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Boston Globe
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Sen. Warren defends past comments on Biden's mental fitness: ‘I said what I believed to be true'
'I said what I believed to be true,' Warren replied. 'You think he was as sharp as you?' Fragoso responded swiftly. 'I said I had not seen [a] decline, and I hadn't, at that point,' Warren said. 'You did not see any decline from 2024 Joe Biden to 2021 Joe Biden?' Fragoso said with an incredulous look. Advertisement 'Not when I said that. You know, the thing is … Look — he was sharp, he was on his feet,' Warren replied. 'I saw him [at a] live event. I had meetings with him a couple of times.' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'Senator, 'on his feet' is not praise,' Fragoso said. 'He can speak in sentences,' is not praise.' 'All right, fair enough, fair enough,' Warren replied. 'Look… the question is what are we going to do now?' Fragoso is a writer, director, and left-leaning podcast host who is based in Los Angeles. Biden's Advertisement Amid Some Democrats had urged Biden to drop out of the race, while others threw their support behind the president. Some Democrats, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, resisted Alyssa Vega can be reached at
The Independent
23-04-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Awkward moment Elizabeth Warren laughs when asked if Joe Biden was as sharp as her
This is the awkward moment Elizabeth Warren laughed when asked if Joe Biden was 'as sharp' as her. The Democratic Massachusetts senator appeared on the Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso podcast on Sunday (20 April). Fragoso asked Warren if she regretted previous statements that Biden had 'a mental acuity' up until he dropped out of the 2024 presidential election in July. The senator replied, 'I said what I believed to be true.' Fragoso pressed, 'You think he was as sharp as you?' Warren froze for a moment before laughing silently. She appeared to catch herself and quickly doubled down to defend her past remarks, saying, 'I said I had not seen decline.'
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Yahoo
Hobart man, 24, charged after sex with underage teen
A Hobart man is charged after having sex with an underage teen girl, records allege. Gabriel Fragoso, Jr., 24, was charged Friday with four counts of sexual misconduct with a minor. He has not been apprehended. When arrested, he is ordered held on a $7,500 cash bond. Cedar Lake Police Det. Marcus McDowell wrote that a Hanover Central High School police officer reported that the girl was assaulted by a man, 24. Police subpoenaed records from Discord — an online messaging app. Fragoso agreed to pick up the girl in late November at the Cedar Lake library before they went to Lemon Lake Park. He told the girl his name was 'Dave.' 'I had soo much fun tonight,' she later messaged. The girl later told a Special Victim's Unit detective they went to Lemon Lake Park and walked around. She got cold, they went to the bathrooms. When the detective asked what happened, the girl was upset, embarrassed, and didn't want to elaborate. Later in the interview, she appeared to allude to a sex act. They went to a Jewel parking lot, likely in Crown Point, where they got in the back seat. Fragoso repeated asked her to have sex with him. The girl later said she felt 'scared' and had little choice. Later in December, the girl lured Fragoso to her house where her family, at minimum, screamed at him in their garage. The girl wasn't entirely sure what happened. Fragoso got an lawyer and refused to answer the investigator's questions. mcolias@
Chicago Tribune
14-04-2025
- Chicago Tribune
Hobart man, 24, charged after sex with underage teen
A Hobart man is charged after having sex with an underage teen girl, records allege. Gabriel Fragoso, Jr., 24, was charged Friday with four counts of sexual misconduct with a minor. He has not been apprehended. When arrested, he is ordered held on a $7,500 cash bond. Cedar Lake Police Det. Marcus McDowell wrote that a Hanover Central High School police officer reported that the girl was assaulted by a man, 24. Police subpoenaed records from Discord — an online messaging app. Fragoso agreed to pick up the girl in late November at the Cedar Lake library before they went to Lemon Lake Park. He told the girl his name was 'Dave.' 'I had soo much fun tonight,' she later messaged. The girl later told a Special Victim's Unit detective they went to Lemon Lake Park and walked around. She got cold, they went to the bathrooms. When the detective asked what happened, the girl was upset, embarrassed, and didn't want to elaborate. Later in the interview, she appeared to allude to a sex act. They went to a Jewel parking lot, likely in Crown Point, where they got in the back seat. Fragoso repeated asked her to have sex with him. The girl later said she felt 'scared' and had little choice. Later in December, the girl lured Fragoso to her house where her family, at minimum, screamed at him in their garage. The girl wasn't entirely sure what happened. Fragoso got an lawyer and refused to answer the investigator's questions.
