A senior aid for former President Joe Biden is blowing the whistle on his administration’s cover up of the extreme mental decline the president suffered.
Former White House aid and press secretary for former First Lady Jill Biden, Michael LaRosa, admitted that the campaign was not only aware of Joe’s cognitive decline, but that they actively worked to “gaslight” Americans.
LaRosa added that the aides were “scared to death” of the former president do “off-the-cuff” interviews before the election.
“Cover-up to me is a little hard, a little harsh. Every politician, everybody, every human being tries to cover up age. We were always, from day one, cognizant that age was an issue,” he explained on during a seminar at the Science Institute at American University.
Jill Biden’s former press secretary, Michael LaRosa, admits the Biden team misled the public about the president’s mental decline.He revealed they were “scared to death” of any unscripted or impromptu moments, exposing concerns about Biden’s ability to perform without preparation pic.twitter.com/e1D83o9kD3
— Geopoliti𝕏 Monitor (@GeopolitixM) February 28, 2025
LaRosa added, “There are some things that are true, I mean, like the gaslighting. There was a lot of denial of the polling. And I will use the term gaslighting because that’s what they were doing, the campaign, former colleagues. The message to everybody was to make sure that you tell people it’s too early.”
New York Post reports:
Biden was dogged by countless negative polls in the lead up to Election Day amid widespread fears that his ever-increasing verbal gaffes, moments of confusion and physical stumbles were signs of advanced aging and cognitive decline.
The White House, at the time, repeatedly insisted that he was in good health.
But behind the scenes, the Biden campaign were terrified of letting him go rogue, according to LaRosa.
…
Mounting pressure over his mental decline and dismal polling ultimately led Biden to withdraw from the 2024 race and endorse his then-vice president Kamala Harris.
“The president’s team was scared to death of impromptu, unscripted, un-rehearsed, unpracticed, un-choreographed, anything, they couldn’t compete for the attention economy,” LaRosa revealed.
A senior aide for former President Joe Biden has admitted the administration was “gaslighting” Americans when it repeatedly dismissed growing concerns about the oldest-ever president’s age and ability.
Michael LaRosa, a former White House aide and longtime press secretary for… pic.twitter.com/6fDruiqxmB
— We The Media (@WeTheMedia17) February 28, 2025
“They just couldn’t do it. They didn’t have any idea. And they didn’t have the vessel either in Biden, by the way, who would have done anything. He loves TV. He loves doing stuff. It was the orbit that did not trust their own candidate,” he continued.
The senior aide added, “Biden needed the press. When he needed them the most, they didn’t trust him, they gave him the back foot of the doubt and they put their foot on the gas and never took it off. And he was politically dead.”
LaRosa’s admissions come after CNN host Jake Tapper co-authored a book detailing the Biden administration’s coverup of the former president’s mental decline. Funny enough, Tapper is known for trashing anyone who questioned Biden’s cognitive abilities and repeatedly dismissed concerns during the campaign.