>> YEAH, I KNOW, I JUST
ANNOUNCED MY RE-ELECTION
CAMPAIGN.
I GET THAT AGE IS COMPLETELY
REASONABLE ISSUE.
IT’S ON EVERYBODY’S MIND.
AND EVERYONE, I MEAN, THE NEW
YORK TIMES.
[LAUGHTER]
>> HEADLINE, BIDEN’S ADVANCED
AGE THE BIG ISSUE.
TRUMPS’, HOWEVER IS NOT.
[LAUGHTER]
CHERYL: THAT WAS PRESIDENT
BIDEN AT THE WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENTS DINNER ON
SATURDAY.
JOKING ABOUT HIS AGE AND
REPORTERS AS YOU HEARD THERE
CHEERING WHEN HE MENTIONED HIS
RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN WHILE THE
PRESIDENT WAS ALSO MOCKING THEM.
LISTEN TO THIS.
>> A LOT OF WAYS, THIS DINNER
SUMS UP MY FIRST TWO YEARS IN
OFFICE.
I’LL TALK FOR 10 MINUTES, TAKE
ZERO QUESTIONS AND CHEERFULLY
WALK AWAY.
CHERYL: HOW MANY PRESS
CONFERENCES HAS THIS PRESIDENT
GIVEN?
I THINK HE’S ONE OF TOP THREE
LOWEST RATED PRESIDENTS OR THE
NUMBERS BACK UP.
HE DOESN’T TALK FOR THE PRESS
BUT THEY’RE CHEERING FOR HIM.
>> REALLY, THE JOKE IS ON THE
PRESS HERE, RIGHT?
I FEEL LIKE JOE BIDEN IS COMING
OUT, SPEAKING ABOUT HOW HE
HASN’T GIVEN PRESS CONFERENCES
BUT HE’S REALLY LAUGHING AT
THOSE WHO ARE NOT ASKING THE
TOUGH QUESTIONS.
IT’S A MOCKERY OF WHAT IS
OCCURRING HERE AND THE FACT THAT
EVEN GEN JEN PSAKI SAID HE DOESN
WAKE UP BEFORE 9:00 A.M., THE
FACT HE TALKED ABOUT SILICON
VALLEY BANK WAS A SHOCKER HERE.
WHEN IT COMES TO HIS AGE, IT’S
NOT ABOUT AGE, THOUGH.
THAT’S THE THING I LIKE TO
DIFFERENTIATE.
IT’S ABOUT HIS MENTAL CAPACITY.
AND THERE’S PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE UP IN AGE BUT WE’VE SEEN THE
COGNITIVE DECLINE OF JOE BIDEN
EVEN JUST LAST WEEK WHEN HE WAS
ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE HE
WAS.
CHERYL: YEAH.
CHRIS?
>> MY GREEK MOTHER-IN-LAW IS
SHARP AS A WHIP.
SHE IS OLDER THAN JOE BIDEN.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> YOU’RE TAKING A LOOK AT SOME
OF THE STATEMENTS MADE LAST WEEK
BY HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK
OBAMA, CHEERING THE THIS THING.
DOES ANYBODY ACTUALLY BELIEVE
THIS?
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST WELL
MANAGED PRESIDENCIES I’VE EVER
SEEN.
HE’S THE NAME ON THE PACKAGE
THAT’S BEING HANDLED.
WHO IS DOING THE HANDLING HIND
THE SCENES?
THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.
CHERYL: HE’S GETTING THE
QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE.
>> THE IRONY IS, I THINK THE
CHILDREN LAST WEEK WERE ASKING
SOME OF THE TOUGHEST QUESTIONS
AND JOE BIDEN RESPONDED OH, YES,
IRELAND, I WONDER IF THE KID
PROMPTED HIM TO SAY THAT BY THE
WAY, THE CHILD, I WONDER IF THE
CHILD -- I SAW SOMEWHERE THE
CHILD ASKED HE WAS IN CHINA, HOW
YOW GOAJOE BIDEN WOULD HAVE REAC
CHERYL: HE HAS NOT TAKEN A
STRONG STANCE AGAINST CHINA,
WHETHER IT’S THE MILITARY
THREAT, THE CHINESE ARE
THREATENING AGAINST TAIWAN, OR
WHETHER IT’S REGARDS TO THE WAY
THEY HANDLED COVID IN THE LAB OR
THE WAY THEY HAVE COMPLETELY
CIRCUMVENTED -- ATTEMPTING TO
CIRCUMVENT BANKING REGULATIONS
OR S.E.C. REGULATIONS.
>> POLICE STATIONS DOWNTOWN.
THERE’S A MYRIAD OF THINGS THAT
HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE.
THIS IS COMING OUT RIGHT NOW IN
THESE MYRIAD OF INVESTIGATIONS
THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AND AGAIN,
I THINK IT’S GOING TO RAISE
QUESTIONS IN PEOPLE’S MINDS.
CHERYL: I WANT TO GET YOUR
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT
EARLIER ABOUT RON HE DE SANTIS,
LOOKS LIKE HE’S GOING TO BE
ANNOUNCING SOON AS FAR AS THE
MONEY RAISED BETWEEN HE AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP, VIVEK
RAMASWAMY, HE ALSO RAISED A LOT
OF MONEY SO TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> CERTAINLY RON DE SANTIS
RAISED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
MONEY.
I THINK HE NEEDS TO AT THIS
POINT BECAUSE THE POLLS ARE
SHOWING HE IS FACING SERIOUS
DECLINES IN TERMS OF WHAT HE’S
GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY SAYING
AND HE’S ACTUALLY LOSING SOME
DONORS TOO WITH RESPECT TO THE
DISNEY LAWSUIT THAT’S COME OUT
AND ALSO SOME OF HIS COMMENTS ON
ABORTION.
HE DOESN’T HAVE THE NAME NAME
RECOGNITION.
VIVEK RAMASWAMY IS TAKING A
SWING AT IT IN TERMS OF MAYBE
TAKING ON RON DE SANTIS WITH A
LOT OF HIS COMMENTARY, EVEN LAST
WEEK PUTTING SOME COMMENTS OUT
THERE ABOUT RACE AND GENDER SO
HE’S GOTTEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF ATTENTION.
CHERYL: SO IF VIVEK GOES AFTER
DE SANTIS, THAT ENDS UP HELPING
DONALD TRUMP.
>> IT DOES.
CHERYL: FINAL THOUGHT?
>> LISTEN, IT’S GOING TO BE A
BATTLE FOR WHO GETS THE VICE
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION OR ARE
WE GOING TO SEE SOME ACTUAL
DEBATES BETWEEN THE VARIOUS
DIFFERENT PEOPLE?
WE’VE SEEN THE ADS TEARING EACH
OTHER APART.
I THINK RIPPING APART THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NOT THE WAY
TO GO AT THIS POINT.