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'Exhausted,' 'bad episode': Biden doubles down on debate explanations in ABC News exclusive
ABC News | DNC ^ | July 5, 2024 | ByAlexandra Hutzler

Posted on 07/05/2024 4:18:15 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

President Joe Biden, in his first television interview since his CNN debate with Donald Trump, brushed off the poor performance as a "bad episode" and said he alone was to blame for what transpired.

… “Did you ever watch the debate afterwards?" Stephanopoulos asked Biden.

"I don't think I did, no," the president said.

But did he know how badly it was going while he was on stage?

"Yeah, look. The whole way I prepared, nobody's fault, mine. Nobody's fault but mine. I-- I prepared what I usually would do sitting down as I did come back with foreign leaders or National Security Council for explicit detail. And I realized-- partway through that, you know, all-- I get quoted the New York Times had me down, ten points before the debate, nine now, or whatever the hell it is. The fact of the matter is, what I looked at is that he also lied 28 times. I couldn't-- I mean, the way the debate ran, not-- my fault, nobody else's fault, no one else's fault."

"But it seemed like you were having trouble from the first question in, even before he spoke?" Stephanopoulos asked.

"Well, I just had a bad night," Biden said.

ABC News offered a similar interview opportunity to Trump but he declined.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abc; biden; bideninterview; bidensmentaldecline; dementia; dementiajoe; election2024; stephanopoulos; steponallofus
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He also claims he was so sick he thought he had Covid yeah that’s why after the debate he went to a Waffle House to infect everyone


21 posted on 07/05/2024 4:28:37 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This interview is every bit as fake as I thought it would be.


22 posted on 07/05/2024 4:30:14 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I can see Joe biden making the same ABC bad day broadcast after China hits California with several nuclear strikes as it invades Taiwan.

The whole thing is just as President Trump says, “ a pile of crap.”


23 posted on 07/05/2024 4:30:45 PM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: jerod

24 posted on 07/05/2024 4:31:07 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: All

A “bad night” my Aunt Tilly. Biden has been debating public issues for half a century.
<><>He ran six times for the Senate,
<><>he’s now on his fourth run for president —
<><>not to mention two veep runs,
<><>including his epic 2012 debate w/ Paul Ryan.


Jill Biden running to Vogue to get herself on the cover
actually thought this would mitigate Joe’s debate disaster?

Jill blathering in Vogue about how she guides him in making
policy decisions is enough to give the citizenry nightmares.

The power-crazed drjill self-servingly connived to get a Vogue
cover feature that would “boost” demented Joe? No frickin’ way.


25 posted on 07/05/2024 4:31:50 PM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . )
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To: frank ballenger

I hope Trump picks someone good for Vice President. Not Marco Rubio who is not a “natural born Citizen” of the United States since he was born a dual Citizen via his Cuban nationals father and mother who were not U.S. Citizens when he was born.

@realDonaldTrump The “natural born Citizen” brainwashing runs deep: https://cdrkerchner.wordpress.com/2024/01/12/the-nbc-eligibility-brainwashing-runs-deep-by-joseph-demaio/ #Constitution #ArticleII #naturalbornCitizen #DonaldTrump #12thAmendment #VicePresident .

Maybe a person who knows the swamp really well and how vicious it is ... like maybe General Flynn.


26 posted on 07/05/2024 4:32:35 PM PDT by CDR Kerchner ( retired military officer, natural law, Vattel, presidential, eligibility, natural born Citizen )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I agree...juat a bad night. Full steam ahead!


27 posted on 07/05/2024 4:32:45 PM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I think that the “juice” they were giving him caused some kind of health emergency and they are afraid to give it to him again. That’s why we are now seeing a clean and sober Biden.


28 posted on 07/05/2024 4:32:47 PM PDT by McCarthysGhost
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To: frank ballenger

I think I would know whether I watched the tape of the debate or not.


29 posted on 07/05/2024 4:33:24 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: cgbg
Yeah—”I don’t think I did” is an evasion highly indicative of lying.

That means he did.

Either that, or he's accidentally telling the truth and he doesn't remember what he does from one minute to the next.

In fact, he could have seen the interview, and asked Mommy "Who's that?"

30 posted on 07/05/2024 4:33:24 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (The country bounces along like Custer on the way to Little Big Horn, thanks to Dear Leader)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I am glad Trump declined. It would have been a trap for him.


31 posted on 07/05/2024 4:33:40 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Actually a good point by George....”you were horrible before Trump even spook” or words to that effect. Biden claiming the all the 28 lies by Trump derailed him.


32 posted on 07/05/2024 4:33:42 PM PDT by Kahuna
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To: popdonnelly

The clip i saw doesn’t make him look very good but I agree with him. It was just a bad night. I think he has earned the nomination and should be the nominee.


33 posted on 07/05/2024 4:35:06 PM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: Kahuna

Biden did not even understand what President Trump was saying.

He was non compos mentis during almost all of the debate.


34 posted on 07/05/2024 4:35:20 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: wiseprince

He did earn it—the problem is that dementia never sleeps.


35 posted on 07/05/2024 4:36:14 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

… “Did you ever watch the debate afterwards?” Stephanopoulos asked Biden.

“I don’t think I did, no,” the president said.


He doesn’t know whether or not he watched the debate? Did he know Stephaopoulos was interviewing him?


36 posted on 07/05/2024 4:37:02 PM PDT by Cold_Red_Steel
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To: JJBookman

If the 2 minute preview is any indication of the full interview, Biden is done for


37 posted on 07/05/2024 4:39:59 PM PDT by CaptainK ("If life's really hard, at least its short")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMX-QPSXL-Q


38 posted on 07/05/2024 4:40:01 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Total, deranged, demented, BULL$hit


39 posted on 07/05/2024 4:40:28 PM PDT by wetgundog
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To: Cold_Red_Steel

Hes just an elderly gentlemen with a poor memory that no jury would convict for having unsecured classified documents stored in his garage next to his corvette....


40 posted on 07/05/2024 4:40:36 PM PDT by aklurker
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