Hillary Clinton agrees that concerns about President Joe Biden’s age are valid — to a point.
The former U.S. secretary of state expounded on the matter on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Thursday after co-host Mika Brzezinski mentioned Mitt Romney’s recent criticism of the 80-year-old president and pointed to a Washington Post op-ed urging him to drop out of the 2024 race.
“Well, the question is legitimate,” Clinton said about Biden’s age. “But the conclusion that people draw is, I think, off base. Look, I am supporting President Biden and Vice President Harris because of what they’ve gotten accomplished. I’m kind of old-fashioned that way.”
Among the accomplishments she cited were the administration’s efforts to bring down drug prices and to “compete with China on advanced manufacturing,” which it is doing via the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS Act. She also claimed to have visited the president and first lady Jill Biden this week and praised “their…