Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) asserted his belief that Joe Biden “was not running things” by citing the former president’s lack of communication.
Biden’s former chief of staff, aides, and White House physician have taken turns testifying to the House Oversight Committee regarding Biden’s cognitive acuity. The former president is fighting off allegations that he experienced a cognitive decline during his term, while his witnesses have pleaded the Fifth Amendment during questioning.
According to Cruz, he heard concerns about Biden’s abilities long before he left office. Cruz appeared on Fox News’s My View with Lara Trump on Saturday to lament that little is still known about Biden’s term.
“The single most frequent question I would get: Who’s running things? Here’s the terrifying answer: I don’t really know,” Cruz said. “I can tell you: in four years that Joe Biden was president, you know how many times I spoke with him? Zero. Not once.”
During Biden’s term, Democratic senators held the majority in the chamber. Even as two senators left the party to become independents, they often still caucused with the Democrats, and then-Vice President Kamala Harris’s tiebreaking vote ensured wins for Biden’s party.
“Joe Biden was not running things that I know,” Cruz said. “Who actually was making the decisions? D***ed if I know, and I don’t know anybody who else knows either.”
Biden confirmed he used the White House autopen, a machine that allows someone to duplicate the signature of the commander in chief onto a document, due to the large number of clemencies he granted. The former president set a record in presidential pardons, commutations, and clemencies for over 4,200 people.
Former Biden aide Stefanie Feldman was revealed as the manager of the autopen. Feldman has yet to appear before Congress.
BIDEN’S DEFENSE OF AUTOPEN BACKFIRES, SPARKS OUTRAGE
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) suggested he might subpoena Biden, former first lady Jill Biden, and former chief of staff Ron Klain as part of the investigation into the former president’s autopenned orders after the committee hears from more aides.
Joe Biden referred to the investigation as “crazy” and claimed all Republican lawmakers who were questioning his cognitive decline were “liars.”