Posted on 07/11/2024 7:34:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
President Joe Biden managed to ease some concerns about his political future, though he also committed crucial gaffes, during a choreographed press conference Thursday night.
For weeks, Democrats have been calling for the president to drop out of the presidential race. Two weeks after taking the debate stage against former President Donald Trump, Biden took questions at a high-stakes press conference while his political future remained in limbo. Despite a few gaffes that made the rounds on social media, the president managed a strong enough showing through the rest of the press conference to potentially delay calls for him to step down. (RELATED: Briefing Erupts After Multiple Reporters Bombard KJP With Questions About Neurologist Visiting White House)
“Biden had a good enough night that Ds will not go into a full, public meltdown — at least not tonight. He bought himself more time, which probably is upsetting to a lot of Ds who think he is the weakest candidate vs. Trump and want to get this over. The Ds are in a real jam,” former Bush administration White House press secretary Ari Fleischer wrote in a tweet.
In a nearly hour-long press conference that was already significantly delayed, Biden committed several gaffes while trying to prove to the press and his allies that he is capable of a second term.
The first gaffe came before Biden even walked out on the stage for his press conference at remarks about two hours earlier. When introducing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Biden mistakenly called him “President Putin.” Biden paused before catching his mistake and correcting himself.
Biden took the press conference stage just before 7:30 for a press conference that was initially set to begin at 5:30 p.m., before initially being delayed to 6:30 p.m. After giving an opening statement off a teleprompter, Biden told reporters that he had a list of who he was supposed to call on. In total, the president called on eight reporters, all from the list, before taking a shouted question as he exited the stage.
Moments after taking his first question, Biden confused Vice President Kamala Harris with Trump.
“Mr. President, your political future has hung over the NATO summit a little bit this week, Speaker Pelosi made a point of suggesting that your decision on whether to stay in the race was still open. George Clooney and a handful a handful of makers have called on you to step aside. Reuters is reporting tonight that UAW leadership is concerned about your ability to win,” a reporter began.
“My question for you is, how are you incorporating these developments into your decision to stay and separately, what concerns do you have about Vice President Harris’s ability to beat Donald Trump if she were at the top of the ticket?” the reporter asked.
“Look, I wouldn’t have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president, did I think she was not qualified to be president. So let’s start there,” Biden began.
Later in the press conference, Biden called his chief-of-staff of the military his “commander-in-chief” when talking about the Russia-Ukraine war.
“The question is, what’s the best use of the weaponry he has what we were getting to him?” Biden began. “I’ve gotten, more high, I got a more long range capacity as well as defensive capacity. And so our military is where, I’m following the advice of my commander in chief, my, my, my, the Chief of Staff of the military, as well as the secretary of defense and our intelligence people, and we’re making a day to day basis on what they should and should, how far they should win. That’s a logical thing to do.”
Amid the gaffes, Biden managed to address concerns that cannot manage late events or a demanding presidential schedule — something Democrats have voiced worry over when calling for the president to drop out of the race.
“I’m determined on running, but I think it’s important that I lay fears by seeing let them see me out there, let me see them. You know, for the longest time it was, you know, Biden’s not prepared to sit with us, unscripted. Biden’s not prepared to in any way. And so what I’m doing is, I’ve been doing, I think we’ve done, over 20 major events, from Wisconsin to North Carolina to anyway, to demonstrate that I’m going out in the areas where you think we can win, where we can persuade people to move our way, or people already there,” the president said, directly attacking criticisms that he can’t talk without a teleprompter.
Unlike Biden’s debate performance, or even his primetime interview on ABC News, the president’s public appearance did not seem to set off panic within his party or amongst his allies. Rather, the president appeared to just meet already low expectations in his high-profile press conference.
Some conservatives applauded the performance for being just good enough to keep a weak Biden in the race, while others pointed out that it was still below the bar for a president seeking another term. “Probably worse case scenario for Dems,” former Daily Caller White House Correspondent Saagar Enjeti tweeted.
“Worst possible outcome,” a Democratic source told Fox News Senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich.
Good. I want him to stay in. But just how stupid are his staff, who’ve allowed him to admit over and over the questioners are pre-selected
...even though swaying like a pendulum after the first few minutes.
But to be fair, questioners are pre-selected for Obama and other Democrats.
He said mind numbing and stupid things, but was said to be successful because he wasn’t even worse? This is madness.
Avoiding total collapse Dems celebrate ..
You never had a class graded on a curve?
Highlights (or lowlights) of “big boy” day
Only a hair better then the debate .. perfect
(He lost his train of thought many times too)
Video
BIDEN: “I’m following the advice of my commander-in-chief”
https://rumble.com/v56kuhg-biden-im-following-the-advice-of-my-commander-in-chief.html
Biden just referred to Kamala Harris as Vice President Trump
https://rumble.com/v56krzn-biden-just-referred-to-kamala-harris-as-vice-president-trump.html
Video: Within one minute, Biden says he is not willing but also is willing to talk with Putin
https://rumble.com/v56l8x8-within-one-minute-biden-says-he-is-not-willing-but-also-is-willing-to-talk-.html
Video
Biden said he created 2000 jobs just last week?
https://rumble.com/v56kwmi-biden-said-he-created-2000-jobs-just-last-week.html
Watch Zelensky’s reaction as Biden calls him Putin
7-11-2024
https://rumble.com/v56khqp-watch-zelenskys-reaction-as-biden-calls-him-putin.html
Video: Biden randomly starts SCREAMING during his “press conference”
https://rumble.com/v56l02y-biden-randomly-starts-screaming-during-his-press-conference.html
Video: The reaction from Biden’s team when he called Kamala “Vice President Trump”
https://rumble.com/v56l3zi-the-reaction-from-bidens-team-when-he-called-kamala-vice-president-trump.html
Kind of like saying I could be an Olympic sprinter just because I can run after one of my grandkids .
Nothing says doing a decent job when you don’t know who the hell your vice president is
ABC news says ditto
Democrats worry Biden press conference leaves them in ‘purgatory’: ANALYSIS
“This was in many ways the worst-case scenario for Dems,” one Democrat said.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-worry-biden-press-conference-leaves-purgatory-analysis/story?id=111866611&cid=social_twitter_abcn
Fair enough, but the credibility of his simpletons who coined “big boy press conference” takes a hit when he admits it’s rigged
He will be cut at the right time . Bank on it .
How?
Note these two things:
1). But.
2). Did he really sat “lay fears,” or is that a mis-transcription of the quote?
IMHO, he did good enough to say in the race longer, but not good enough to stop the infighting. I see it as a win. Hopefully they can drag it out to the convention.
Biden eased concerns? No way, just listen to Democrats and their media, as someone has said, you cannot undo this.
Allay fears?
You did it joe you answered every question you get a scooby snack
joey is a big boy
he proved it tonite
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