Leftists Go Ballistic On MSNBC's Katy Tur For Daring To Question (Barely) Biden's Mental Fitness

Yesterday was all kinds of bad news for Joe Biden, his administration, and his supporters. Sure, Biden isn't going to be prosecuted for his classified documents scandal, but the only reason he is not going to be prosecuted is because special counsel Robert Hur concluded that the current (part-time) resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue can barely remember what day it is, let alone whether he locked up the documents he kept in his garage. To make matters oh, so much worse for Biden, he and his team decided that it would be a fantastic idea for him to hold a prime-time press conference on the matter. Whoa Nelly, was THAT a mistake. When Biden wasn't shouting non sequiturs at Peter Doocy and other reporters in his brief 10-minute presser, he was confusing the leaders of Egypt and ... Mexico? (Hey, who among us hasn't, right?)

It's times like this when the Biden administration vitally counts on its corporate media lapdogs to run cover for him. While most of them, including the New York Times, Greg Sargent, and John Harwood followed those instructions to a T (they love a good 'Republicans pounce' story, after all), not everyone was fully on script. Enter MSNBC's Katy Tur, who had former Biden spokeswoman and current fellow MSNBC apparatchik (like there's a difference) on her show to discuss the special counsel's findings. During the segment, Tur committed the cardinal sin of accidentally admitting that, hey, there might be something to this 'right-wing narrative' about Biden's mental health after all. “The choice in all likelihood here Katy, right, will be between two men who are three years apart!” — Jen Psaki answers Katy Tur’s question about Joe Biden’s age. Tense.

Even if you don't turn the audio on that clip, the anguished expression on Tur's face -- as she brings up the subject that Democrats are NEVER allowed to bring up -- is priceless. Her relevant pained question to Psaki was: 'But I do wonder if having this narrative enforced which the Rrepublicans are going to use and which people already feel just by looking at the President when he's on television ... this narrative is not one that is very worrying.' (It's a tortured question, of course, but what she meant was, she thinks it's possible that the issue IS very worrying.) Psaki tries to deflect the question by pretending that the 'narrative' is Biden's age and not his clear and obvious mental decline. She basically filibusters the rest of the segment with the counter that Donald Trump is not that much younger than Biden.

Tur concludes the segment by trying to argue that Trump is not the same person he was eight years ago, which may be true, but laughable in comparison to the brain freezes America sees from Biden on a daily basis. But it was too late for her to cover it up. Tur committed the heresy of admitting that there may be a point to Biden's cognitive impairment (and Americans see it). The mob does not tolerate ANY deviation from the script, let alone one as serious as this could be. The leftists proceeded to have a full-scale meltdown about her, as 'Katy Tur' trended all night on Twitter. And we grabbed some popcorn for it. -- BelieveWhatYouSawWithYourOwnEyes @KristenM777: “Katy Tur is insufferable. She is MSNBC’s version of Peter Doocy. Oy Vey! Jen Psaki slays with absolute truth. #KatyTur MSNBC Do Better.”

Sorry, truth? Psaki wouldn't know the truth if it bit her on her tuchus. She did say one accurate thing during the segment -- that Americans on both sides would very much like younger candidates -- but other than that, it was pure deflection. She wouldn't even let Tur (who is the host here, mind you) answer her when Psaki asked 'What narrative?' And we all know why she wouldn't let Tur answer that question. -- Lovable Liberal and his Old English sheepdog @DougWahl1: “Would you support MSNBC firing Katy Tur?” -- The tribe has spoken … in Lord of the Flies fashion. Tur must be expelled. She uttered the forbidden words.

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