Biden's Strange Use Of Teleprompter In Donor's Home Infuriated Supporters, Dashed Expectations

Former President Joe Biden's persistent usage of a teleprompter during nationalist events, including during a fundraiser pinch conscionable a mates twelve supporters, near donors complaining for months and dashed their expectations of proceeding from nan 46th president, a caller book claims. 

"For astir of nan campaign, Biden only ever said pinch nan assistance of a teleprompter, moreover for mini backstage audiences," a caller book, "2024: How Trump Retook nan White House and nan Democrats Lost America," reported. "The beingness of nan instrumentality made for highly awkward interactions successful friendly settings, and irked donors who had paid thousands of dollars for a individual position of nan president, not expecting a canned reside they could spot connected TV." 

"He erstwhile publication from a teleprompter successful beforehand of 30 group successful nan unfastened room of a Palo Alto mansion," nan book continued. "Donors complained for months astir nan president’s reliance connected nan machine. Aides defended nan teleprompter arsenic a instrumentality to support nan famously garrulous president connected schedule." 

"2024: How Trump Retook nan White House and nan Democrats Lost America" was released Tuesday and authored by Josh Dawsey of nan Wall Street Journal, Tyler Pager of nan New York Times and Isaac Arnsdorf of nan Washington Post. It specifications nan 2024 statesmanlike run cycle, including Biden's cratering wellness issues. 

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Former President Biden's statement against Donald Trump successful 2024 opened nan floodgates to criticisms complete his intelligence acuity among emblematic Democrat allies.  (Getty Images)

The book elaborate that conscionable days aft Biden's disastrous June 2024 statement against President Donald Trump that opened nan floodgates to emblematic Democrat supporters turning their backs connected Biden ahead of nan election, nan president attended a run arena astatine Virginia Democrat Rep. Dan Beyers' location without a teleprompter. The book claims Biden only said for astir six minutes.

"At Beyer’s house, nan run was eager to beryllium Biden could speak disconnected nan cuff. There was nary teleprompter to beryllium found. The president blamed his mediocre statement performance connected a dense recreation schedule and said he ‘almost fell dormant onstage.’ He said for astir six minutes," nan book detailed. 

The connection "teleprompter" appears successful nan caller book a twelve times, mostly referencing nan president's reliance connected nan machine, arsenic good arsenic interest among immoderate staffers that utilizing a teleprompter was important to nan president avoiding nan unexpected arsenic his wellness deteriorated. 

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President Joe Biden connected nan run way successful 2024 earlier he dropped retired of nan title that July amid mounting interest complete his intelligence acuity and health.  (Derek White/Getty Images for DNC)

"The officials who planned events astatine nan White House tried to debar immoderate surprises aliases unpredictable situations. If nan president was going to speak, he would spell to nan podium, present remarks from a teleprompter, and leave. There was nary room for productivity aliases spontaneity," nan book states successful a conception connected really Biden had fallen during a commencement successful 2023 and unit devised plans to forestall different nationalist autumn successful nan future. 

"Everyone could spot nan president was aging. He sometimes grounded to admit erstwhile unit astatine functions. Still, existent aides insisted his diminution was strictly physical, and moreover past they acknowledged it only by trying to Bubble Wrap nan president and debar immoderate much catastrophes. Staff constricted nonstop entree to nan president, keeping meetings pinch him small," nan book continued.

President Donald Trump won nan 2024 statesmanlike predetermination aft President Biden dropped retired of nan title and endorsed then-VP Kamala Harris.   (Alex Brandon/AP)

NEW BOOK REVEALS BIDEN'S INNER CIRCLE WORRIED ABOUT HIS AGE YEARS BEFORE BOTCHED DEBATE PERFORMANCE

Biden entered his 2024 reelection rhythm already racked by claims and concerns that his intelligence acuity had slipped and he was not mentally fresh to proceed serving arsenic president, which was underscored by typical counsel Robert Hur's study successful February 2024 that rejected criminal charges against Biden for possessing classified materials, citing he was "a sympathetic, well-meaning, aged man pinch a mediocre memory." Fox News has been reporting connected Biden's evident wellness diminution since astatine slightest 2020. 

President Joe Biden's statement against President Trump successful June 2024 opened nan doors to Biden dropped retired of nan statesmanlike title little than a period later.  (Kevin D. Liles/Washington Post via Getty Images)

Biden brushed disconnected nan claims passim 2024, until his statement against Trump successful June of that year, erstwhile he was seen tripping complete his words, speaking successful a acold much subdued tenor than during his vice presidency, and losing his train of thought astatine times. The statement opened nan floodgates to disapproval among Democrats that Biden should measurement speech and walk nan mantle to a younger procreation of Democrats. 

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After weeks of nan White House and run staffers vowing Biden would enactment successful nan title and to "keep nan faith," Biden announced successful a societal media station connected a Sunday day successful July 2024 that he dropped retired of nan race. He endorsed then-Vice President Kamala Harris to tally for nan Oval Office, giving her conscionable complete 100 days to motorboat her ain run that grounded to rally capable support erstwhile up against Trump. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to Biden's agency regarding nan claims successful nan caller book, but did not instantly person a reply.