Harris, Becerra covered up Biden mental decline, California Democratic candidate for governor says

Amid claims that President Joe Biden declined mentally portion successful office, Golden State gubernatorial campaigner Antonio Villaraigosa has suggested that erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris and erstwhile Health And Human Services Secretary Xavier Beccerra were progressive successful a cover-up.

Becerra is besides moving for governor, portion the imaginable of a imaginable Harris bid looms ample implicit the field. 

Current California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, is not eligible to tally again due to the fact that he's presently serving his 2nd term, and the state constitution stipulates that, "No Governor whitethorn service much than 2 terms."

"What I’ve seen successful quality sum and excerpts from the caller publication ‘Original Sin’ is profoundly troubling. At the highest levels of our government, those successful powerfulness were intentionally complicit oregon told outright lies successful a systematic screen up to support Joe Biden’s intelligence diminution from the public," Villaraigosa said successful a statement.

DEM SENATOR SAYS ‘NO DOUBT’ BIDEN DECLINED COGNITIVELY DURING PRESIDENCY

Former President Joe Biden (L) and erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris basal unneurotic astatine the White House up of the inauguration of then-President-elect Donald Trump connected January 20, 2025, successful Washington, D.C.  (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

"Now, we person travel to larn this screen up includes 2 salient California politicians who served arsenic California Attorney General – 1 who is moving for Governor and different who is reasoning astir moving for Governor," helium declared. 

Becerra and Harris person some antecedently served arsenic California authorities lawyer general.

"Those who were complicit successful the screen up should instrumentality work for the portion they played successful this debacle, clasp themselves accountable, and apologize to the American people. I telephone connected Kamala Harris and Xavier Becerra to bash conscionable that – and marque themselves disposable to voters and the escaped property due to the fact that there’s a batch of questions that request to beryllium answered," Villaraigosa declared successful different information of his statement.

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Fox News Digital reached retired to the bureau of Kamala Harris and the Office of Joe and Jill Biden but did not person responses from either bureau by the clip of publication.

"It’s wide the President was getting older, but helium made the ngo clear: tally the largest wellness bureau successful the world, grow attraction to millions much Americans than ever before, negociate down the outgo of medicine drugs, and propulsion america retired of a world-wide pandemic. And we delivered," Becerra noted successful a statement, according to reports.

During an quality connected "The View" earlier this month, Biden rejected the conception that helium suffered important diminution successful his cognitive abilities during his past twelvemonth successful office.

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Biden has been "diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason people of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone," a connection from his idiosyncratic bureau precocious noted.

Fox News' Peter Doocy contributed to this report