Former Obama official defends keeping Biden on ticket: 'Presidency is more than just one man'

Some lawmakers are making the case that the Biden presidency is a group effort in order to quell concerns over the president's mental sharpness and health, as the party stands in disarray with some members considering strategies to dissuade President Biden from seeking re-election.

"A presidency is more than just one man, one woman, it's an administration," former Obama administration Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" last week. "I would take Joe Biden's worst day at age 86, so long as he has people around him like Avril Haines, Sam Power, Gina Raimondo supporting him, over Donald Trump any day."

The Wall Street Journal also published a report Monday that outlined how Biden's "inner circle" – made up of Democrat donors and aides – reportedly kept his signs of aging a secret. Republicans have been more openly skeptical of Biden's closest aides around him, questioning whether Biden is really at the helm of the country's leadership at all.

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"Donald Trump's running on common sense, on restoring common sense versus the lunacy of the last four years in the far left and the shadow government that now is running our country with Joe Biden as its figurehead. That's what he's running against," Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., – a strong Trump ally – echoed Rubio's belief that there is a "shadow government" made up of tight knit Democrat strategists, aides and lawmakers helping Biden behind the scenes.

"We’ve all known Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi and Obama’s been running the country along with [Secretary of State] Blinken and [National Security