White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, May 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP)
"There's documentation, video evidence of her clearly shielding her husband away from the cameras that were just on ‘The View’ last week," Leavitt told reporters Thursday. "She was saying, ‘Everything is fine.’ She's still lying to the American people. She still thinks the American public are so stupid that they're going to believe her lies. And frankly, it's insulting and she needs to answer for it."
A spokesperson for Jill Biden did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
"Original Sin," authored by journalists Jake Tapper of CNN and Alex Thompson of Axios, includes stories about how former President Joe Biden struggled to handle fairly routine aspects of a campaign.
For example, the book says his team attempted to film a campaign video for ads on television in a high school gym, and have people ask questions akin to a town hall meeting.
President Joe Biden, left, and first lady Jill Biden arrive on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)
Meanwhile, Joe Biden's team has pushed back on the material in "Original Sin," which chronicles the 2024 election cycle and how his team allegedly plotted a cover-up to hide just how severely his mental faculties had declined.
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"There is nothing in this book that shows Joe Biden failed to do his job, as the authors have alleged, nor did they prove their allegation that there was a cover-up or conspiracy," a Biden spokesperson previously said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Nowhere do they show that our national security was threatened or where the President wasn’t otherwise engaged in the important matters of the Presidency. In fact, Joe Biden was an effective President who led our country with empathy and skill."
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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