The left’s reflexive defense of Joe Biden’s obvious cognitive deterioration reached new levels of absurdity on The Five as FOX News’ Greg Gutfeld tore into liberal panelist Jessica Tarlov for her laughable attempt to deflect criticism of Biden by invoking Donald Trump. Tarlov, who has built a career on parroting Democratic talking points no matter how detached from reality, resorted to the tired “but Trump” strategy—proving yet again that the left has no substantive arguments when confronted with the failures of their own leaders.
Tarlov’s feeble attempt to pivot from Biden’s alarming mental decline to Trump’s cognitive test and weight was nothing short of desperate. “Donald Trump—I get it, he’s very high energy. But when you actually read the transcripts of what he’s talking about, he says, ‘Oh, Joe Biden’s brain is absolute mush. He has stage 9 cancer,’ which is not real. ‘Oh, by the way, I just aced a cognitive test.’ He loves bragging about that—you know, man, woman, person, camera, TV,” she rambled, as if mocking Trump’s sharp memory somehow excuses Biden’s incoherence.
Gutfeld, rightfully exasperated, fired back: “‘Come on,’ is actually comparing him to this? This is a mess. Like, you have no reason to question the Dems about this? Are you out of your mind?” He dismantled Tarlov’s weak deflection by pointing out the glaring hypocrisy of Democrats who spent years weaponizing Biden’s decline for political gain while dismissing legitimate concerns as conspiracy theories. “They’re the best doctors in the world, and a patient who is arguably the most important patient in the world—who gets tested pretty much weekly. They have to check him out, but somehow they decided not to do this?” Gutfeld’s razor-sharp critique exposed the left’s deliberate deception—Biden’s handlers knew exactly what they were doing, shielding a failing president while pushing a radical agenda behind the scenes.
The liberal media’s role in this cover-up cannot be overstated. For years, they downplayed Biden’s stumbles, dismissing videos of his confusion as “cheap fakes” or “right-wing propaganda.” Meanwhile, they relentlessly attacked Trump—a leader whose mental acuity and physical stamina are undeniable. While Biden shuffles through speeches, mumbles incoherently, and relies on teleprompters for basic sentences, Trump delivers fiery, off-the-cuff rallies that electrify millions. The contrast couldn’t be starker.
Gutfeld nailed it when he said, “There’s a huge hole in this narrative about Joe’s decline. They’re trying to present themselves as a loyal staff protecting an incapacitated leader, and yet the policies were anything but feeble. He may have been a mess, but the policies were a coherent list of woke desires.” The truth is, Biden’s handlers exploited his weakness to push a far-left agenda that has wrecked the economy, opened the borders, and emboldened America’s enemies.
Tarlov’s performance was yet another example of liberal media gaslighting—deflecting from Biden’s failures by screeching “Trump!” But the American people aren’t fooled. They see a strong, decisive President Trump ready to restore sanity to the White House, while the left clings to a crumbling puppet whose strings are pulled by shadowy radicals.