Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell struck up a friendship during their nearly quarter-century in the Senate together. Now in their 80s, the Democratic president and the Senate GOP leader appear to be giving political cover to each other as they fend off questions about their advanced age and health issues.

Notably, McConnell, R-Ky., 81, hasnā€™t joined Donald Trump, 77, and other Republicans who have attacked Bidenā€™s age, health and mental acuity as he seeks re-election.

And after McConnellā€™s second freeze-up last week, Biden was one of the first to call McConnell, telling reporters that his ā€œfriendā€ sounded like ā€œhis old selfā€ and that such episodes are a ā€œpart of his recoveryā€ from a fall and a concussion this year.

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    complicate attacks on Bidenā€™s age

    No they really donā€™t. Theyā€™ll talk about Bidenā€™s ā€œobvious mental declineā€ and theyā€™ll just not talk at all about Mitchā€™s very public 30 second Journeys Beyond the Stars. Theyā€™ll absolutely say Biden is too old but that Trump, who is only 3 years younger, isnā€™t. The right is absolutely capable of that level of doublethink. Stop assuming anything matters to them other than getting power they can use to hurt people. They donā€™t care about policy. They donā€™t care about seeming like hypocrites. Theyā€™ve been whipped into a paranoid frenzy and theyā€™ll do anything they need to do in order to hurt the people theyā€™re afraid of. Start looking at their behavior through that lens and see if it doesnā€™t start to make a lot of sense to you.

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      I think Trump is younger. Heā€™s a monster, but still younger than Biden.

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        Yup, Biden is 3 years older than trump.

        I donā€™t see any mental declineā€¦ Biden has always been a gaffe machine and he has a stutter he struggles to suppress. Heā€™s the same as ever.

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              Trump doesnā€™t exercise which means his battery remains fuller than Biden, who frivolously depletes his battery through exercise. Humans have a finite amount of energy and you have to conserve it (this is an actual thing he believes.)

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        Heā€™s also wildly unhealthy, and if his lifestyle is to be believed, he probably shouldā€™ve died years ago. The only thing keeping him going is fake tan, hair dye, and hate.

        Biden is too old, but he at least looks somewhat healthy.