Posted on 07/04/2024 7:19:30 PM PDT by Libloather
The White House is frantically moving to get President Joe Biden in front of cameras and crowds on an expedited schedule this July 4th weekend after growing calls from within his party to step down after his debate disaster.
Biden's handlers had already put in place a taped, sit-down interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos to try to fend off calls from lawmakers and donors to demonstrate that he is still up to the task of campaigning.
But after a Wednesday meeting with the nation's governors that failed to quell mounting calls for his ouster from the Democratic ticket, ABC announced hours later that the entire interview - which had been slated to air in pieces over Saturday and Sunday mornings - would now air in one shot, on Friday night.
The prime time 8 pm broadcast will give Americans their first extensive look at the president in a Q&A format - albeit not live - since Biden trailed off, rattled off odd phrases, and appeared to lose his train of thought repeatedly during Thursday's debate with Donald Trump.
'The down-ballot freak-out from elected Democrats has not ebbed, and the negative media coverage and information flow about Biden's debate debacle has only intensified,' former Mitt Romney senior advisor Kevin Madden told DailyMail.com.
'As a result, the White House is motivated more by necessity than design to schedule a major interview. There's an urgency to get the President out there so he can address the blowback directly.'
But the move follows days of lost time when senior members of his own party raised doubts about his candidacy and three elected Democrats have called on him to step back.
'Friday is still a tardy response, given that this controversy will have been spiraling for over a week, but waiting until Sunday would...
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Friday is when they put out new stories that they want to bury.
It’s not a live interview. It’s taped and edited.
>> Democrats give him FOUR DAYS to prove himself - or quit
Hell of a demand for Congress to make on the Executive branch
It’ll be repeated all over the interwebs.
Four days?
Well this was today .. so far so good
BIDEN to the troops: “I’ve been all over the world with you. I’ve been in and out of battles, anyway...”
https://rumble.com/v55l37q-biden-to-the-troops-ive-been-all-over-the-world-with-you.-ive-been-in-and-o.html
A heavily slurring Biden starts to stumble through the debunked “suckers and losers” hoax
https://rumble.com/v55l3on-a-heavily-slurring-biden-starts-to-stumble-through-the-debunked-suckers-and.html
Taped and HEAVILY edited to remove gaffes, stares into space, squats to push out steaming Obamas, get the picture??!!!
"Looky looky I'm fine I'm fine, no really!"
Ho! Ho! Ho! Happy Independence Day!
Babbling about no more congestion
Biden loses train of thought in Fourth of July speech to vets: ‘Probably shouldn’t even say that’
No one watches on a Friday night seriously it’s gonna be so crazy edited no one is going to buy it
I wonder how much editing will take place and how many takes for each answer so that it is perfect.
Too bad we will never see the unedited footage.
And he was up late past 8pm watching the fireworks just now …
It just keeps getting better.
I hope he does a wonderful interview.
Remind me to never get in a gun fight with you…..you have a mighty fast trigger finger!
Joe is done. It’s just a matter of timing now. Dems want to wait until after Trump is nominated and has announced a VP choice.
Mitt Romney is down ballot of Biden.
Or the opposite... they might decide to sink him.
Four days to prove himself? Well, his condition was bad enough he couldn’t get out of his basement to campaign.... and that was four years ago. But four more days are needed?
No one will watch the interview. Half of America is on vacation this week. It’s hot, everyone is golfing, swimming and having a good time.
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