White House Coverup Of Biden Dementia Worse Than Watergate According To FakeNews

In a provocative statement during a May 26, 2025, interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, CNN anchor Jake Tapper claimed that the alleged cover-up of former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and health issues, detailed in his book Original Sin, may be “worse than Watergate.” Tapper, co-authoring with Axios reporter Alex Thompson, argued that the efforts by Biden’s inner circle—including First Lady Jill Biden and son Hunter—to conceal the president’s mental and physical deterioration surpassed the gravity of the 1972 Watergate scandal, which led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation. Unlike Nixon, who Tapper noted was “in control of his faculties when not drinking,” Biden’s condition, including reports of memory lapses and aides discussing wheelchair use, suggested a president incapacitated yet propped up by a loyal cadre, raising questions about who truly wielded power. Tapper’s book, based on over 200 interviews, portrays a White House orchestrating an elaborate deception, with incidents like Biden failing to recognize George Clooney at a fundraiser underscoring the extent of his decline.
 
The comparison to Watergate, a scandal involving a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and Nixon’s subsequent cover-up, has sparked intense debate. Tapper clarified that the Biden cover-up was a “separate scandal” but potentially more severe because it involved concealing a president’s inability to fully function, undermining democratic accountability. Critics, including conservative commentators on X, argue this revelation exposes a “shadow government” or “politburo” running the country, with unelected aides and family members like Hunter Biden, described by Tapper as a de facto “chief of staff of the family,” steering decisions to protect personal interests, such as shielding Hunter from legal scrutiny. Posts on X, like those from @VigilantFox and @richarddibX, amplify this sentiment, framing the cover-up as a betrayal of public trust worse than Nixon’s abuses, which at least involved a mentally competent leader orchestrating political espionage.
 
Tapper’s claim has ignited backlash, with critics like Jon Stewart and Biden’s granddaughter Naomi Biden accusing him of hypocrisy for not reporting these concerns earlier, given his role as a CNN journalist with White House access. Naomi called the book “political fairy smut” reliant on anonymous sources, while conservatives, like Jim Verdi on X, accused Tapper of complicity in the cover-up he now exposes, citing his 2020 dismissal of Lara Trump’s claims about Biden’s cognitive decline. Tapper has since expressed “tremendous humility,” admitting he trusted White House assurances and only fully grasped the scandal’s scope after Biden’s disastrous June 2024 debate performance, which he moderated. The narrative of a “DC deep state” shielding Biden parallels Watergate’s exposure of institutional corruption, but Tapper’s critics argue that the media, including himself, enabled this deception, making his comparison to Nixon’s ousting both a bold critique and a point of contention.