The fierce clash between Fox News hosts Jessica Tarlov and Lisa Kennedy Montgomery is CONSIDERED the most Talked-About Face-Off in History!
Fox News contributors Jessica Tarlov and Lisa Kennedy Montgomery sparred on the network Monday over whether or not former Vice President Joe Bιden could be suffering from “d3mentiɑ.”
The tense exchange happened on the latest episode of the Fox panel discussion show Outnumbered. Democrat Tarlov defended the state of Bιden’s mental health after the conservative Montgomery suggested the former vice president’s campaign speeches had been shortened to 15 minutes because he can no longer handle speaking for a longer amount of time.
“It is so reckless and irresponsible for people to be speculating that this man, who very well might be the next president of the United States, has d3mentiɑ when there is no doctor backing [the claim],” said Tarlov.
Fellow panelist Brian Kilmeade remarked earlier in the segment that Bιden “needs to win” the Democratic primaries set for Tuesday in six states to avoid too much focus being placed on Sunday’s planned debate with Sanders.
Montgomery agreed, comparing the mental state of Sanders favorably to Bιden, while added she believed he had recovered from a heart attack in October in a “much more energized” state than Bιden.
“Joe Bιden’s stump speech as been shortened to 15 minutes, and the Sanders campaign has been highlighting that,” Montgomery said. “Bernie Sanders is giving three campaign events in a row, each speech he gives will be close to an hour. … When Joe Bιden has that much time on stage, one-on-one, he doesn’t have any… human shields.”
Tarlov claimed that conservatives and Sanders supporters were teaming up to spread rumors that Bιden is in a state of mental decline.
“The right and Bernie Sanders… the MAGA folks and Bernie Sanders camps are unifying and saying Joe Bιden has d3mentiɑ.”
“You worried about Joe Bιden’s mental faculties on this show,” Montgomery interrupted. “A lot of people, Democrats openly talked about [how] they’re worried that Joe Bιden has [cognitive problems].”
Although Bιden’s mental state has been the topic of much discussion in conservative media and among some Sanders supporters, neither Sanders nor anyone officially active in his campaign has been pushing the notion.
Montgomery theorized that if Bιden gets elected, the press will likely not question his medical or mental state in the same way she believes they have for President Donald Trump, while questioning whether Tarlov had speculated about Trump’s mental health.
“I have never been a person to question President Trump’s mental fitness or his physical fitness, I think that is reckless to do that,” said Tarlov. “I’ve said that he has said crazy things.”
Newsweek reached out to the Bιden campaign for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.
