Mark Halperin says Democrats investigating cover-up of Biden's health would be right thing to do
In a new interview with Fox News Channel host Brian Kilmeade on "One Nation," Halperin advised the Democratic Party to join the GOP in investigating how the American public was kept in the dark over the true nature of Biden's mental and physical decline while he was in the White House.
"Democrats should want to investigate that. It's the right thing to do for the country, for it to be bipartisan, but it's probably good politics for them, too, because they are just now understanding how much their credibility has been hurt by their participation in the cover-up," Halperin said.
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Further scrutiny has been placed on Biden's mental and physical decline in recent weeks as "Original Sin," a newly published book by CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson, alleged that the Biden White House was going all out trying to control the perception of the aging president's failing health. The book exposes the cover-up of Biden's decline amid his ultimately aborted decision to run for re-election that wound up being a disaster for the Democratic Party.
House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer, R-Ky., sent out interview requests last week to four key Biden White House aides to investigate their alleged roles in working to obscure Biden's health problems from the media and the public.
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Comer said that these high-ranking staffers worked "behind the scenes" and "ran interference for President Biden" to avoid his worsening condition from being discovered during his time in office.
Halperin told the Fox News host he believes that the GOP opening investigations into this cover-up is a good way forward.
"What I would love to see is – congressional Republicans, as you know, Brian, are now talking about launching an investigation, because there is real congressional oversight to be done here," he said. "How could this possibly have happened? What was the role of the first family? Was the role of the White House aides?"
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He noted that it would be smart for the investigation to be bipartisan as well, as Democratic lawmakers "should want" to know what went on here.
"I think it'd be great politics and great for the country for Ron Johnson and the other Republicans on Capitol Hill talking about investigating to invite Democrats to make it a bipartisan investigation. And then let's see what Democrats do," the commentator added.
Fox News' Peter Pinedo and Aishah Hasnie contributed to this report. Original article source: Mark Halperin says Democrats investigating cover-up of Biden's health would be right thing to do
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