White House deputy press secretary complains about media tearing into Biden's age, poor memory

White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates complained about the press’ recent coverage of President Biden’s mental acuity after Special Counsel Robert Hur called out his memory for being "poor."

Bates took to X on Thursday to rip journalists for seeming more skeptical of Biden’s old age and cognitive abilities lately in the wake of the Hur report.

Hur declined to charge Biden for his mishandling of classified documents, in part because his "poor memory" would discourage a jury from convicting him. The document sent shockwaves through D.C. and the media, with prominent outlets covering Biden's cognitive abilities in a more skeptical light than ever before.

On the other hand, Biden's defenders in the Democratic Party and in his own administration insist that Biden is fine and any evidence to the contrary is "right-wing propaganda."

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Bates trashed the press, saying its own "collective memory problems" prevented them from remembering Biden’s strong qualities and past "rightwing age attacks."

The deputy press secretary said this while sharing an X post from Puck News senior correspondent Dylan Byers, which said, "NEW @PuckNews: The Age of Biden: Many in WH press corps have spent the last couple years noticeably avoiding the topic of the president’s agility and acuity because it felt indelicate or irrelevant. Now, the Hur report has stirred some soul-searching."

The corresponding news article detailed how Byers noticed – post Hur’s report – "members of the White House press corps—reporters, on-air correspondents, photographers, etcetera" emphasizing "that the symptoms of Biden’s age had become more noticeable in recent