Joe Biden’s aides nearly rolled out a wheelchair to mask his fading health, a bombshell book reveals. A soon-to-be-released exposé by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson lays bare the Democrats’ desperate bid to hide the former president’s decline. It’s a scandal that smells worse than week-old campaign promises.
Fox News reported that the book, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” claims aides debated using a wheelchair for Biden’s public outings as his health crumbled.
This cover-up fueled the Democrats’ crushing defeat in 2024, as voters, especially independents, saw through the lies about Biden’s fitness. Concerns about Biden’s health dogged his 2024 campaign from the start.
Whispers of his frailty grew louder, but his team doubled down, painting him as spry. The liberal media, ever loyal, played along, hoping to gaslight America into believing the emperor had clothes.
By early 2024, the façade was cracking. Fox News’ Jessica Tarlov admitted, “Biden’s old. Just concede it.” Her plea to focus on his record instead fell flat, as voters cared more about his stumbles than his supposed wins.
Tarlov’s words were a rare moment of honesty in a sea of spin. But conceding age isn’t the same as admitting incapacity. The Democrats’ refusal to level with the public only deepened the distrust.
In July 2024, Biden finally bowed out of the race. His exit wasn’t a noble sacrifice—it was a forced retreat. The party’s charade couldn’t hold, and the truth about his health was too glaring to ignore.
Vice President Kamala Harris stepped in to lead the Democratic campaign. She inherited a sinking ship, weighed down by the baggage of Biden’s cover-up. Her efforts to rally the base couldn’t undo the damage.
Voters, including many Democrats, knew Biden was faltering long before his withdrawal. Independent voters, open to Biden over Trump, weren’t buying the “he’s fine” narrative. They wanted truth, not talking points.
Forty percent of voters strongly opposed Donald Trump, the book notes. Yet even that wasn’t enough to save the Democrats. Lies about Biden’s health alienated the very swing voters they needed.
The 2024 election was a bloodbath for Democrats. Described as a “humiliating and complete defeat,” it proved that actions have consequences. Covering up Biden’s decline wasn’t just dishonest—it was electoral suicide.
The liberal media, complicit in the cover-up, paid a price, too. Their ratings tanked, and their relevance faded. Turns out, Americans don’t like being spoon-fed propaganda.
Tapper and Thompson’s book pulls no punches, exposing the rot at the core of Biden’s campaign. It’s a tale of hubris, where loyalty to a man trumped loyalty to the country. The wheelchair idea was just the tip of the iceberg.
Independents, the backbone of any winning coalition, turned their backs on the Democrats. They didn’t reject Biden’s policies—they rejected the obvious lies. Honesty might’ve saved the party, but they chose denial instead.
The book’s revelations are a gut punch to the woke elite who thought they could fool the public. Voters aren’t as gullible as the media thinks. That’s a lesson Democrats learned the hard way.