Why is the media not aggressively attacking and questioning Trump’s mental fitness for office the same way they did after Biden’s disastrous debate performance? For weeks leading up to Biden’s decision to step down as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, the media was flooded with stories about Biden’s fitness for office. Even though Trump is only three years younger than Biden, and often had very public mental gaffs he got a pass.
Now, however, Trump is the ‘old man’ in the race and his speeches are becoming more and more unhinged. Where are the media attack dogs who so viciously went after Biden? Where are the Republicans who banged the mental fitness drum loudly when talking about Biden but who are sitting on their hands and burying their heads in the sand when their candidate continually gives speeches that resemble the British favorite – mushy peas!
Trump’s campaign schedule is much less than it has been in previous campaigns, and many believe it’s simply because his handlers want to minimize the amount of time he is in front of the cameras making completely incoherent statements. It is a well-known fact that any Trump speech will be filled with lies. It is well documented. However, these days, Trump’s speeches are not only filled with lies, but they are also usually filled with unintelligible word salads, which should be an embarrassment to any rational person and provide more than enough fodder to seriously question Trump’s mental wellbeing. Instead, the Republicans and the conservative media, run along behind Trump and try to sweep up the horse crap and spin it to convince people that a pile of horse manure is really a bouquet of roses.
It has been reported that J.D. Vance has offered to debate Vice President Harris. I have little doubt this is true because I am sure he Trump campaign is genuinely concerned that Trump will not fair well in a debate with Harris. In fact, since conspiracy theories are in fashion these days, let me throw this one out there. I can easily envision a scenario in which just before the debate, Trump gets ‘sick,’ and the campaign will offer J.D. Vance as a stand-in. The campaign will say that they originally agreed to debate Biden, but the democrats made a last-minute switch so they shouldn’t mind a last-minute switch to Vance instead of Trump. Far-fetched? We’ll see. I hope that Harris refuses to fall into this trap and holds firm she will only debate Trump to further expose his mental unfitness for holding the most powerful office in the country.
The simple fact is the media owe it to the American people to attack Trump’s mental fitness for office just as aggressively as they did Biden’s. Fair is fair. No one who is mentally unfit should be allowed anywhere near the Oval Office and if the media continue to handle Trump with kid gloves, they are doing the country a huge, and possibly very costly, disservice.
