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At the risk of sounding like a milquetoast liberal; can you confidently speculate on a supposed medical diagnosis that (presumably) hasn't been given by his doctor, and that he hasn't himself revealed?
Like, sure, we can speculate all we like that he's losing his shit, but a media outlet who has to conform to some level of regulation has to real fucking careful about shit like that. In theory.
The media felt free to report on Biden's mental decline.
Biden was obviously declining 4 years ago and the media gaslit and pretended it wasn't happening. It wasn't until it was undeniable and the whole nation watched it on-screen during the debate (and some powerbrokers within the party like Obama and Peolsi pulled the trigger) that it became "acceptable" to talk about.
I hate that fucking word.