Democrat Party fundraiser over the weekend, Biden seemed to freeze again onstage. Was he just basking in the adulation and applause of the crowd? I guess that’s one interpretation. But the weird pause is not the biggest problem here. What makes this video really stick out is the way former President Barack Obama, who many suspect really pulls the strings in the White House, takes Biden by the wrist and essentially leads him offstage like a child. The Left and the media (but I repeat myself) are working overtime trying to debunk this- claiming that Obama didn’t lead Biden off stage. Unfortunately for them, it’s literally on video.Would be a shame if this went viral again! pic.twitter.com/1kGNMNqV4n— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 17, 2024 Anyone who has been around people who are elderly or in physical and mental decline understands what’s happening. Those around Biden are trying subtly to aid the president without embarrassing him, but the signs are hard to hide. The issue is that Biden isn’t just any average retiree in his twilight years. He’s expected to be the president of the United States, who has awesome responsibilities and whose judgment may decide the fate of millions. Yet the White House and corporate media are saying, “Don’t let your lying eyes deceive you. He’s fine, I tell you.” Here’s MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace, parroting Jean-Pierre as she argues that videos of Biden looking awful are all just a product of “right-wing media” that selectively edit videos to mislead viewers. .@NicolleDWallace?: “There’s a growing & insidious trend in right-wing media … to take highly misleading & selectively edited videos of Pres. Biden … and use those videos to spread messages virally to cast doubt on Pres. Biden’s fitness for office.” pic.twitter.com/Im5r6y9HDA— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) June 17, 2024 But there’s no evidence of actual tampering in any of these videos, and in some—like the Obama/Biden one—the full, wide shot looks worst of all. Biden partisans are even trying to turn the tables by saying that former President Donald Trump is the one who looks old and unwell. Here’s a photograph of Trump shaking hands with his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., while heading to a stage. Here is a photo of Trump having to hold someone’s hand to guide him off stage.I’m sure this will get just as much coverage as the daily “BiDeN oLd” story gets. pic.twitter.com/N4NxYqK4Ye— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) June 17, 2024 It doesn’t look anything like what we saw with Biden and Obama. Many point out that Trump is only three years younger than Biden, so any age concerns about Biden also should apply to Trump. But much to the media’s frustration, few are buying that. Not everyone ages the same way. For whatever reason, Biden is slipping sooner. It’s not hard to figure out. That’s why this whole thing is so devastating and why the Left’s gaslighting about Biden’s condition isn’t catching on. This isn’t a matter of policy or ideas, where one can turn to lies or sophistry to delude the public. You don’t need to be a constitutional lawyer or a policy wonk to see that Biden is in steep physical and mental decline. If Biden looks this bad in public, you can bet that the problem is much worse in private, as The Wall Street Journal reported. It’s why Republicans in Congress are right to demand the audio tapes of Biden’s interviews with special counsel Robert Hur over his possession of classified documents from his years as a senator and vice president. Hur decided not to bring charges against Biden because he is an “elderly man with a poor memory” and “diminished faculties.” Just how diminished is he? Given the demands on a modern American president, we should be concerned. If Biden really is out to lunch, then who is really running the executive branch?  The American people have a right to know. The post Media Is Gaslighting You About Biden’s Obvious Signs of Decline. Here’s Why It Won’t Work. appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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On Monday, Jim Acosta filled in for Laura Coates Live and got into a heated debate about President Biden’s cognitive decline with Bryan Lanza, former Deputy Communications Director for Trump’s 2016 campaign, who called out the network for their “selective edit” and deceptive reporting on then-President Trump’s visit to Japan. Acosta played a clip of former President Trump accidentally saying “Dr. Ronny Johnson” instead of “Dr. Ronny Jackson” at an event in Detroit on Saturday and, unsurprisingly, attempted to make this one-word slip up from Trump equivalent to Biden’s many flubs.      Lanza reacted to the clip by stating that Biden’s age was not the problem but rather his cognitive decline. “And it's not misspeaking because everybody misspeaks on television. It's the fact that he can't find a door becomes a problem. Like he goes to the podium and he has to be told where to go. He's going to the wrong doors,” he exclaimed. Far from done, Lanza continued, “You don't think they've seen the cognitive decline? We're being dishonest by saying it doesn't exist. It's dangerous.” Acosta attempted to brush off Biden’s cognitive state by comparing him to Trump and asking Lanza if Trump was “the same guy he was in 2016.” Lanza did not hesitate as he responded, “Sure, but he's not going through the wrong doors. He doesn't need help to get off the stage.” Ashley Allison, National Coalitions Director for the 2020 Biden-Harris Campaign, chimed in as she referred to the recent video of Biden at his fundraiser needing Obama’s help to get off the stage: “President Obama is someone who follows the schedule to the T. When they say go off at 3:01, he's off at 3:01. Joe Biden, when they say go off at 3:01, no matter what age he is, he always runs late, he would have stayed out there until every single person left that.” Lanza rebutted, “It's not one video, it's not one clip, it's not this weekend. It's three and a half years of his entire administration where he looks lost on stage, where somebody has to show him where to go, where the door is.” But of course, Acosta claimed that those videos of Biden messing up are “deceptively edited.” On a roll, Lanza referenced the video of Trump feeding koi fish alongside late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, following the PM’s lead in dumping the box of food into the pond. CNN blew out of proportion calling Trump’s casual actions “disrespectful” and “out of protocol.” Lanza described it as a “selective edit” and noted that CNN, Fox, and MSNBC all play this editing “game.” Out of words, Allison suggested they “call it truce” while Acosta concluded “We’re covering both. They don’t.” Click "Expand" to view the transcript: CNN Laura Coates Live 6/17/2024 11:13:34-11:16:22 [ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: TRUMP FLUBS HIS DOCTOR’S NAME AS HE BOASTS ABOUT COGNITIVE TEST] JIM ACOSTA: Yeah, I mean, Bryan, I mean, we could do this all night. We go back and forth. I've got my clips, you've got your clips, and just do that all night. Does it get us anywhere? BRYAN LANZA (FORMER DEPUTY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, TRUMP 2016 CAMPAIGN): I would say this. I think here's the challenge. It's not Joe Biden's age. It really is his cognitive decline. And it's not misspeaking because everybody misspeaks on television. I do, you have, you have. People get nervous. And they even conflate decades. I'll give those things to Joe Biden. [ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: BIDEN & TRUMPS AGES IN POLITICAL SPOTLIGHT AHEAD OF DEBATE] It's the fact that he can't find a door becomes a problem. Like he goes to the podium and he has to be told where to go. He's going to the wrong doors. I'm sorry. You know, maybe Obama and Biden do have this friendship, but to the average person looking at this, seeing this weekend's image of Obama having to guide him out, it reinforces what we already see. It's not that he misspeaks. It's that he appears lost on the national stage and lost on the international stage. And that's the challenge here. I mean, these people in the international stage have known Joe Biden for 40 years. You don't think they've seen the cognitive decline. We're being dishonest by saying it doesn't exist. It's dangerous. ACOSTA: Is Donald Trump the same guy he was in 2016? LANZA: Sure, but he's not going through the wrong doors. He doesn't need help to get off the stage. That event that you saw took place -- ASHLEY ALLISON (NATIONAL COALITION’S DIRECTOR FOR THE BIDEN-HARRIS 2020 CAMPAIGN): That -- LANZA: Hold on. Let me say, that event that took place this weekend, somebody was telling him minutes before he went on stage exactly what to do and exactly what to do to get off. It didn't happen. That's a cognitive issue. ALLISON: No. Let me tell you, as someone who worked for both of them, I read that event, exactly what happened. President Obama is someone who follows the schedule to the T. When they say go off at 3:01, he's off at 3:01. [ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: WH OFFICIALS PUSH BACK AGAINST CLAIM BIDEN “FROZE” AT EVENT] Joe Biden, when they say go off at 3:01, no matter what age he is, he always runs late, he would have stayed out there until every single person left that. And Biden and Obama, that's the role they've always played. And Obama was like, come on, Joe, it's time to go. LANZA: Yeah -- ALLISON: It wasn't he couldn't find -- LANZA: It looks bad, guys. It's not one video, it's not one clip, it's not this weekend. It's three and a half years of his entire administration where he looks lost on stage, where somebody has to show him where to go, where the door is. I'm sorry, guys. It looks bad. ACOSTA: Come on, you have to admit, I mean, some of these videos have been deceptively edited. LANZA: But listen -- ACOSTA: Howie Kurtz over on Fox this past weekend is calling it out. LANZA: Hold on a second. I remember -- I remember during Trump's term when CNN showed President Trump dumping a bunch of, you know, fish food to the koi ponds with the prime minister of Japan saying that was disrespectful, that was out of protocol. That was a selective edit. And, you know, the Trump people complained, and the Biden people are going to complain, too. Nobody is sort of -- nobody is free of that game. CNN plays it, Fox plays it, MSNBC plays it. But you can't say it's -- ACOSTA: Bryan, Bryan, Bryan, CNN and Fox are nowhere -- LANZA: Excuse me? You guys -- ACOSTA: -- nowhere -- LANZA: -- let's go back to that coverage. We should -- ACOSTA: -- barely in the same category. LANZA: -- hours dedicated. ACOSTA: Come on. LANZA: -- hours dedicated. ALLISON: So then, how come Fox didn't acknowledge that Donald Trump made a mispoke-mispeak about the Ronny Jackson? LANZA: I can't -- I can't tell you why Fox doesn't acknowledge these things, but I just said minutes ago that both politicians misspeak. That's a normal thing. ALLISON: So why don't -- why don't we call it truce -- ACOSTA: We're covering both. They don't. But anyway… (…)

President Joe Biden announced two executive actions meant to ease restrictions on illegal aliens trying to gain legal status and those classified as "Dreamers." Biden announced the orders on Tuesday in a media briefing at the White House, surrounded by Democrats who applauded him. 'It will be a magnet for even MORE illegal immigration. Biden needs to stop rewriting immigration law and start enforcing it.' "This action is a better way. It doesn't tear families apart while requiring every undocumented spouse to fulfill their obligation under the law," said Biden. The order would do away with a provision that forced illegal immigrants to leave the country when seeking legal status and come back as part of their application process. "These couples have been raising families, sending their kids to church and school, paying taxes, contributing to our country for ten years or more," the president continued in part. "They've been living in the United States all of this time, in fear and uncertainty. "We can fix that, and that's why I'm gonna do today!" The second order would make it easier for those who gained legal status under the Obama-era DACA act to get work visas. While the mainstream media downplayed the orders in its reporting, illegal immigrant advocates applauded what they saw as amnesty for illegal immigrants married to U.S. citizens. "President Biden Announces Executive Order Granting Parole in Place for Undocumented Spouses of U.S. Citizens," announced the social media account for NM Dream Team. "Over 1M undocumented spouses, including nearly 100K DACA recipients, to gain protection from deportation and work authorization." 'Desperate pandering for his failing reelection bid.' Others called it the greatest action to ease restrictions on illegal immigrants since the DACA order by former President Barack Obama. More than 800,000 illegal aliens gained an exemption from deportation under that order, which many on the right called unconstitutional. Among the critics was Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who immediately lambasted the Biden administration on social media. "Biden’s mass amnesty policy is a desperate pandering for his failing reelection bid. It will be a magnet for even MORE illegal immigration. Biden needs to stop rewriting immigration law and start enforcing it. America can’t survive 4 more years of Biden's border crisis," wrote Abbott. Critics of the DACA amnesty order say that many of those allowed to gain legal status didn't meet up to the stringent standards that were supposed to govern the program. Defenders of the program say that many who are eligible have difficulty providing paperwork to prove their eligibility owing to their hasty exits from their countries of origin. Much like the DACA amnesty program, Biden's orders are expected to be challenged in court. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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