Fox News host Sean Hannity says the media and Democrats are "pointing fingers and blaming" over President Biden's cognitive state, despite being "complicit" in the "cover-up." 

BIDEN CALLS INTO 'MORNING JOE,' REMAINS DEFIANT ABOUT STAYING IN THE RACE: 'I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE'

SEAN HANNITY: The charade, the cover-up, the corruption, the lying is now officially over. They're pointing fingers, and they're blaming and acting as if they were not complicit, which is a joke. And now it is America's time for choosing. Now, this isn't a choice between Trump and Biden. Instead, you will decide and need to decide whether we have a constitutional republic for the people, by the people. Or will a cabal of Biden enablers and liars and state-run media lying and covering up and far-left unelected deep state bureaucrats, continue to run this country into the ground with Biden or some other Democrat as their front person? Make no mistake, Joe Biden is not in charge at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He's not calling the shots. He's not making the decisions. In fact, Joe has been a cognitive wreck from before he was even sworn in, which is something we have been reporting and been criticized on for more than four years before the 2020 election. 

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In spite of the feigned outrage and shock and horror at the debate, everyone that works in the state-run media mob, as I call them, knows beyond any doubt that Joe Biden is mentally impaired. For three years, he barely did any press conferences or other unscripted events. He did very few sit-down interviews. They were few and far between. He struggled to walk with an unusual shuffle, barely getting his feet off the ground. We saw him fall over and over and over again. Then the big boy steps up to Air Force One. They were soon replaced with the little boy staircase. Also, Joe took almost every weekend off and when he was at the White House, his calendar featured barely one public event, on average, per day. Those events were always very short, tightly controlled, and still Joe struggled. The majority of Americans, as much as 70%, have long believed that Biden is not fit to serve. It has been obvious Joe was never up to the job, but the media mob did their best to cover this up and lie for him for years. They even tried to gaslight any American into thinking very real videos showing Biden's struggles were cheap fake videos. Again, those very real videos were unedited and this is only a couple of weeks ago. 

HOOKSETT, N.H. - Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, who's a top surrogate for President Biden's re-election campaign, is taking aim at the small but growing number of Democrats urging the president to end his re-election bid. 

"It doesn’t help. Let’s be candid here," Newsom said as he spoke with reporters during a stop Monday in New Hampshire, the third swing state that the governor has campaigned in on behalf of Biden since Thursday.

Following his extremely rough debate performance a week and a half ago in his first face-to-face showdown with former President Trump, Biden has been attempting to prove that he still has the stamina and acuity to handle the toughest and most demanding job in the world. And he's trying to prove that he has the fortitude to defeat Trump.

The debate was a major setback for Biden, who at 81 is the oldest president in the nation's history. His halting delivery and stumbling answers at the showdown in Atlanta sparked widespread panic in the Democratic Party and a rising tide of public and private calls from within his own party for him to step aside as its 2024 standard-bearer.

BIDEN TELLS CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS CALLS FOR HIM TO DROP OUT ‘ONLY HELPS TRUMP AND HURTS US’

Over the past week, six House Democrats have publicly called on Biden to end his re-election bid. And on Sunday, Fox News and other news organizations reported that four House Democrats who hold top positions on key committees said on a private conference call that the president needed to step aside.

Asked by Fox News about the political damage from such calls from within the party, Newsom said "obviously, it’s not helpful, but it’s a handful of people."

SOME TOP HOUSE DEMOCRATS URGE BIDEN TO STEP ASIDE

And the governor emphasized that the "overwhelming majority of the caucus" is still supporting Biden. "Every single stop that we’ve had in the six days that I’ve been out, we’ve had to change venues because there were so many people showing up. They’re not giving in to the cynicism, fear, they’re showing up."

Biden, in a letter sent to congressional Democrats on Monday as they returned from the July 4th holiday recess, reiterated that he's "firmly committed to staying in this race" and argued that "the question of how to move forward has been well-aired for over a week now. And it is time for it to end. We have one job. And that is to beat Donald Trump."

"Any weakening of resolve or lack of clarity about the task ahead only helps Trump and hurts us," the president added. "It is time to come together, move forward as a unified party, and defeat Donald Trump."

Newsom spoke with reporters soon after White House officials defended Biden's health and denied he was ever treated for Parkinson’s disease. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre fielded a barrage of questions on Monday afternoon over recent reports that a top neurologist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center met with Biden’s physician at the White House in January.

WHITE HOUSE SAYS PRESIDENT NOT BEING TREATED FOR PARKINSON'S

"Has the president been treated for Parkinson’s? No," she told reporters after being pressed further on the matter. "Is he being treated for Parkinsons? No, he’s not. Is he taking medication for Parkinson’s? No. So, those are the things that I can give you full-blown answers on."

Asked if he had any concerns about Biden's cognitive abilities, Newsom responded, "I don’t."

"I have spent as much or more time than probably any other governor in the country with him," Newsom emphasized. "I’ve spent a lot of time with him privately, been with him in many public settings. I was with him just a few days ago with other governors. Been on the phone late at night and early morning, in many, many stressful situations and very casual conversations. And no, I don’t have any doubt about that."

A handful of national polls conducted entirely after the debate and released last week contained plenty of red flags for the president – including Trump widening his single-digit edge over Biden and deepening concerns of Americans about whether Biden was up to the task of running the country.

TRUMP GETS BOOST IN POST DEBATE POLLS AFTER BIDEN'S BOTCHED PERFORMANCE

But a Bloomberg-Morning Consult poll released over the weekend indicated Biden gaining ground on Trump in some of the key battleground states that will likely determine the outcome of the presidential election.

Despite his denials, Newsom's name continuously comes up in media reports as a potential replacement should the president change his mind and decide to end his re-election campaign.

Asked if it's a distraction, the governor said "of course it is."

"Look. It’s intentional. I know how these guys work," Newsom charged, as he pointed towards conservative media. "This is all very intentionally ginned up in order to create a little mishegoss (a Yiddish word for crazy or senseless behavior or activity)." 

Newsom said "I don’t take it personally. I don’t take it seriously except to say sometimes I do believe others do take it more seriously than they should.

And he argued "I think it’s intentional mis and disinformation and it can be very effective, and we have to counter that and that’s why I’m out here."

Vice President Kamala Harris would be the leading contender to succeed Biden in the long-shot that he steps aside.

Asked if Harris - who served as California attorney general and U.S. senator from the Golden State before being elected vice president - could defeat Trump, Newsom said "I have no doubt about that."

But he added that "it’s a hypothetical" and "I don’t expect it’s going to come to that."

Newsom spoke with reporters after a meet and greet at a highway rest area in Hooksett, New Hampshire.

Earlier, the governor met privately with longtime New Hampshire Democratic Party chair Ray Buckley and a group of activists in Concord. 

Later, Newsom headlined a fundraising event in Manchester for Democratic state lawmakers running in this autumn's elections.

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