Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is being called out by critics after he refused to respond to a question from a CNN host about when he was aware of former President Joe Biden’s obvious mental decline while in office.
During an interview with CNN’s Kasie Hunt, the New York Democrat refused to directly answer the question, saying instead that he and his party were “looking forward” and focused on opposing President Donald Trump and the GOP, even if their policies are good for the country.
As part of the upcoming book “Original Sin,” which was co-written by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson and examines Biden’s decline and the efforts made by those around him to conceal it, Hunt posed a question to Schumer that essentially echoed the classic inquiry: “What did you know, and when did you know it?”
“Did you really not have any idea that he was not fit to serve a second term?” she asked.
“Kasie, we’re looking forward. We have the largest Medicaid cut in front of us, we have the whole federal government at risk —” Schumer responded before Hunt cut him off.
The host reminded Schumer that the central premise of the book was that Biden’s apparent lack of fitness for office—and his insistence on running again—might be the reason the Democrats were facing a second term under President Donald Trump.
“We’re looking forward,” Schumer repeated.
