(VOR News) – Joe Biden left the White House six months ago. President Trump and Republicans often discuss him.
The House is investigating claims that Biden’s closest advisors downplayed mental and physical decline throughout his administration. His mental health was debated in the Senate.
Trump called the Biden administration’s use of the presidential autopen “one of the biggest scandals in our country’s history,” and his White House is investigating. It matches Trump’s inclination to blame predecessors for national issues. Obama blamed Biden and others last week to deflect criticism of his Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case.
Both parties may target the ex-president before 2026 midterms. Talking about Biden makes it harder for Republicans and Democrats to debate Trump’s administration, especially his massive tax cut and spending plan that is changing the federal government.
Republican pollster Whit Ayres said most Americans consider Joe Biden old.
Republicans expect Biden’s autopen to cause issues.
Trump questioned Biden’s age and fitness in 2024 to avenge his 2020 loss.
Like other Republicans, he promoted their new tax, spending, and policy package all summer. Despite health difficulties, 79-year-old Trump and party buddies endorse Biden.
NY GOP Representative Nick Lalota says his people “are curious as to what was happening during President Joe Biden days,” while WI GOP Derrick Van Orden labeled the Biden White House’s autopen use “a massive scandal.”
Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, said the Biden administration’s presidential autopen use will be scrutinized. Republicans like Trump have questioned Joe Biden leadership and said aides exploited a standard method for signing president-approved legislation.
“We have a right to know the truth,” Leavitt said. Claims that Biden didn’t make decisions throughout his presidency “is ridiculous and false.” The House Oversight Committee is probing Joe Biden eligibility and Capitol Hill’s autopen use. Van Orden said Article II gives the president exclusive power.
Nobody listed as staff chief. His words: “It doesn’t say an autopen.”
House investigators called Jill Biden’s doctor and chief of staff. Both said the Fifth Amendment prevented forced judicial testimony. Wesley Bell, Missouri Democratic Representative, called it “an extraordinary waste of time” and “There was no there there.”
Representative James Comer, the committee’s chairman, wants to interview former White House chiefs of staff Ron Klain and Jeff Zients, senior advisers Mike Donilon and Anita Dunn, and top staffers Bruce Reed, Steve Ricchetti, and Annie Tomasini. Republicans added session dates through September to keep it in
GOP Trump support may fade amid investigations.
The GOP and both parties want to define Trump’s second term. He termed his “One Big Beautiful Bill.” it secures borders, slashes taxes, and reforms Medicaid. Polls show some GOP plans are more popular than others, and the project is hard to sell.
The AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research reports that 25% of Americans think Trump’s measures have helped them, while two-thirds feel the law helps the wealthiest. The government spending, immigration, economic, and health care policy survey did not favor him. Immigration boosted Trump’s election.
Bell called Biden-pursuing Republicans “rather tone deaf.”
Most Americans suffer exorbitant costs of life, food, housing, and health care, which Bell called the GOP “distracting” from. Trump and his allies disagree on the Justice Department’s Epstein record release.
GOP pollster Ayres said “his base cares more about the Epstein saga than whatever happened to Joe Biden.”
Lalota did say Joe Biden questions need finesse.
“Public safety and affordability are the two issues that my constituents care about the most,” said. “However, this is still a significant issue.”
Dems won’t discuss Biden.
Republicans’ narrow House majority may make every controversial issue essential in 2026.
In 2024, Black and Hispanic voters—particularly men—supported Trump over Republicans, putting Republicans under pressure to maintain his coalition. Without Trump on the ballot, it’s harder. Biden’s unpopularity among Trump’s ardent supporters may explain Republican interest.
Democrats allude to Trump’s first-term 2018 election victory, when moderate voters, including unhappy Republicans, gave them the House majority. They believe some voters despise Republicans’ Biden-fighting.
Democrats privately don’t want to confront Joe Biden, who left office with dismal approval ratings and forced his party to make a last-minute, difficult change at the top.
Although Biden “was not at the top of his game because of his age,” Virginia Democratic Representative Don Beyer said he was productive. He thinks Dems want House and Senate.
“So, in 2028, who will be our standard bearer?””With what we have, how do we minimize Trump’s damage?”
SOURCE: AP
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