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‘Crime Against This Republic’: CNN’s Van Jones Says Dems Will ‘Pay For A Long Time’ For Biden Cover-Up
Daily Caller ^ | Staff

Posted on 05/19/2025 7:33:59 AM PDT by Red Badger

CNN’s Van Jones warned Sunday that Democrats will suffer long-term political consequences for covering up President Joe Biden’s physical and mental decline.

Biden’s decline and its cover-up have been major news topics ahead of the release of a book on the subject titled “Original Sin” by CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson. When Tapper asked on “State of the Union” how Jones felt after reading an advance copy of the book, Jones attacked those who were aware of the extent of Biden’s decline but did not speak up about the president’s diminishing capabilities.

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“This book is extraordinary. I don’t care who you are, left, right or otherwise. Anybody who cares about this country and about just the dynamics of power, this is ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ playing itself out in real time,” Jones said. “Everybody knew, but everyone was afraid to say — except for [former Obama administration official] David Axelrod — for two years, that something was wrong here. And so, you know, I was shocked. I love Joe Biden. I don’t like him, I love him. I got a chance to work with him when I was a part of the Obama administration and loved him more every day. ”

“I was shocked to see his condition when he came out [for the June 27 debate]. And so was the world. And that wasn’t the first time he was in that condition,” he continued. “The book makes it very very clear, there are people who knew and said nothing. And that is a crime against this republic. And I think the Democrats are going to pay for a long time for being a part of what is now being revealed to be a massive cover-up.”

Certain Biden cabinet officials felt the former president would not be dependable at 2 a.m. in an emergency situation by the last year of his term, CNN reported, based on “Original Sin.” Biden’s aides also privately discussed the possibility of the president requiring a wheelchair in a possible second term due to his deteriorating physical health, according to the book.

Furthermore, Biden could not consistently remember the names of aides and lawmakers by the end of 2022, the New York Post reported, based on the forthcoming Tapper-Thompson book. “Original Sin” also reports that cabinet secretaries believe they were purposely kept away from Biden by his inner circle as part of a wider effort to hide his decline from other Democrats and the broader public.

While Jones said he believed nearly everyone was stunned by Biden’s disastrous debate performance, political analyst Mark Halperin has suggested that it should not have been surprising, given that the former president’s decline was clear beforehand judging by both his public appearances and the lack thereof. For instance, he frequently points to a September 2022 event during which Biden publicly appeared to call on the late Republican Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski, apparently forgetting that she died in a car crash one month earlier.

Democrats, including Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, have recently struggled to answer questions about Biden’s evident mental acuity issues. Many 2028 Democratic presidential hopefuls are also aiming to distance themselves from comments they made in 2024 in which they minimized concerns about Biden’s decline.

Moreover, former Vice President Kamala Harris still denied Biden exhibited any cognitive decline even after she took his place atop the Democratic presidential ticket in July. While many Democrats may have been shocked by the extent of Biden’s decline, approximately 75% of voters believed Biden was too elderly for a second term as early as September 2023, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll.

Tapper himself has also received criticism for writing “Original Sin” after his coverage of Biden’s decline prior to the debate, which critics charge was too charitable to the Biden White House’s spin.


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1 posted on 05/19/2025 7:33:59 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

How about covering up the 2020 election steal? Or is that the topic for next month?


2 posted on 05/19/2025 7:35:02 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: Red Badger

Gotta get ‘em for something. Can’t get them for burning Teslas and knockin’ the snot out of old ladies for driving them or for trying to assassinate President Trump.


3 posted on 05/19/2025 7:36:19 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Where can Americans go to seek justice now that the RATS own the judiciary?)
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To: Red Badger

Van Jones himself “knew and said nothing.” What a phoney. Another Tapper.


4 posted on 05/19/2025 7:36:38 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
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To: Red Badger

Was he talking to a mirror? Van Jones was more guilty than anyone since he knew it was all a lie through the campaign.


5 posted on 05/19/2025 7:38:45 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: Red Badger

why release the prostate cancer story now

jake tapper’s book


6 posted on 05/19/2025 7:39:09 AM PDT by joshua c
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To: joshua c

Time to get him on a ivermectin-fenbendazole protocol and see if it works


7 posted on 05/19/2025 7:40:10 AM PDT by struggle
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To: joshua c

And Robert Hur’s interview transcript form 2023...............


8 posted on 05/19/2025 7:40:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger
The scam carries on.

Biden was already a potato (not yet The Potato) before the 2020 primaries as he demonstrated by sucking on Jill’s fingers while on stage.

9 posted on 05/19/2025 7:41:04 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Red Badger

Just how will Democrats “pay for a long time”? I suppose some of them might have to answer a few uncomfortable questions should they run for president in 2028.

But in general, I predict another example from the Democrat playbook: Delay and distract. Then tell us it’s old news, and we have to move forward now.

That will be done with the support of the mainstream media, of course.


10 posted on 05/19/2025 7:41:58 AM PDT by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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“ why release the prostate cancer story now”

The release of the Hir transcripts.

11 posted on 05/19/2025 7:42:39 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Red Badger

Remember this?

Frank Biden Wants to ‘Enjoy Whatever Time We Have Left’ with Joe Biden

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4253366/posts

7/22/2024

They said Frank was an alcoholic and nobody should believe him.


12 posted on 05/19/2025 7:43:30 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Red Badger

When a party gets caught with a HUGE lie in front of God and everyone, it will be used against them for a generation.

i.e. Jones is right.


13 posted on 05/19/2025 7:44:18 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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To: hinckley buzzard
Van Jones himself “knew and said nothing.”

Everyone knew.

14 posted on 05/19/2025 7:44:38 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Deaf Smith

Biden was already a potato (not yet The Potato)...

***********

The POTATUS.


15 posted on 05/19/2025 7:44:42 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: ClearCase_guy

I have a sneaking hunch the 2020 steal just may get outed before the end of Trump’s term.


16 posted on 05/19/2025 7:44:54 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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To: Red Badger
Let me correct Mr. Van Jones: “Everybody knew, but everyone was DEMOCRATS were afraid to say...”

Republicans said it, but they sure weren't screaming it from the rooftops.

All the lying liars in the lying government lied and lied and lied and lied some more...

“What I can say is this is a president who is strong and resolute in delivering for the American people. I see a president when I’m sitting in front of him, going through the day or talking about what he’s doing next. He is someone that engages with us. He wants wants to know, he pushes us, he prods us — wanting to figure out like the bigger picture of whatever we’re trying to explain to him, or even granule details...He is as sharp as ever, as I have known him to be in my engagement, in my experience with him. And I know when I walk into the Oval Office or or see him on Air Force One, I have to be on top of my game.”

If she had to be "on top of my game" to match wits with the dimwit, it sure doesn't say much about her.
17 posted on 05/19/2025 7:45:58 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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... wanting to figure out like the bigger picture of whatever we’re trying to explain to him...
18 posted on 05/19/2025 7:47:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: ClearCase_guy

It’s called the past. And we know some folks that have ZERO problem with what the dems have done. MAJOR TDS! As a matter of fact, haven’t heard from oldest daughter since 11/6/2024 due a minor celebration of PDJT winning.

D-elerious

E-litists

I-ntolerant


19 posted on 05/19/2025 7:49:23 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Red Badger

Good catch. I did’t really get that until you pointed it out.


20 posted on 05/19/2025 7:50:06 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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