Joe Biden's Cancer Is Not a Shield From Blame
This weekend, it was announced that former President Joe Biden has just been diagnosed with stage-four prostate cancer with metastasis to the bone. Let's begin with what should be obvious: We should all be hoping for Biden's swift and full recovery, and agree that no decent person should cheer for such a diagnosis, regardless of politics. But acknowledging that fact doesn't mean we should surrender to the media's newest guilt trip — or, worse, let it distract us from what has become one of the most consequential scandals in modern American politics.
Because here's the second truth that no one in the mainstream press wants to say out loud: It's incredibly unlikely that this cancer diagnosis just came out of nowhere. Given the nature and progression of this particular illness, it's far more likely that either Joe Biden has had cancer for some time and the White House covered it up, or the cancer was missed altogether by a presidential medical apparatus that should be giving him regular and comprehensive checkups.
Either scenario is bad — very bad. If he had cancer and didn't tell the public, that's a catastrophic breach of trust. If his team missed it, that raises enormous questions about the competency and transparency of the people tasked with overseeing the health of the most powerful man in the world. Remember, this is the same White House that has been gaslighting Americans for years by pretending Joe Biden is mentally sharp as ever, all while he mumbles, wanders, forgets and freezes on the public stage.
Which brings us to the most dangerous narrative forming now: that Joe Biden's worsening health somehow excuses or erases the past. The implication seems to be that because he's now even more unwell, it's heartless or inappropriate to point out that he was far from capable of doing the job of president, and that there must be accountability for the widespread mass-gaslighting campaign that sought to pull the wool over the American people's faces.
Sorry, but no.
This is the presidency, not a retirement home. The stakes are too high. The lies are too big. And the consequences are too real.
For years, we were told that it was a right-wing smear to suggest Biden was in cognitive decline. That we were conspiracy theorists, ageist, cruel, even un-American. But suddenly — conveniently — Democrats and their media allies have shifted from denial to distraction. Now we're supposed to believe that of course Biden isn't at 100%, but now he has cancer, and we must have some sympathy and move along.
No. That's not how this works. You don't get to cover up a multiyear deception about the mental capacity of the commander in chief and then ask us to stop asking questions the moment it becomes politically inconvenient. If anything, Biden's latest health crisis only adds fuel to the fire: just how much has the public been kept in the dark?
This isn't about partisanship. It's about basic accountability. If a Republican president had spent months showing signs of cognitive collapse while secretly battling cancer, the media would be demanding resignations within the hour. Yes, Joe Biden deserves our prayers. But his administration deserves our scrutiny. Don't let his latest tragedy become his latest shield.