Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, a co-chair of President Joe Biden's reelection campaign, grew animated on Sunday as he defended Biden after special counsel Robert Hur's new report detailing what Hur called Biden's significant lapses in memory.

"As you well know, more gaffes are a part of what all of us in public life do," Coons said in an interview with ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl. Coons pointed to verbal slips made by House Speaker Mike Johnson and former President Donald Trump.

"Here is what matters, not the occasional small gaffes. He [Biden] had a 12-minute press conference where he was focused, engaged, purposeful, and all you're focused on is that one minute at the end," Coons continued, referring to when Biden misidentified the president of Egypt on Thursday. "That's not what distinguishes him from his opponents."