Posted on 07/05/2024 5:02:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Joe Biden gave his first post-debate television interview to reassure Americans he could handle another four years in office-- but it turns out, it wasn't just one "bad night."
After a shaky debate performance against former President Donald Trump last week, Biden has faced an avalanche of pressure to drop out of the 2024 race, citing his cognitive decline.
Biden, who says he's staying in the race, has defied calls to drop out of the running, confident he will beat Trump.
The 81-year-old president agreed to a sit-down interview with CBS News’ George Stephanopoulos because he said he would not let a 90-minute debate overshadow all of his so-called “accomplishments” from the past three years.
Stephanopoulos asked Biden if his disastrous debate performance was a "bad episode or the sign of a more serious condition?”
Biden’s excuse? He was “exhausted.”
However, the host pushed back, pointing out that Biden had spent the entire week prior vacationing at Camp David.
“I just had a really bad cold!” The president claimed.
ABC: Was your humiliating debate a "bad episode or the sign of a more serious condition"?
BIDEN: "I was exhausted!"
ABC: Why wasn't your week holed away at Camp David enough rest time?
BIDEN: "I just had a really bad cold!" pic.twitter.com/AHMBLqNcIK— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 5, 2024
It is worth noting that Biden has spent more than 40 percent of his presidency on vacation and his days are similar to someone who works a cushiony 9-5.
Biden also blamed his troubling debate performance on jet lag. However, Stephanopoulos pointed out that he had over a week— 12 days to be exact— to recover.
George Stephanopoulos asks Joe Biden if he thinks he has a “serious condition” and why 12 days wasn’t enough time to recover from jet lag pic.twitter.com/kEfN8dKHKt— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 5, 2024
The senile president also has no clue whether he watched the debate.
Joe Biden does not know if he watched the debate after taking part in it
pic.twitter.com/hgzYsYs1Cg— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 5, 2024
On Friday, during a rally in Wisconsin, Biden pushed back against critics who say it’s time for him to pass the torch. Instead, the president declared he would “win again in 2020” as he bashed former President Donald Trump.
“What’s Joe going to do? Is he going to stay in the race? Is he going to drop out? What are you going to do?” Biden told the crowd. “Well, here’s my answer: I am running and I’m going to win again.”
He’s been on vacation for 50 years, at tax payer’s expense the whole damned time.
And keep in mind this was a taped interview so they can edit it however they want.
When/how can we see the interview? I don’t get cable.
Biden is the perfect example of a bad example............
over the air, channel 7
ABC on now....
The voices asking for him to step down are just going to grow louder after this, and each following appearance. The toothpaste is out of the tube, there’s no putting it back in...
It’s on ABC right now. Biden just said he spoke to his doctor, I wish they would get that story straight.
“his days are similar to someone who works a cushiony 9-5.” 9-5 or 10-4 or something.
The President has to be available all the time.
> However, the host [Stephanopoulos] pushed back… <
Well, that’s interesting. Did Stephanopoulos get his marching orders - make Slow Joe look bad? Or did Stephanopoulos, for some reason, try to provoke a visit at his house from Biden’s FBI?
I suppose there’s a third possibility, that Stephanopoulos is behaving like a real journalist. Hmm…no. There are no real journalists anymore.
he had a really bad cold...yet went to a Waffle House after the debate and shook hands with strangers...
Stephanopoulos is being a lot harder on him than I ever expected.
Most DC insiders are good at lying—but constant lying and senility is a bridge too far....
;-)
An issue is unfolding.
Trump’s court appearances were dominating media . . . for him. But now Biden’s issues are dominating media.
Face time differential is not a good thing.
If those couple of questions is indicative of the entire interview, then as I suspected, the order has been given to torpedo him, thus deciding those who’ve been sitting on the fence to join those who want him OUT.
Yeah it’s not true the prick already landed
It’s ugly...
This boat won’t float..
This dog won’t hunt...
This Ho won’t suck...
Whatever metaphor you want.
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