A staggering number of U.S. voters think that Vice President Kamala Harris was at least partially involved in covering-up the extent of President Joe Biden‘s mental decline.
Biden, 81, ended his reelection bid last weekend amid a flurry of calls for him to step aside after a disastrous debate performance and ensuing weeks of flubs and missteps from which he could not recover.
Harris immediately stepped in as his replacement and took over Biden’s campaign. Two days later, the VP earned enough delegates to become the Democrat‘s presumed 2024 nominee.
But a whopping 92 percent of registered voters in a new YouGov/Times of London poll say that Harris was behind the efforts to conceal Biden’s failing cognitive fitness and physical wellbeing as his staff maintained to press and the public that the president was fit for a second term.
The survey of 1,170 voters taken July 22 and 23 asked whether they believed there was an effort to shield Biden’s mental health from the public and who was responsible for the cover-up.
More than half of U.S. voters think that Vice President Kamala Harris is at least partially to blame for covering-up President Joe Biden’s declining mental and physical health
Fifty-four percent of respondents said there was a cover-up and 30 percent said they don’t believe there was one. Sixteen percent aren’t sure.
The switch-up in the 2024 election has left many with questions over whether there was a plot to keep Biden’s cognitive health under wraps and who plotted to keep secret his declining health.
Of those who do believe there was a cover-up, a resounding 68 percent think that Biden’s No. 2 was ‘a great deal’ involved in concealing his true fitness. Seven percent said Harris was ‘a little’ to blame, while 17 percent feel she was ‘somewhat’ responsible.
And only a measly four percent of respondents don’t think Harris was involved at all.
Harris became the Democratic Party’s presumed 2024 presidential nominee last week after she took over Biden’s campaign
Americans think that Biden’s family, however, is the most to blame for keeping his declining mental and physical health a secret from the public.
A combined 96 percent of registered voters who think there was a cover-up put the onus on the president’s family, including First Lady Jill Biden.
Eighty-eight percent blame news and media outlets and a combined 92 percent say it’s the Democrats in Congress who were also involved in keeping Biden’s fitness a secret.
