Up-and-coming Democrats are starting to distance themselves from Biden, calling him 'old': Report

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Rising stars in the Democratic Party are beginning to call President Biden "old" in media interviews after Special Counsel Robert Hur's report cast doubt on the president's cognitive abilities.

Hur's report referred to Biden as a "sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory" and outlined several examples of Biden failing to remember the timeline of major events. The Biden administration immediately pushed back on the report and has defended the president's mental sharpness.

Rep.-elect Tom Suozzi, who recently won a special election over a Republican in New York, told FOX 5 that "the bottom line" about Biden is that "he’s old," according to a Politico report.

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Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., another Democratic politician who is running for Senate in California against Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and others, also spoke directly about age limits for elected officials. The seat she's pursuing formerly belonged to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who died in office last year at age 90 after her health and mental acuity appeared in decline in her final years in office.

"It’s a conversation that we should be thinking about," Porter told Politico after bringing up the topic in debates with Schiff and other candidates for the Senate.

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