During a recent appearance on the podcast “Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) found herself squirming under the weight of her own words as she tried — and failed — to defend past remarks about Joe Biden’s mental acuity. What unfolded was a meandering, painfully awkward exchange that exposed just how untenable the party line has become. Even the most loyal Democrats are struggling to maintain the illusion that Biden is still mentally sharp, and Warren’s stammering, half-hearted defense was nothing short of humiliating.
Fragoso began by zeroing in on Warren’s repeated defense of Biden’s mental fitness during his presidency.
“Do you regret saying that President Biden had a mental acuity, he had a sharpness to him? You said that up until July of last year,” he asked.
Warren, visibly cautious, responded, “I said what I believed to be true.”
But Fragoso pressed further, not letting her get away with a vague non-answer: “And he, you think he was as sharp as you?”
That’s when the wheels started to come off. There was a long pause, followed by a silent, nervous chuckle from Warren. She finally replied, “Um, I said I had not seen decline.” After another pause, she added, “And I hadn’t at that point.”
Fragoso wasn’t buying it. He followed up: “You did not see any decline from 2024 Joe Biden to 2021 Joe Biden?”
Warren stuck to her guns — barely. “Not when I said that. You know, the, uh, the — the thing is he… Look, he was sharp, he was on his feet. I saw him [at] live event[s], I had meetings with him a couple of times.”
But “on his feet” clearly wasn’t the answer Fragoso was looking for or one that inspired confidence, and he called her out on it.
“Senator, ‘on his feet’ is not praise,” he said. “‘He can speak in sentences’ is not praise.”
Warren, sounding increasingly deflated, conceded: “All right. Fair enough. Fair enough.”
Hellbound and Down 