With just over a month left in office, the main members of from President Biden The Cabinet stands by its past statements by expressing support for his leadership and its belief that he is still fit for office, despite a year of controversy and debate over Biden’s ability to serve out his term.
Fox News Digital reached out to Cabinet officials and their departments and asked if they believed President Biden was fit to serve and whether they stood by their previous statements of confidence in his ability to continue.
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, in a September statement, said he has “full confidence in President Biden’s ability to carry out his job.”
“As I said before, I come fully prepared for my meetings with President Biden, knowing that his questions will be detailed, probing and demanding. In our exchanges, the president always draws on our conversations and past events to analyze the issues and arrive at to their conclusions,” he said.
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On Mondays, DHS said that the secretary supports those comments.
President Joe Biden attended the lighting of the US National Christmas Tree held in front of the White House on December 5, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo called Biden “one of the most successful presidents in American history and continues to effectively lead our country with a firm hand.”
“As someone who is in the room when the president meets with Cabinet and foreign leaders, I can tell you that he is an incisive and extraordinary leader,” Raimondo said.
A spokesperson said this week that Raimondo stands behind those comments.
Sabrina Singh attached pentagon The press secretary told Fox in September: “As Secretary Austin has said before, he has watched President Biden make difficult national security decisions and seen his commitment to keeping our troops safe; he has nothing but complete confidence in our Commander in Chief”.
This week, Singh said those comments still stand.
Biden’s mental acuity was the subject of speculation even before he took office, but discussion about its implications came to a head this year after what was widely seen as a disastrous debate against former President Donald Trump that apparently started the process to replace it. on the Democratic ticket in the race for president.
Biden ultimately dropped out of the race and handed the nomination to Vice President Kamala Harris, who in turn would lose in the November elections against President-elect Trump. But while Biden said he would not seek re-election, he chose not to resign from office.
The issue of Biden’s sharpness resurfaced in September when he handed the reins of a Cabinet meeting to first lady Jill Biden. But that’s when Cabinet members backed Biden and said they had no concerns about his ability to serve.
US First Lady Jill Biden speaks as she attends her first Cabinet meeting during the administration of her husband, President Joe Biden, at the White House on September 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra. one of Biden’s staunch defenders, said Biden “has done more as president for this country than any other president I’ve worked with since 1992.”
“So yes, not only can he do the job, but he has been doing it,” he said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “And we’re fortunate to have someone who continues to use all of his experience to take us further. If you remember where we were four years ago, the depth of a pandemic, Americans lose their jobs, Americans lose their healthcare. Today, more Americans than ever are employed. Today, more Americans than ever have health coverage. No president in the history of this country has ever put 700 million vaccines into the arms of Americans to keep them alive and healthy. The result? our economy It’s healthy.”
“Is he in shape? He’s showing it,” Becerra added.
An HHS spokesperson said Becerra’s comments are valid.
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Spokespeople for other agencies that had previously commented, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture, also said they supported those comments.
As things stand, President Biden will end his term on January 20, when President-elect Trump takes the oath of office.
President Joe Biden and his successor, President-elect Donald Trump. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Biden spoke this week at a Democratic National Committee holiday celebration in Washington, D.C. During his remarks, he argued that the country is in a “flatly” better position today than when he and Harris entered the White House.
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“The one thing I have always believed about public service, and especially the presidency, is the importance of asking: Have we left the country in better condition than we found it? Today I can say with every fiber of my being “With all my heart , the answer to that question is a resounding yes,” he said.
He continued to encourage staff to “stay engaged” in the years to come.
“You’re not going anywhere, kid,” Biden said of Harris. “Because we’re not going to leave you.”
