Posted 3/1/2024, 12:26:00 AM
McCarthy Claims Biden Relies Heavily on Notecards in Meetings; White House Points to McCarthy's Past Praise
- McCarthy said Biden uses notecards like "teleprompters" in small, private meetings and has difficulty deviating from them
- Biden has relied on notecards with pre-planned answers even at private fundraisers with donors
- At 81, Biden is the oldest president in history; a recent report referred to him as an "elderly man with a poor memory"
- The White House responded by citing reports of McCarthy's past comments that Biden was "sharp" and "smart" in meetings
- McCarthy compared Biden's notecard use to a teleprompter; the White House pointed to McCarthy's own reported use of notes in meetings