Forgetful old men

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🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Joe Biden’s age and mental acuity are center stage after a Justice Department prosecutor described him as an “elderly man with a poor memory.” Vox reporter Christian Paz explains why Democrats are stuck with him. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Avishay Artsy, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's today explained and let's start with some facts. Both men running to be
0:05.6	president of these United States are elderly. They do elderly people things. They
0:10.4	forget where they are, forget what they're talking about, forget what they've promised,
0:14.7	claim they've recently talked to long dead people, but it's only really hurting one of them.
0:20.0	Mr President.
0:21.0	The voters have concerns about your age.
0:23.0	How are you going to dissuade?
0:24.0	And I do fear that this report is only going to feel further concerns about your age.
0:28.2	Only by some of you.
0:29.2	Memory.
0:32.2	Turn your face to the moonlight.
0:37.0	Donald Trump, who this week cheerfully encouraged Russia to attack America's NATO
0:41.8	allies, is not hurting. He's leaning in. He's
0:44.5	playing memory from cats at his rallies. He's yelling about sleepy Joe Biden.
0:48.5	And it's working. Polls show his incoherence is not hurting him the way it's hurting Biden.
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