According to Democrats and their allies in the media, President Joe Biden's debate performance Thursday night against former President Donald Trump was a disaster. So much so that high profile party members are calling for Biden to be replaced as the nominee before the Democratic National Convention in August.
VAN JONES: "That was painful" pic.twitter.com/jDeQJmDTJQ
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 28, 2024
Biden's performance was so bad, they sent Vice President Kamala Harris out on CNN and MSNBC immediately after the debate to attempt damage control. It didn't go well and Harris threw Biden under the bus in her first sentence, admitting "I understand why people want to talk about it" and " it started off slow."
ANDERSON COOPER: "Can you say that you are not concerned at all having watched the president's performance tonight?"
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 28, 2024
KAMALA HARRIS: "It was a slow start. That's obvious to EVERYONE!" pic.twitter.com/zJJbzVSBhS
ANDERSON COOPER: "[Biden] was a very different person on the stage four years ago when you debated him. That's certainly true, is it not?!"
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 28, 2024
KAMALA HARRIS: "I got the point that you're making...The last three and a half years, up until today, performed in a way..." pic.twitter.com/NWiqGigj2z
JEN PSAKI: "You don't send the Vice President of the United States out if you won the debate, typically."
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 28, 2024
Said while the MSNBC chyron notes that Kamala Harris is coming up... pic.twitter.com/VSBm8lZiHD
Earlier in the night Kate Bedingfield, Biden's former White House communications director, admitted it was a bad night for the incumbent president.
"Look, it was a really disappointing debate performance from Joe Biden. I don't think there's any other way to slice it."
— The Recount (@therecount) June 28, 2024
— President Biden's former communications director, Kate Bedingfield, reacts to the CNN presidential debate pic.twitter.com/FnY1POhC3E
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