Recited means …. stated from memory. Did Biden really do this? He usually reads from cards or a teleprompter. When he uses the big flatscreen Teleprompter directly in front of him, he doesn’t move his head side to side and might look like he is not reading.
It seems that the part of his brain that can read is still working, while parts that can think and analyze are not.
I said he recited the statement from cue cards meaning he was reading from them.