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MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell faced liberal wrath on Wednesday after she highlighted legitimate concerns about President Joe Biden's age.
In a short segment on her daytime news show, Mitchell pointed out polling data that shows Americans are overwhelmingly concerned about Biden's age and observed Biden's increasing frequency of making self-deprecating jokes about his age, perhaps in an attempt to soften those concerns.
"NBC News is reporting the White House has come up with a new strategy recently to deal with the 'age issue' ... something he obviously can't do anything about, making self-deprecating jokes, though, about it to try to defuse the issue," Mitchell reported. "A new NBC News analysis shows that Biden has been cracking jokes about his age more often than usual."
After playing numerous clips of Biden joking about his age, Mitchell laid out the polling data.
"The new NBC News poll shows 68% of all voters say that they are concerned about President Biden having the necessary mental and physical health to do the job," she said. "That includes 55% with major concerns."
"Joe Biden is now 80 years old, and if re-elected he would be the oldest president in American history, turning 86 by the end of a second term," she added.
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In response to the segment, liberals excoriated Mitchell on social media — many of them mocking Mitchell's own age, 76.
Perhaps Democratic voters are angry that, despite Donald Trump being 3.5 years younger than Biden, voters are less concerned about Trump's age and health, which NBC's own poll showed.
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