Biden Seemingly Says He Can ‘Beat The Hell Out Of’ Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson

Former President Joe Biden on Friday appeared to claim he could “beat the hell out of” CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson after delivering remarks at a Memorial Day event.

Tapper and Thompson authored a new book titled “Original Sin” about Biden’s physical and mental decline — and its cover-up — while in office. When a reporter pressed him about the recent widespread conversations regarding his mental acuity and physicality while president, he mocked the claims and seemed to take aim at the authors.

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“You can see that I’m mentally incompetent and I can’t walk and I can beat the hell out of both of them,” Biden said.

Biden’s aides also privately discussed the possibility of Biden needing a wheelchair in a potential second term due to his deteriorating physical health, according to “Original Sin.”

Since the book reported details about Biden’s decline, Democrats have questioned whether he should have run for a second term in office. When a reporter pressed him on it, Biden asked why the Democrats critical of him did not challenge him, answering his own question by asserting they would have lost if they had.

“Why didn’t they run against me then? Because I’d have beaten them,” Biden asserted.