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W_HAMILTON

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90. I agree, you don't have to like the truth, but please stop denying it.

Tue May 27, 2025, 07:28 PM

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The ones CLOSEST TO BIDEN have gone on the record and refuted the others -- many of which have remained completely anonymous.

Who do you think knows more about Biden's cognitive ability: his Vice President, his National Security Advisor, his Transportation Secretary, etc. or George fucking Clooney?

And the only reason this tired argument is being rehashed right now is because of the controversy surrounding Tapper's book, so, yes, the fact that he could write so much with so few people willing to go on the record and stand by claims that many ON THE RECORD have since refuted, that is an important fact in this discussion.

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