Chuck Schumer shut down Kristen Welker after she concluded Democrats lied about Biden's mental acuity

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As for what's happening or about to happen in our country, NBC's Kristen Welker wasn't interested in Republicans refusing to do anything to lower prices, or their plan to cut taxes for the wealthy and corporations, or how Republicans eyeing to pay for those tax cuts, taking away health care from millions of Americans.

No.

Kristen Welker decided she had to ask Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer about Democrats and Joe Biden's mental acuity.

Transcript from NBC News.

KRISTEN WELKER:

Obviously, there's been a lot of focus on President Biden in this. Obviously, you were in close contact with President Biden long before the public tuned into that debate that ultimately led to his resignation play a bit of what you said last year.

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SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER:

I talk to President Biden, you know, regularly, sometimes several times a week, or usually several times a week. His mental acuity is great. That's good. That's as good as it's been for years. All this right-wing propaganda about his diminished mental acuity is wrong.

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KRISTEN WELKER:

Leader Schumer, what would you say to Americans who think you and other top Democrats have misled them about President Biden's mental acuity?

SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER:

No. We didn't. And let's look at President Biden. He's had an amazing record of legislation since the New Deal, 235 judges. by involvement, is a record number. And he's a great guy. And when he left, he did it because he thought it was better not only For the Democratic Party, for America. We should all salute him. We should all salute him.

KRISTEN WELKER:

Do you feel, as we're having this conversation today, that President Biden could have served four more years if he had stayed in the race and potentially won?

SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER:

Well, I'm not going to speculate. Like I said, I think his record is stellar. And he will go down in history as a truly outstanding president.

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