Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, defended former President Joe Biden’s mental sharpness, saying it is “1000 times better than what we currently have” and calling him a “grand daddy,” as the House Oversight Committee investigates claims of a cover-up regarding his mental health.In a conversation on Katie Couric’s Next Question podcast that dropped on Thursday, Crockett strongly defended Biden’s mental sharpness, arguing it is “supreme” compared to Trump.“Even if we want to say — which I refuse to accept — that Joe Biden was mentally deficient, let me tell you something. His mental deficiency is still a thousand times better than what we currently have,” she argued.“I just wish that, ultimately, this country would judge each of our leaders with the same measuring stick.”She said she had “never seen anything” in Biden that made her question his mental competence, and instead described him affectionately as a “granddaddy” figure — someone who might have slowed down with age, but whose mind and values remained intact.“I never saw anything in Joe Biden that made me wonder whatsoever, and it’s not that I was with Joe Biden every single day, that’s for sure. But as I talked about my grandparents — the way that I would describe Joe is like, I mean, he’s a granddaddy, right?” she told Couric.Crockett emphasised that, unlike Trump, Biden understands America’s global alliances and avoided unnecessary trade wars.“Even if you’re saying that there was a mentally deficient Joe Biden, I know that he absolutely had a mental acuity that is supreme when it comes to comparing him to Donald Trump, because at least he kept good people around him,” Crockett said. “He kept people that would keep us safe in this country.”She said that Biden reminds her of her grandmother, someone who may have slowed down with age but remained mentally sharp.“He reminds me of my grandmother,” Crockett said.“Her attitude about certain things — like whether or not she was looking to be as polished, or cared to be polished, or even if she moved as fast — it just wasn’t there. We all slow down. But I will tell you that I will take a broken — or however they want to describe Joe Biden — over Donald Trump any given day, because, number one, I know Joe Biden’s heart,” she added.She contrasted Biden’s leadership style with Trump’s, stating that Biden “keeps good people around him” and focuses on policy for the “good of the American people,” not for himself or “his rich friends.”The House Oversight Committee, led by Republican Chairman James Comer of Kentucky, is investigating claims of a possible cover-up regarding Biden’s mental fitness. The probe is focused on whether members of Biden’s inner circle deliberately concealed signs of his cognitive decline and bypassed him in key decisions.
