Gaslighting Clooney and Tapper Play Innocent As New Book Reveals Biden Was Completely Out of It

There’s something so craven, so shameless about CNN host Jake Tapper writing a book and profiting off the media/Democrat party’s years-long coverup of Joe Biden’s mental decline—when he was an integral part of the lying machine that tried to deceive American voters.

Another famous personality was also involved in the deceit, Hollywood actor George Clooney, who now acts all aggrieved but said nothing when it mattered despite knowing the truth.

According to Tapper’s new tome “Original Sin,” co-authored by Alex Thompson, the then-president was so far gone that he didn’t even recognize his longtime friend and shameless supporter at a glitzy fundraiser held by the thespian. One can only imagine how shattered Clooney’s ego was.

Poor George:

A rapidly aging Joe Biden couldn’t even recognize George Clooney at a Democratic fundraiser in Los Angeles during his 2024 campaign — leaving the Hollywood star “shaken to his core,” a bombshell new book claims.
The troubling incident, which unfolded at a star-studded fundraiser in June 2024 that was co-hosted by Clooney, was laid bare in the forthcoming book “Original Sin” by Alex Thompson and Jake Tapper about the attempt to cover up Biden’s decline while in office.

(Warning—profanity):

"Cheap fake" update: New details from the Hollywood fundraiser when Biden froze up and had to be led off stage.

"It was like watching someone who was not alive."

"It was clear that the president had not recognized Clooney." pic.twitter.com/GMwculo2lR
— Andrew Stiles (@AndrewStilesUSA) May 13, 2025

Not being recognized shook Clooney up something good—the horror!

“It was obvious to many standing there that the president did not know who George Clooney was,” the authors wrote, according to an excerpt obtained by The Post.
“Clooney was shaken to his core. The president hadn’t recognized him. A man he had known for years.”

I don't mean to make light of George Clooney's deep wisdom and world-historic significance, but there is something hilarious that he only became convinced Biden was out of it because Biden didn't recognize him. I knew he was out of it in 2023 and that was from watching him on TV.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) May 13, 2025

Clooney was so traumatized that he felt sick to his stomach. But did he come out immediately following the event—which raised $28 million for the faltering commander-in-chief—and make a statement? No, it was only after the Disastrous Debate in June 2024—when it was pretty clear Ole Joe was done for—that he suddenly found a conscience and penned a New York Times op-ed in July saying the president should abandon his reelection campaign.

“Clooney felt a knot form in his stomach as the president approached him,” the authors wrote of the embarrassing encounter.
When Biden reached Clooney, the aide gently reminded the president of the star’s name — despite the pair having known each other personally for two decades.
“’You know George,’ the assisting aide told the president,” according to the excerpt.
“’Yeah, yeah,’ the president said to one of the most recognizable men in the world and host of this lucrative fundraiser. ‘Thank you for being here.’”
After the aide clarified that it was “George Clooney” in front of him, the prez responded: “Oh, yeah … Hi, George!”

George Clooney Tries to Salvage Reputation on Scandal-Plagued '60 Minutes,' Trump's Not Having It

These two frauds were knee-deep in the cover-up, and now they’re both pretending that they were shocked and awed and are somehow above it all. But Jake, we have the receipts:

2 minutes of Jake Tapper questioning those who said Biden was in cognitive decline.https://t.co/mNvRlbyQWb
— TNizzle (@TNizzle621) May 13, 2025

They can spin and flail, but the reputations of these two will forever remain in the toilet because they did not have the courage to step up when it counted.

So many Hollywood "stars" seem to have gone off the deep end and devoted themselves to far-left causes that regular Americans have no interest in.

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