Bob Costas says Democrats may have ‘gaslit’ America over Biden's decline: 'Overwhelmingly obvious for so long'

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Longtime sports broadcaster Bob Costas took the Democratic Party to task for acting surprised over President Biden’s debate performance last week, stating it’s been "obvious" that he’s been on the decline for years.

The NBC Sports legend appeared on CNN’s "Smerconish" Saturday morning to react to all the angst within the party following Biden’s disastrous performance. He slammed liberals for not admitting Biden’s mental decline sooner so that a better candidate could be found to beat former President Trump.

"That one atrocious night was simply writ-large what could be seen for years and years, that he is in serious decline," Costas said. He added that it "makes you wonder whether we’ve been gaslit by the Democrats."

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Host Michael Smerconish prompted the discussion by asking the former NBC sports anchor whether people in the party were actually blindsided by Biden’s decline at the debate or if people like Costas were the only ones brave enough to admit what everyone was ignoring until Biden's recent performance forced the issue.

"Yeah, I think it’s the latter and it only became more overwhelmingly obvious with the debate performance," he said, adding that people who are defending Biden as having one bad night aren’t seeing what has been the case "for years."

"Nobody should be