Old video misrepresented to suggest Joe Biden is weighing resignation

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InfoWars founder Alex Jones is claiming a new video shows Joe Biden saying he might resign from the US presidency out of concern for his health following a shaky debate performance. But the clip is years old, and it shows Biden alluding to a hypothetical he discussed during his tenure as vice president under Barack Obama.

a snippet from a 2020 CNN segment in which Biden speaks to network anchor Jake Tapper alongside Vice President Kamala Harris.The Democrat has attempted to tamp down the nay-saying with a fiery campaign speech in which he pledged to keep fighting, followed by a But contrary to Jones's claims, Biden did not indicate in a recent interview that he is considering abandoning the White House for medical reasons.

Biden responded that he does not hold grudges. He said he and Harris share the same thoughts on government and ethics, likening it to his experience serving for eight years as Barack Obama's vice president. "We are simpatico on our philosophy of government and simpatico on how we want to approach these issues that we're facing," Biden said.

I have to resign. We don't have that -- we haven't -- and we discussed at length our views on foreign policy, on domestic policy, on intelligence." His reference to a career-ending disease appears to have been a hypothetical meant to make a point about his understandingAFP reached out to the White House for comment, but no response was forthcoming.https://www.youtube.com/embed/5wLtcTitMjQ

 

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