MSNBC host Jen Psaki appeared frustrated as Democratic strategist Basil Smikle criticized President Joe Biden’s mental fitness Thursday on “All In with Chris Hayes.”
While attempting to prove he is equipped to serve a second term, Biden called Vice President Kamala Harris “Vice President Trump” at a solo press conference Thursday evening. Shortly after the presser, Smikle unloaded on Biden’s place on the Democratic ticket, questioning whether the Democratic incumbent is capable of completing his first term as president.
Psaki insisted that the Democratic division on Biden was simply due to the president’s age and “whether he can defeat” presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Smikle agreed that the Democratic Party was in a state of “purgatory” regarding “down ballot” races before breaking with the former Biden press secretary on the president’s mental fitness.
