CNN reported this week that Biden’s aides are attacking anyone in the Democratic Party who steps out of line and questions President Joe Biden’s ability to continue serving as president now that the public has seen his serious cognitive issues.

Reporter MJ Lee made the revelation during a segment on the network’s show “The Lead” Thursday afternoon as more and more Democrats continue to call on Biden to drop out of the presidential race.

When asked to talk about reports that Democrats were “furious” with Biden’s team, Lee responded: “You know, one thing that we have heard so consistently since that CNN debate some two weeks ago was how shocked Democrats across the board were by the president’s performance and seeing him be so halting and dazed at moments on that debate stage.”

She said that Democrats had all known that Biden has continued to age but they had no idea that his decline was as severe as what they saw during the debate, adding that he was “basically unrecognizable.”

She said that Democrats are blaming Biden’s inner circle and family for staging “painstakingly choreographed” events that are “specifically designed to prevent the public from often seeing the president in these extended unscripted settings.”

“And one thing that many of the folks that we spoke with that they are so furious about is this idea that when people have gone to these inner circle of advisers around the president to express some of these concerns, that they were not taken seriously or really brushed aside,” she said.

She added: “This is what one top Democrat told me, they said, ‘Everyone who expresses any level of suspicion or contrary views, they call everyone, and they beat the s*** out of them and say stay on message.’ Now, it is not just the inner circle of advisers that is getting a lot of this heat. It is also members of the president’s family who of course have been up there, really standing by the president’s decision to so far stay in this race.”

WATCH:

How’s that return to civility working out?

CNN’s MJ Lee reports that Biden’s advisors threatened White House staffers that they will “beat the shit out of” anyone who goes off message about Biden’s health.

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— Matt Margolis (@mattmargolis) July 12, 2024