US President Joe Biden may not have
the “endurance”
needed to run a traditional campaign, but he is
“up to the task”
to govern, influential elected official Adam Smith said Wednesday in an interview with the AFP, brushing aside the idea of an alternative candidacy.
Biden, not a triathlete
“I have not the slightest doubt that the president is mentally up to the task and that he is capable of doing his job
,” declared the elected official, in reaction to recent debates around the capacity of Joe Biden, 81 years, to govern.
But the Democrat will not be able to run a traditional campaign, with
“12-hour days, 15-20 interviews per day
,” he judges.
"I don't think at his age he has the stamina to do all that
. "
“It’s obvious and pretending it’s not doesn’t help us that much.”
It is very rare for Democrats to make such comments, with the vast majority of the Biden camp refusing to take a public position on the captain's age.
“What are you supposed to say?
“Oh, he’s fine.
Is he going to do a triathlon tomorrow?”
Anyway.
He’s 81 years old
,” says Adam Smith.
The elected official, representing the State of Washington in the American Congress, brushes aside the idea that a plan is being concocted for a Democratic alternative to the candidacy of Joe Biden.
“There is no plan in the sense that there would be an obscure group of people who would be choosing our candidate
,” assures the 58-year-old man.
“The president decided to run and we all decided he was probably the best qualified person
,” he continued.
“No one of note ran against him, so that’s where we are
. ”