Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said Wednesday on Newsmax that the first congressional hearing into former President Joe Biden’s alleged mental decline was aimed at preventing such a “cover-up” from ever happening again, accusing Democrats and the media of misleading the American people for years.

Schmitt said Wednesday that the focus of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing into Biden’s mental fitness while in office was to ensure that “we can never let this happen again.”

Appearing on “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” the Missouri Republican said Democrats “ignored the hearing like they ignored Biden’s mental decline for four years.”

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