MSNBC's Charlie Sykes offered a 2024 election contrast that addressed voter concerns about President Joe Biden's age.
New polling shows 74 percent of adults believe Biden is too old, who would be 82 at the start of a second term while Trump would be 78. Sykes told "Morning Joe" that the current president should highlight his own mental fitness for the job in comparison to the former president, who's facing four indictments and regularly melts down on social media.
"Talk about what Donald Trump is up to, think about what's going on in Capitol Hill," Sykes said. "You are talking about a government shutdown, at the same time, they're launching this impeachment inquiry. What could possibly go wrong? Kevin McCarthy has given away so much of his power. He has made himself so weak that he, in fact, has put the lunatics and the clowns in charge, yet this is the moment where we have to ask, are the American people going to think the Republican Party should be trusted with more power? Are they a serious governing party, or has it become all performative? They're not waiting until after the election to let their freak flags fly. You're seeing this at the presidential level, at the congressional level."
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"Look, you know, we've been talking about, you know, what kind of messaging, you know, the Biden campaign should engage in," Sykes added. "It's not really that complicated. Joe Biden can say, 'Yes, I'm old, but he is crazy, they are crazy, they are dangerous and are burning it down. Yes, I'm an old guy, but this guy is deranged and fascist-adjacent.' That's the way you address the age issue and the contrast. Don't make it too complex, you know, 'I'm old, but you're nuts.'"
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