When President Joe Biden appeared to be looking for deceased Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski to appear at a recent press event, it raised questions across the nation about the president’s mental fitness. But how did it play in Walorski’s home state?

Hoosier Democrats don’t want to talk about it.

Walorski was killed in a head-on collision in Indiana along with two staffers in August. Within hours of the crash, the White House had released a statement from the president saying he and his wife were “shocked and saddened” by the news of the accident and sudden deaths.

The statement went on to reference Walorski’s work in Congress and the upcoming event to be held – the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health — with Biden saying he and his staff had appreciated Walorski’s “partnership” as his administration planned for the event.

But when he addressed the conference,  Biden — who at 79 is the oldest president in American history —  appeared to expect Walorski to be in the audience calling out, “Where’s Jackie?”

It was a cringe-inducing moment for Biden’s supporters, one that even the left-leaning cast of Saturday Night Live mocked in their season premiere on Saturday. It has sparked yet another national conversation about the president’s age and mental acuity.

But for Walorski’s fellow Indiana elected officials, the response has largely been silence. None of the state’s top Democrats would respond to questions from InsideSources about the incident.

A staffer for Indianapolis Democrat Rep. Andre Carson said, “Unfortunately, I don’t believe we’ll be able to comment on that.”

In response to an email asking whether Carson believes Biden is mentally fit to serve as president and commander-in-chief and whether Carson will support him if he runs again in 2024, the staffer replied: “I would refer you to the White House for any questions regarding President Biden.”

Rep. Frank Mrvan is the other Democratic member of Congress from Indiana, representing Gary and Hammond in the northwest corner of the state near Chicago. He and his staff declined to respond.

The communications director for South Bend Mayor James Mueller, who was previously the chief of staff to then-Mayor Pete Buttigieg, said she would talk to Mueller and would find out if he had any availability to speak about the issue.

She did not call back.

Hammond, Ind. Mayor Tom McDermott is the Democrats’ nominee challenging Republican Sen. Todd Young in November. Asked if he believed Biden is fit to serve and whether he will support him in 2024, he also did not want to talk.

An email request for comment sent to the Democratic candidate for Secretary of State, Destiny Wells, did not get a response.

Even Indiana Republicans were reluctant to speak out.

U.S. Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana declined to comment on the record about the president’s condition and his fitness for the job, only saying that he was at the White House for the event and heard what the president said.

He called Walorski “energetic” and recalled meeting her for the first time at a Reagan Day Dinner in her district in northern Indiana, and later attending a Trump rally with her in 2018.

Braun, who is planning to run for governor, said Walorski would have been high on his “list of consideration” for lieutenant governor.

Todd Rokita, Indiana’s attorney general and a potential candidate for governor of Indiana in 2024 was more forthcoming about Biden and the concern over his mental faculties.

“He should submit to a thorough battery of examinations and testing where the full results of the evaluations and testing are revealed along with the name of every doctor and healthcare professional who had any part in conducting the battery,” Rokita said.