'Despicable': Internet slams Jill Biden for defending Joe Biden, accusing special counsel of exploiting prez's son's death for 'political points'
WASHINGTON, DC: First Lady Jill Biden staunchly defended her husband, President Joe Biden, amidst the uproar sparked by special counsel Robert Hur's report, which has raised concerns regarding the President's age and mental acuity, reported New York Post.
In an email to campaign donors sent over the weekend, Jill accused the special counsel of trying to gain 'political points' by using her stepson and Joe's elder son, Beau Biden's death, to raise doubts about the 81-year-old President's memory.
"I hope you can imagine how it felt to read that attack — not just as Joe's wife, but as Beau's mother," the First Lady wrote.
"I don't know what this Special Counsel was trying to achieve. We should give everyone grace, and I can't imagine someone would try to use our son's death to score political points."
Special Counselor Hur released the 388-page bombshell report on February 8 regarding the President's retention of classified documents. However, it made headlines for describing the President as an "elderly man with a poor memory." And it claimed Joe "did not remember, even within several years, when his son Beau died."
Beau, former Attorney General of Delaware, born to Joe and his late wife Neilia Biden, died of brain cancer on May 30, 2015.
Jill Biden argues death of Beau Biden etched on family's heart
Jill expressed the Biden family's anguish over the untimely death of their eldest son.
"If you've experienced a loss like that, you know that you don't measure it in years — you measure it in grief. May 30 is a day forever etched on our hearts. It shattered me, it shattered our family," she stated.
The Hur report sparked doubts about the President's potential for a re-election campaign, particularly fueled by the incumbent's recent gaffes, including mixing up the names of the Presidents of Egypt and Mexico and claiming to have met former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in 2021, despite Kohl having passed away four years prior.
After the report's release, Joe, who is the the oldest serving US President to date, defended his memory in a fiery press conference, stating, "My memory is fine."
"Joe is 81, that's true, but he's 81 doing more in an hour than most people do in a day," the First Lady added in the fundraising email. "His age, with his experience and expertise, is an incredible asset and he proves it every day."
Leading the respective party primaries, Joe and former President Donald Trump are closing into a likely rematch in the November presidential election.
Internet lashes out at Jill Biden
Outraged with the First Lady defending her husband's cognitive ability and age, netizens slammed her, accusing her of elder abuse.
One user commented on Facebook, "She’s despicable."
Another user wrote, "She should be truly ashamed of herself for allowing him to go on like this. Should retire and enjoy the years that he has left. Enjoy his life."
"She should be ashamed of herself for letting the people who are pulling the strings to treat him let that. Elderly abuse," a third user added.
Another Facebook user remarked, "Her desire to stay in that big white house is stronger than taking her husband home and taking care of him."
One user wrote, "Shameful!" A sixth user opined, "Does not negate the issue. She calls herself a Dr yet treats her husband with such disregard for his own personal health."
A X user pointed out, "Because she gets to be First Lady…."
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