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Dwayne Oxford

White House says Joe Biden is a victim of ‘cheap fakes’: What are they?

President Joe Biden attends the G7 summit, June 13, 2024, in Borgo Egnazia, Italy [Alex Brandon/AP Photo]

The White House on Monday hit back at critics who have cited recent videos of United States President Joe Biden to suggest he is mentally impaired and physically frail, less than six months before presidential elections in which he is expected to take on his predecessor Donald Trump.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre accused some of the videos of Biden, wherein he appears unresponsive or seems to be wandering off on his own, of being modified to create what are being described as “cheap fakes”.

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