Original Sin, the Biden Cover-Up Book, Is Better Late Than Never
The public at large is now well aware that Democratic Party elites worked to hide President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline from the public, and the mainstream media was either complicit in this scheme or incurious enough to unmask it. Critics of the media, including many conservative, libertarian, leftist, and independent thinkers, have thus been enjoying something of a victory lap—the exposure of the Biden cover-up is a great told you so moment for contrarian commentators.
Given all this, nonliberals were clearly disinclined to extend the benefit of the doubt to CNN’s Jake Tapper, who has just published a book about Biden’s decline. That book, co-authored by Alex Thompson, an Axios reporter who did pursue the Biden decline beat with some fervency, is called Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again. Tapper has drawn criticism, including from Megyn Kelly, for previously dismissing Lara Trump when she raised the issue of Biden’s infirmity. In response, Tapper asserts that his dismissiveness was a huge mistake and that he is ashamed that he did not pursue this story more aggressively.
In any case, the book should be judged on its own merits. And even readers who are profoundly distrustful of Tapper should pick up a copy. It’s very good.
Original Sin contains a wealth of new information, even for people who have closely followed deve
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