Biden campaign call sidetracked by fitness questions, surrogates insist he is 'in full control'

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A campaign call in support of President Biden did not go as planned after reporters asked a series of questions regarding recent reports of the president's failing memory.

In what was supposed to be a conference call about former President Trump and his upcoming speech to the National Rifle Association, press officials asked reporters to stay on topic after questions veered to Special Counsel Robert Hur's recent report.

"Sen. Fetterman, I was hoping to ask you a question given some of the recent news," the first reporter said to Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman. "You faced questions about your health during the campaign. I'm wondering what you think the Biden campaign needs to do today to respond to what special counsel Hur said in his report and the new concerns surrounding his fitness for office."

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"Of course, the president was very clear that he is absolutely in full control. And you really have to remember this, too. You have a Trump appointee now that's 350 pages to just say that Joe Biden isn't going to be indicted here too," the Democratic senator responded. "It was just a smear and cheap shots and just taking things out of context or even just inventing any of them. You don't need 350 pages to say that we're not going to have these kinds of