Biden's surprise call to old campaign staff is labelled FAKE after viewers spot suspicious detail

Joe Biden's telephone telephone to erstwhile run staffers connected Monday has sparked caller theories connected nan president's wellness aft an overseas infinitesimal betwixt nan president and Kamala Harris.

The 81-year-old spoke successful a scratchy voice from COVID isolation astatine his Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, location and told Harris: 'I'm watching you kid'.

However, galore noted a unusual speech betwixt nan vice president and her boss, who has not been seen successful 5 days and since he shocked nan world by dropping retired of nan title via a missive posted to societal media connected Sunday.

The caller presumptive Democratic nominee Harris said: 'Joe, I cognize you're still connected nan rec… connected nan call.'

With galore having wildly suggested Biden is earnestly ill because of nan measurement he announced his departure, blimpish firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene wondered if nan crippled had been fixed up by Harris' gaffe of nan tongue.

Greene was referring to Harris intelligibly starting to opportunity nan connection 'recording' earlier correcting herself and saying 'call' to Biden. 

'Did Kamala spill nan beans? Was it a recording? That's what she started to say,' Greene said Monday.

Conservative activistic Charlie Kirk called it a 'very unusual slip' which sewage Congresswoman Lauren Boebert's attention.

The Colorado representative, who has been 1 of nan astir vocal group funny of Biden's absence, asked: 'Where is Joe?' 

Another relationship pointed retired run head Julie Chavez Rodriguez's guidance to Biden's planned remarks.

'Pay attraction to nan assemblage connection of nan female astatine nan podium; she knows thing is intelligibly incorrect here. She ne'er has an existent speech pinch Biden, prompting group to judge this was astir apt a antecedently recorded audio aliases AI.'

Biden, arsenic antecedently mentioned, has been incapable to speak publically since testing affirmative for COVID past week.

His 'symptoms person almost resolved completely' from COVID-19, according to his physician, arsenic nan president connected Monday remained retired of nationalist position for nan 5th consecutive day.

Biden´s physician, Dr. Kevin O´Connor, said that nan president had completed his 10th dose of nan COVID-fighting medicine Paxlovid connected Monday greeting and continued to execute each of his statesmanlike duties.

'His symptoms person almost resolved completely. His pulse, humor pressure, respiratory complaint and somesthesia stay perfectly normal,' O´Connor wrote. 'His oxygen saturation continues to beryllium fantabulous connected room air. His lungs stay clear.' 

The president was past seen successful nationalist precocious Wednesday aft arriving astatine a U.S. aerial guidelines successful Dover, Delaware, after testing affirmative for COVID-19 while campaigning successful Las Vegas earlier successful nan day. 

He past motorcaded to his picnic location successful Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The White House says Biden plans to return to nan White House connected Tuesday afternoon.

'If I didn´t person COVID, I´d beryllium opinionated location pinch you,' said Biden, whose sound sounded a touch gravelly, connected nan telephone Monday. 

There's nary proposal aliases known grounds that Biden is suffering another, much superior wellness issues. Any specified unwellness could coming a awesome nationalist information rumor and would raise questions astir whether he needs to measurement down arsenic president up of nan November election.

That hasn't stopped governmental figures connected some near and correct from speculating connected what happened to Biden.

Controversial congresswoman Lauren Boebert, 37, posted connected X connected Monday demanding 'proof of life' from nan 81-year-old and moreover giving nan president a deadline. 

The Republican firebrand - who has antecedently been embroiled successful aggregate scandals relating to conspiracy theories - said: 'I request impervious of life from Joe Biden coming by 5:00pm.

'He needs to get successful beforehand of immoderate camera and talk if he’s alert that he dropped out. Hiding is wholly unacceptable.' 

Journalist Glenn Greenwald - an anti-Biden left-winger - besides posted connected societal media deeming it 'strange and wrong' that Biden hadn't given a televised announcement or appeared successful personification since revealing his bombshell decision.

Greenwald wrote: 'I don't endorse Biden conspiracies, but still: It's unusual and incorrect that Biden hasn't spoken fixed nan historical magnitude of his announcement. 

'Having a President driblet retired by tweet and past vanish is bizarre. If he's good capable to decide, past he's good capable to speak.'

Alongside Boebert, chap GOP typical Greene described Biden's determination to driblet retired successful akin conspiratorial terms. 

Without immoderate evidence, Greene posted connected X saying: 'There’s a soft civilian warfare happening successful nan heavy authorities and nan elites successful power.

'The Democrats, nan IC, and their activists successful nan media person been lying to america saying there’s thing incorrect pinch Biden for years. 

'Next, they commencement a coup against him demanding he driblet retired of nan title erstwhile they couldn’t hide it anymore.'

Greene is notorious for backing aggregate outlandish conspiracy theories, including nan QAnon declare that Trump is locked successful a conflict against Satan-worshipping Democrats and celebrities. 

Biden's wellness appears to beryllium what ultimately ended his campaign, aft a disastrous TV statement against Donald Trump, 78, past month.  

Worries astir Biden's wellbeing were exacerbated Sunday aft his younger relative claimed unwellness had been a facet successful his determination to guidelines down. 

Frank Biden told CBS: 'I'm incredibly proud of my brother. Selfishly, I will person him backmost to bask immoderate clip we person left.'

But a Biden family root poured very basking h2o connected Frank's claims. 'Frank Biden suffers from alcoholism and hasn't spoken to his relative successful weeks,' nan root said. 'What he said ... is wholly untrue.'

A apical Parkinson's illness master visited nan White House aggregate times this year, though officials person insisted Biden is successful bully health.  

Biden made nan announcement that he was backing retired of nan statesmanlike title by sharing a missive to his societal media connected Sunday afternoon. 

On Monday, he pledged to still beryllium progressive successful nan reelection conflict and said he would proceed to deed nan run way arsenic he interacted connected loudspeaker pinch his staffers who now activity for Harris.

Biden's comments followed questions of why he hadn't been seen aliases heard from since he made nan bombshell announcement connected X Sunday day that he was stepping aside.

'I cognize yesterday's news is astonishing and difficult for you to hear, but it was nan correct point to do,' nan president said. 

'I cognize it's difficult because you poured your bosom and psyche into me, to thief america triumph this thing, thief maine get this nomination, thief maine triumph nan information and past spell connected to triumph nan presidency,' he continued. 

Already location were signs that nan run had moved on, pinch signage that read 'Harris for President,' 'Kamala,' and 'Restore Roe' hung connected nan walls of nan office. 

There was 1 wall successful nan Delaware agency that remained covered successful signs pinch nan 'Biden-Harris' logo.

As Harris took nan podium, she noted really Biden was still connected nan call. 

'We emotion Joe and Jill,' nan vice president said. 

'It's mutual,' Biden interjected from nan telephone line.

'I knew you were still there, you're not going anyplace Joe,' she said laughing. 'I emotion you Joe,' she added. 

So acold nary different mainstream Democrat appears to beryllium challenging Harris, though self-help guru Marianne Williamson, who ran against Biden successful nan 2024 primaries, pushed that location should beryllium an unfastened normal erstwhile nan Democrats meet successful Chicago successful August.

Democratic lawmakers, donors and grassroots supporters have coalesced astir Harris, who would beryllium nan first female and female of colour to beryllium elected U.S. president. 

A spokesperson for nan run said that nan Harris run raised $81 cardinal successful donations since Biden bowed retired and more than 28,000 individuals signed up to volunteer. 

Biden's run unit had been blindsided pinch nan news that he was dropping retired of nan 2024 title - uncovering retired via nan X station Sunday for illustration nan remainder of nan American people. 

'No 1 had a heads up earlier nan tweet posted,' a run root told DailyMail.com Sunday. 'Which to maine is an insane measurement to dainty nan 1,300 group that activity for you,' nan root added. 

At 5 p.m. Sunday connected an all-staff call, O'Malley Dillon assured aides that their jobs would remain. 

She besides acknowledged that it was 'hard for unit who whitethorn person gotten nan news while they were moving aliases doorway knocking,' but that it was 'important' that they heard from nan president 'in his ain words.' 

Shortly aft Biden posted nan missive saying he was bowing retired of nan title he said successful a follow-up station connected X that he was endorsing Harris to return his spot arsenic nan Democratic nominee. 

'I'm hoping you'll springiness each spot of your bosom and psyche that you gave to maine to Kamala,' Biden said connected loudspeaker Monday. 'And I want you to know, I won't beryllium connected nan summons but I'm still going to beryllium fully, afloat engaged.'

'I've sewage six months near of my presidency, I'm wished to get arsenic overmuch done arsenic I perchance tin - some overseas argumentation and home policy,' he continued, making mention of 'working for an extremity to nan warfare successful Gaza.'

The president added that he would beryllium doing 'whatever Kamala wants maine aliases needs maine to do successful addition.'

'So fto maine beryllium existent clear. We're still fighting successful this conflict together. I'm not going anywhere,' nan president said.