An MSNBC host mused Friday that it was strange how a key talking point from weeks ago has suddenly disappeared.
Age became a larger talking point in June, particularly among the GOP, after President Joe Biden’s disastrous presidential debate on June 27. Questions over the 81-year-old's age and ability to complete another four years in office grew louder and more pointed.
Chris Hayes noted Friday that after Biden's exit, one candidate is also an advanced age.
"It is a *little* weird that 'age concerns' have disappeared as a constant focus of campaign reporting and discussion even though the GOP nominee would be the oldest man ever sworn in to the office and is very obviously sharply declining before our eyes," he wrote on the social media site X.
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MAGA supporters pushed back on Hayes' post, with some pointing out that he regularly holdsholds lengthy campaign rallies, and some on the left jabbing they're more concerned about Trump's "cognitive concerns" than his age.
The array of responses led Hayes to follow up with his original post.
"lol relies to posts like this on https://x.com in the year of our lord 2024 are like a Hieronymus Bosch mural of all the different kinds of internet weirdos in existence," he said.
