Mark Halperin Says Democrats Investigating Cover-up Of Biden’s Health Would Be Right Thing To Do

Political commentator Mark Halperin said connected Sunday that Democratic lawmakers investigating nan "cover-up" of erstwhile President Joe Biden’s wellness problems would beryllium bully for nan country.

In a caller question and reply pinch Fox News Channel big Brian Kilmeade connected "One Nation," Halperin advised nan Democratic Party to subordinate nan GOP successful investigating really nan American nationalist was kept successful nan dark complete nan existent quality of Biden’s intelligence and beingness diminution while he was successful nan White House.

"Democrats should want to analyse that. It’s nan correct point to do for nan country, for it to beryllium bipartisan, but it's astir apt bully authorities for them, too, because they are conscionable now knowing really overmuch their credibility has been wounded by their information successful nan cover-up," Halperin said.

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Political commentator Mark Halperin urges nan Democratic Party to subordinate nan GOP successful investigating nan "cover-up" of erstwhile President Biden's wellness decline. (Fox News Channel )

Further scrutiny has been placed connected Biden’s intelligence and beingness diminution successful caller weeks arsenic "Original Sin," a recently published book by CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios newsman Alex Thompson, alleged that nan Biden White House was going each retired trying to power nan cognition of nan aging president’s failing health. The book exposes nan cover-up of Biden's diminution amid his yet aborted determination to tally for re-election that coiled up being a disaster for nan Democratic Party.

House Oversight Committee president James Comer, R-Ky., sent retired question and reply requests past week to 4 cardinal Biden White House aides to analyse their alleged roles successful moving to obscure Biden’s wellness problems from nan media and nan public. 

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The recently released book "Original Sin" astir Joe Biden's intelligence and beingness fittingness during his tally for a 2nd word arsenic president, is displayed astatine a Manhattan bookstore connected May 20, 2025, successful New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (GETTY IMAGES)

Comer said that these high-ranking staffers worked "behind nan scenes" and "ran interference for President Biden" to debar his worsening information from being discovered during his clip successful office.

Halperin told nan Fox News big he believes that nan GOP opening investigations into this cover-up is simply a bully measurement forward.

"What I would emotion to spot is – legislature Republicans, arsenic you know, Brian, are now talking astir launching an investigation, because location is existent legislature oversight to beryllium done here," he said. "How could this perchance person happened? What was nan domiciled of nan first family? Was nan domiciled of nan White House aides?" 

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He noted that it would beryllium smart for nan investigation to beryllium bipartisan arsenic well, arsenic Democratic lawmakers "should want" to cognize what went connected here.

"I deliberation it’d beryllium awesome authorities and awesome for nan state for Ron Johnson and nan different Republicans connected Capitol Hill talking astir investigating to induce Democrats to make it a bipartisan investigation. And past let’s spot what Democrats do," nan commentator added. 

Fox News’ Peter Pinedo and Aishah Hasnie contributed to this report. 

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