Quote:Former first lady Jill Biden is the Edith Wilson of our time
OPINION:
The massive cover-up of President
Biden’s mental and physical decline, which is now being revealed by certain media types who were part of it, reminds me of a similar event more than a century ago.
President
Wilson suffered a stroke on Oct. 2, 1919, that left him barely able to work. First lady
Edith Wilson moved quickly to shield her husband’s condition from the press and public. Historians say she took on so many of his responsibilities that she functioned like a president.
Edith Wilson went so far in her scheming that she covered
Wilson’s left side with a blanket to hide his paralysis. Even Wilson’s doctor was part of the cover-up.
As described in Rebecca Boggs Roberts’ book “Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady
Edith Wilson,” members of Congress were frustrated when they were prevented from seeing the president. A Senate delegation was assembled, and a top White House aide was informed that it was coming to the White House to see
Wilson that very day.
Edith and some of
Wilson’s staff staged a “dress rehearsal” before the meeting that they hoped would allow the president to seem articulate and engaged. There was even talk of propping him up in a beach chair, but they settled on elevating him in bed. The publicist for the Democratic Party was brought in to help stage the charade.
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