Well, isn’t this just the political equivalent of a toddler sticking his fingers in his ears and yelling, “I’m not listening!” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a man who’s made a career out of never missing an opportunity to grandstand on cable news, suddenly discovered the art of selective muteness when CNN’s Kasie Hunt dared to ask him a question about the elephant—make that the barely coherent elephant—in the room: President Biden’s increasingly impossible-to-ignore cognitive decline.
Let’s get one thing straight. This wasn’t a question from Fox News. It wasn’t a right-wing trap. This was CNN—Schumer’s ideological home turf—simply asking if he, a senior Democratic leader who’s had regular sit-downs with the President, noticed that Joe Biden wasn’t exactly firing on all cylinders. You know, before the now-infamous debate where the President stumbled through sentences, stared off into the void, and made even his staunchest supporters reach for the panic button.
But instead of a straight answer, Schumer tried to pivot like a fourth-string quarterback on ice. “We’re looking forward,” he muttered, almost as if he were trying to cast a Jedi mind trick on Hunt. Sorry, Chuck, but this isn’t a therapy session and “looking forward” doesn’t erase the past—especially not the part where your party ran cover for a man who clearly shouldn’t be managing his own schedule, let alone the nuclear codes.
Let’s not forget that this whole uncomfortable line of questioning stems from a forthcoming book, Original Sin, penned by CNN’s own Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson. The book pulls back the curtain on what can only be described as a deeply cynical campaign strategy: knowingly propping up a man whose faculties are waning, all to cling to power a little longer. According to the book, Schumer himself met with Biden after the meltdown on the debate stage. And what did he reportedly tell him? That, unless Joe bowed out gracefully, he’d be handing the presidency right back to Donald Trump on a silver platter. Translation: the jig was up, but the cover-up continued.
CNN’s @kasie Hunt to Chuck Schumer: “Did you really not have any idea that Biden was “not fit to serve a second term?”
Schumer: *refuses to answer* pic.twitter.com/misRQOnd9F
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 13, 2025
So now we have the top Senate Democrat dodging a direct question on national television, pretending the past doesn’t exist, and hoping the American people have the attention span of a goldfish. And make no mistake—this is not just a Schumer issue. This is emblematic of a Democratic establishment that values narrative control over national stability. Biden’s decline didn’t sneak up on anyone. It’s been an open secret in Washington for months, if not years. The stumbles, the gaffes, the vacant stares—none of this is new. What’s new is the Democrats’ panic now that their own media allies are pulling the curtain back.
This whole episode is a stunning reminder that the party of “trust the experts” and “defend democracy” has no issue hiding the truth from voters if it serves their agenda. They’ll wrap it in phrases like “we’re looking forward,” but the real message is clear: they’re hoping the American public forgets just how far they went to keep a faltering president propped up, like a political Weekend at Bernie’s.
A balding Chuck Todd rips Senator Chuck Schumer for “covering up” President Biden’s mental decline.
“Go home. You’re part of the problem. Now you tell us?”
Lmao what a fraud. This guy and his friends in the media covered up Biden’s obvious mental decline for four years and then… pic.twitter.com/0U1TD1jLhe
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 13, 2025
Kasie Hunt asked the question many Americans have been wondering for months: What did you know, Chuck, and when did you know it? But instead of accountability, we got deflection. Instead of leadership, we got damage control. And instead of facing reality, the Democrats are still clinging to a fantasy—one that’s unraveling faster than Biden during a live interview.
