An official White House transcript of remarks by President Joe Biden on Tuesday appears to contradict a gaffe he made while speaking about mental illness, when he appeared to claim his administration had ended cancer.
The dementia is so bad that now he thinks he cured cancer.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 25, 2023
Speaking about his “cancer moonshot,” his effort to find a cure for cancer, Biden said, “They looked at me like why cancer because no one thinks we can. That’s why. And we can. We ended cancer as we know it.”
Critics mocked Biden’s claim as both an example of his signature hyperbole ,and a sign of possible mental decline:
It’s a sign of how bitter and polarized our politics are that there’s so little gratitude toward Biden for having cured cancer or at least ended cancer as we know it.
Some things should transcend partisanship, and a President having cured cancer should be one of them. https://t.co/R0yHsIGIZB
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald)