General Discussion

High-profiled Democrats like Nancy Pelosi failed to push back significantly about the claims.

Biden and his team also failed. They refused to acknowledge the age issue and that Americans were concerned about his mental fitness. Instead of running a robust campaign, they shielded Biden from the media, which meant he held fewer press conferences and interviews than any president in modern history.

These stories have legs because they're believable. And Biden and Democrats did zero to dispell the narrative.

Biden's number one objective in 2024 was to make sure Trump was beaten and he kinda failed there. I blame the hubris of his campaign for refusing to see the issues that would become so apparent after his debate. Biden trailed in pretty much every national poll, and nearly every swing state poll going back to September, 2023. And there was never any attempt to address the sagging numbers - at least not until it was too late and he was already in desperation mode after the debate.