Coming on the heels of multiple stories about Norton’s alleged cognitive decline, the statement made news. But a few hours later, Norton’s office began unmaking that news. The Democrat “wants to run again but she’s in conversations with her family, friends, and closest advisors to decide what’s best,” a spokesperson told Wu. There was still no final decision.
It was all awkward and embarrassing- and did little to buttress Norton's insistence that she's as shar as ever. And then, amazingly, it happened again. Last week, Kapur once again approached the delegate and asked about her plans. Once again she said she's running. "Yeah, I'm going to run for re-election." And once again, her spokesperson quickly walked back the comment, telling Axios that "no decision has been made."
The spokesperson, Sharon Nichols, did not offer any explanation for the discrepancy.
Well, maybe because the discrepancy was trivial. Admittedly, the concern has been precipitated by a legitimate fear that veteran 88-year-old legislator Norton has lost her fastball just as the District of Columbia "faces escalating threats to its home rule" from a hostile Trump Administration. Alert Thompson and Jake Tapper! Eleanor Holmes Norton was asked whether she will run for re-election and said "yeah, sure" while there still had been no final decision
This in turn comes on the heels of the scandal captivating Alex Thompson and Jake Tapper about the last 12-18 months of the Biden Administration. When the duo was doing the rounds before publication of their book, Thompson remarked "beginning in 2023, the ration of that functioning and non-functioning starts to change dramatically and also non-functioning Biden is getting worse." Tapper claimed (emphasis his) "we're talking about to the point of you not being able to have a conversation. You are not able to come up with data information, knowledge, names that you should have at the ready."
So of course, this has prompted controversy: No, actually not:
Donald Trump took off on a winding rant about his summer vacation plans Tuesday when asked a crucial question about “Alligator Alcatraz.”
During a press conference at the ICE facility in the middle of the Florida Everglades, the president was asked whether there was an “expected time frame” that detainees would be kept at the hastily constructed immigrant detention center, and whether it would depend on the immigration judges staffed there.
“When you say, uh, what was the first part of your question?” Trump asked, clearly confused.
“Is there a specific time frame you expect the detainees to
spend here—days, weeks, months?” the reporter repeated.
“In Florida?” Trump asked.
“Yes, here at Alligator Alcatraz,” the reporter responded, but the president had already jumped into a response about how much he loves the Sunshine State.
“I’m gonna spend a lot of—this is my home state. I love it. I love your government. I love all the people around—these are all friends of mine. They know me very well. I mean I’m not surprised that they do so well. They’re great people,” Trump said, singling out Governor Ron DeSantis, who previously campaigned against Trump but now acts as a cheerleader for his new wetland-themed concentration camp.
“I feel very comfortable in the state—I’ll spend a lot of
time here,” Trump continued. He said that he would continue to visit despite
his current digs at the White House, which had allowed him to “fix up” the
“little Oval Office.”
“But I’ll spend as much time as I can here. You know my vacation is generally here ’cause it’s convenient. I live in Palm Beach. That’s my home. And I have a very nice little place—nice little cottage to stay at, right? But we have a lot of fun,” Trump continued, joking about his massive estate at the Mar-a-Lago resort.
Sometimes, Trump's meanderings are referred to as an "off-the-cuff style," as when he told West Point graduates at a commencement ceremony six weeks ago about the trophy wife of the late real estate developer, William Levitt. Sometimes it's joking, or being "playful," or even a "preternatural gift."
Whatever is wrong with Donald Trump- and there is, and has been for a few years, something wrong with him- we must not call it "cognitive decline." You see, "cognitive decline" is Joe Biden in physical decline with a terrible debate performance or Eleanor Holmes Norton's uncertainty about seeking another term.
Yet, the President of the USA is standing immediately in front of us, in real time, claiming divine intervention for everything which works in his favor. God did this, God did that, says the ultra narcissist who shut out God while leaning on the power of positive thinking until he was wounded by shrapnel last summer in Butler, Pennsylvania.
This is happening now; a President of the United States of America. Yet, somehow he has escaped the scrutiny which a mere member of the House of Representatives and an ex-President got. Across the board, our media is failing us.