In the wake of President Joe Biden’s utterly disastrous debate with former President Donald Trump on Thursday, June 27, many sounded off not just on Joe Biden for staying in the race despite being a “cognitive mess,” but on First Lady Jill Biden for seeming to be behind keeping her elderly president in the race despite his issues.
Among those who did so was billionaire Bill Ackman, the Democrat who broke with his party over the pro-Palestine chaos at Harvard. He, despite having donated hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions, to Democrats like former president Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, sounded off on Dr. Jill in a post on X.
He said, “I no longer blame @POTUS Biden for not stepping aside. He no longer has the mental acuity to make important judgments about himself. It is becoming increasingly clear however that the fault lies with
@FLOTUS Jill Biden. FL Jill Biden becomes irrelevant the moment her husband is no longer president. No more Air Force One. No more glamorous life. No more White House dinners for dignitaries. No more being treated like a queen when traveling the world.”
He continued, further going on the offensive against Dr. Jill for, in his view, putting her interests first and what is good for the country and her husband second. He wrote, “I am sorry to be harsh, but what has become entirely clear is that the First Lady values what is best for herself over her husband’s health and the safety and security of the country at large.”
Continuing, Ackman noted that “making” Biden continue in the race is undoubtedly making his cognitive condition worse., as stress is a major contributor to such “deterioration” and the presidency is a stressful job. He said, “Stress is a contributor to neurological deterioration and the doctors must have told her so. Think about how much stress she is putting Biden under by making him continue.”
He also noted that she seems to sense his condition is bad, as she “treats him like an infant” and old man in public, saying, “Now in public appearances she treats him like an infant (‘You answered every question!’) or an old man as she walks him off the stage. And she gets the crowd wound up and cheering at events. Perhaps she thinks the crowd is cheering for her.”
Ackman then noted that the First Lady’s power over policy and the presidency seems to have grown as he declines further, which could explain why she wants to keep him in the race. “Her power has clearly grown as he gets weaker. And she likes the feeling of power. She speaks for the president when he can’t or when he is napping. She tells his team and staff when he is available, and when he is not. She likes being in control. We all do,” Ackman wrote.
Concluding, he said, “Which begs the question, how many decisions of the president are actually made by the FL? Her ‘friends’ likely don’t tell her the truth as they want to continue to be invited to the White House and to be able to say that they are friends with the FL and the president. Jill Biden is destroying her own legacy along with the president’s. The whole thing would just be a tragedy for the Biden family if it didn’t put the country at greater risk in a world in turmoil. Perhaps she didn’t understand what ‘in sickness and in health’ meant.”
Biden did indeed have a very bad night at the debate, and, as Ackman noted, Dr. Jill appeared to lead him off the stage by his arm after it was over. Watch that here:
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