5 recent gaffes by President Biden

President Biden’s cognitive performance is once again being thrust into the spotlight following a new report from The Wall Street Journal that the 81-year-old is showing signs of slowing down during private meetings.

Many Republicans and even some Democrats said the president showed his age in those settings, according to the Journal, citing conversations with 45 lawmakers and administration officials about the president's mental performance.

White House officials are dismissing many of the accounts, but here are five of President Biden’s recent gaffes.

May 20: Biden says Hamas hostage being held in Gaza is at the White House

President Biden said at a Rose Garden event celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month in May that American-Israeli Hersh Goldberg Polin, who is currently being held captive by Hamas, was in attendance.

"My administration is working around the clock to free the remaining hostages, just as we have freed hostages already. And here with us today is Hersh Goldberg Polin," Biden said, before quickly correcting himself.

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"And still he is not here with us, but he's still being held by Hamas," Biden then said, recognizing the 23-year-old's parents, who were in attendance that day.

May 19: Biden suggests he was vice president during the coronavirus pandemic

President Biden appeared to claim during a campaign event in Michigan that he was vice president during the coronavirus pandemic and that former President Obama dispatched him to Detroit to help battle the disease.

"And when I was vice president, things were kind of bad during the pandemic," Biden said. "And, what happened was Barack said to me: ‘Go to Detroit — and help fix it.’"

But the coronavirus