Irish cousin Joe Biden has been praised for overcoming ‘such hostility’ in his life, and has criticized his age as ‘free and poisonous’.
Laurita Blewitt, from Mayo County, has met the President several times, and visited him in the White House during his vice-presidency under Barack Obama.
She appeared this morning where she spoke about the ‘strong Irish values’ of the 78 – year – old, and said there are suggestions that she is too old to be President. ‘utter nonsense’ after spending ‘almost her whole life’ as a politician.
Blewitt talked about Biden getting over a stomach as a child, revealing that he still struggles with public speaking and that he has to work hard not to re-engage stutter aige.
Joe Biden’s Irish cousin Laurita Blewitt (pictured) has been praised for overcoming ‘such hostility’ in his life, and has criticized his age as ‘free and poisonous’
Blewitt, from Mayo County, has met with the President several times, and visited him in the White House during his vice-presidency under Barack Obama
When asked about the President’s criticism, she said: ‘I think it’s totally weird. American politicians are much older than we are in Ireland and the UK. Nancy Pelosi is 80 years old, and is the speaker of the house. I don’t think it’s relevant. ‘
‘Joe has been a politician most of his life, he’s been a senator since he was 29, he’s on two terms as Vice President, he’s very capable and a naturalist politician.’
She claimed that suspicions about his age were the result of running against Donald Trump, and that Biden is fully equipped to take over the presidency.
‘I think this came about because he was running against Donald Trump who was taking any opportunity to get rid of him.
She appeared this morning where she spoke of Biden’s ‘strong Irish values’ and named him ‘kind and sincere’
She told guests Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield (both pictured) that he is too old to be President as ‘utter nonsense’ after spending ‘almost his whole life’ as a politician
‘Don’t forget that Joe Biden has overcome such a dilemma in his life. First as a child who is bullied for stammer and is formed. ‘
She recalled a trip to Ireland in 2017 where Biden Hospice opened Mayo Roscommon, revealing that he needs to make sure he sends out his sentences so he doesn’t stop while he talks to public.
‘I sat with him in the Jeep on the way to the lecture and he was putting lines through his sentences,’ said Laurita.
‘I said “What are you doing?”. He said “Because I have a stomach, I have to put out my sentences to make sure my stutter is not taken in again”.
‘When he stops or stops people saying he forgets what he’s going to say, it’s just cheap and bad talk.’
She remembered a 2017 trip to Ireland where Biden Hospice opened Mayo Roscommon. Pictured, Biden greets local citizens in Ballina
Pictured is Joe Blewitt (left), Biden’s cousin, with (from left) his wife Deirdre, Lauren’s daughter (7), Emer Bourke, his aunt Breege Bourke and Brendan Blewit’s father
She said: ‘The riot he has to overcome with his wife and daughter dying in a horrific car crash, his two boys in hospital for almost a year and then his son Beau dying of cancer there in 2015.
‘He has overcome such an ordeal in his life and the whole daisies say he is not responsible for the work.’
Laurita Biden described her as ‘sincere and kind’ both privately and publicly, and recalled a trip she took with her brother to the White House in 2017.
‘It was amazing,’ she said, ‘Going to the Rose Garden was there at such a very special time. ‘
Laurita told the show’s guests that his Irish heritage is ‘so important to him’ and not just because of his election campaign
Pictured right, Laurita and her family with Biden during a trip to County Mayo in 2017
She missed her plumber’s brother’s snoop around the White House toilets, admitting: ‘He was missing for a while. He said: “I was just exploring what the toilets in the White House are like”. I’m not sure if it’s part of WhatsApp’s plumbing group or what. ‘
Laurita praised Biden’s ‘strong Irish values’, insisting that his heritage is ‘so important to him’ and not just because of his election campaign.
She said: ‘It’s so important to him and not something that has just arisen because of the election.
‘He talks so strongly about his Irish paths on an ongoing basis and how his grandmother spoke Irish to him, how his mother brought him up with strong Irish values
‘He’s just very proud of them and you can see when he speaks in public that there’s always a bit of an Irish mention.’