Posted on 11/13/2017 11:42:08 AM PST by drewh
NBC News got Biden all morning long Monday as he officially launched his so-called American Promise Tour promoting his new memoir Promise Me, Dad, about the last year of his son Beau’s life. But across most of the morning franchise’s four hours, he took questions about 2020, President Trump, and Hillary Clinton.
“I understand the Rust Belt,” Biden told Kelly. “Donald Trump has no notion what those people are going through…It’s not a criticism; it’s an observation. They call me Middle Class Joe – it’s not meant as a compliment in Washington, it means I’m not sophisticated. But I understand what built this country. The only thing I know I know is the middle class, their hopes and aspirations, because it’s where I come from. It’s what I am.”
A poll out hours earlier showed 82% of Trump voters would vote for Trump again. Kelly wondered why the Obama administration left middle-class Rust Belters so unhappy as to open the door for Trump.
“I tell you what happened. We had to deal with six years dragging this economy out of a ditch,” Biden responded.
Meanwhile, get used to hearing the following about his thoughts on running in 2020 – Biden gave different versions of it across the Today landscape, and also is scheduled to appear on Stephen Colbert’s show tonight, with loads more appearances after that.
“I give you my word as a Biden, if the lord came down and said, ‘The nomination is yours if you accept it now,’ I would say no, not now…because I am not ready.”
Biden also promised he never would have agreed to replace Clinton as the Democratic nominee in 2016 when she got pneumonia. He was shooting down a notion DNC chief Donna Brazile claimed to have mulled when she was plugging her new book on tour, right before Biden launched his. Biden did, however, admit that he thought Clinton ran a crummy campaign, telling Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie, “It hit me like a ton of bricks – there was no discussion of issues.”
In other Today headlines, Biden boasted he made clear to Russian ruler Vladimir Putin that he thinks Putin’s claim of U.S. election non-interference is pure horseradish.
“I’m reluctant to criticize the President when he’s abroad, but I don’t believe Putin,” Biden said.
“There is no good reason to believe Putin… I don’t believe any objective person should believe Putin on that score,” Biden scoffed Monday, after Trump told reporters over the weekend he did believe Putin on that score, then tried to walk that back.
“I wanted to make clear to [Putin] I understood where he was coming from, as long as he understood I knew where he was coming from,” Biden said of an encounter. “I don’t believe Putin at all. They did meddle; he was responsible for it.”
I hate his guts. People don’t care about love Joe, especially from an old groper and plagiarist.
Is he hitting the Happy Sauce?
Shotgun Joe knows scata.
Biden is a clown posing as an old man.
Bah. He’s a loser. I hate mcCain more than this senile bastard.
I do like Biden more ... than I like jock itch or a canker sore.
Let’s put it to the test.
I don’t think so, Joe.
What a load of liberal horse crap.
Poor slo Joe...making a bigger horse’s ass of himself than we already thought he was. Retire with dignity, Joe...if you can understand that.
They call me Middle Class Joe –
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Class ass is closer to the truth.
This media tour looks like Joe is going head long into 2020...
I guess Joe’s been out in “The Heartland” copping feels like he did at White House ceremonies.
Hmmmm.I guess Megyn’s promise that her show wouldn’t get involved in politics is out the door, huh?
“What’s love got to do, got to do with it?”
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