Sarah covered this trainwreck of an interview earlier tonight. Joe Biden sat down with former Clinton operative George Stephanopoulos for an exclusive ABC News interview that was aimed at quelling the deafening concerns about the president’s mental health. It did no such thing. The faces of the panel that were to weigh in on this interview say it all. ABC News’ Jon Karl rightly noted that Democrats who watched this disaster are even more worried since Joe doesn’t understand that he’s losing the election.
Even ABC Jon Karl: "There is nothing in this interview that is calming nerves of jittery Democrats"
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) July 6, 2024
Notes that many Dems are even more worried because he won't even concede he's doing badly
When George cut to the team…their faces. pic.twitter.com/xOB3fUTi3r
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) July 6, 2024
One 👀 House Democrat on President Biden’s interview tonight:
— Julie Tsirkin (@JulieNBCNews) July 6, 2024
“It made me sad. Completely out of touch with reality and insulated from truth.”
“I’ll be breaking my silence soon.”
This ABC interview was supposed to shut down talk of Biden’s decline
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) July 5, 2024
He immediately says he doesn’t remember if he watched the debate
He’s cooked pic.twitter.com/TsELNFUkdP
Length of most sitcoms
— Censorship is for LOSERS (@GoldMeddle1) July 6, 2024
The debate was riddled with poll denialism and outright lies. Stephanopoulos asked about Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) reportedly mustering Democratic Senators to try to push Biden off the ticket. Biden said that Warner was a good man and tried to run for the party’s nomination—that never happened. The former Clinton White House communications director also said he had never seen a president with a 32 percent approval rating get re-elected; Biden said his poll numbers were better.
.@GStephanopoulos: Mr. President, I've never seen a president of 36% approval get re-elected.
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) July 6, 2024
Biden: Well, I don't believe that's my approval rating--that's not what our polls show. pic.twitter.com/ZbQQk3qdcY
.@GStephanopoulos: "Do you really believe you're not behind right now?" @JoeBiden: "All the pollsters I talk to tell me its a tossup."
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 6, 2024
At this point it's only like their 4th most important problem, but the fact that the White House has drunk the kool-aid on the poll denialism stuff all cylce long isn't helping matters. https://t.co/NDJ4yoskTW
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) July 6, 2024
Biden smiles when asked about Sen. Warner’s reported efforts to get him to drop out of the race. “Mark is a good man. He also tried to get the nomination, too.” (Warner didn’t run for office.)
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 6, 2024
Biden is just making stuff up now. https://t.co/uzM8tGsw8G
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) July 6, 2024
It was a magical mystery tour, much like the debate, where a mentally strained and degraded president can’t admit he’s losing and thinks this middling, half-coherent interview will silence his critics who are concerned about his broken brain.
Joe Biden's ABC interview is already going south. In the first minute, he appears visibly short of breath while complaining about exhaustion during the debate.
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) July 6, 2024
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: “Let's start with the debate. You and your team have said you had a bad night, but your friend… pic.twitter.com/GhGPR1KoR7
Another lie Biden peddled pervasively was that he had a cold and a bad night when he debated Trump. We’ve all had colds and seen elderly members of our families go through them; we all know this wasn’t a cold. Second, he claims that exhaustion factored into his bad night. So, what’s this trip to Waffle House after getting boat raced by Trump at 2 am? The early morning pitstop at Waffle House shreds this “I had a bad debate because I was tired and sick” narrative.
The problem for Biden here is that we all know what a really bad cold looks and sounds like, and that’s not what was ailing him. https://t.co/V3p3J4E62v
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) July 5, 2024
LEFT: Biden explains to Stephanopoulos that he was sick the night of the debate, tested for viruses and had a bad cold.
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) July 5, 2024
RIGHT: Biden milling around a Waffle House in close quarters with a crowd of people after the debate. pic.twitter.com/Ljb5dRDoRr
See the problem here?
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 6, 2024
He says his catastrophic debate was because he was exhausted and had a cold. Then brags that he felt good enough to go spread that cold all over a Waffle House after the debate at 2am https://t.co/tiHrFeAnW0 pic.twitter.com/jFAMvaqnn8
Joe, you’re Drool McCool because you’re old and mentally impaired, and everyone who has handled a family member going through similar matters knows what’s going on—it’s why this concerted effort to not talk about his age won’t work. We all know you’re too old, including members of your own party.
Also, when asked about the likely scenario that Trump beat Biden in 2024, the word on the street is that the president will be okay with the result if he gives it his all. I’m not sure the party will like that sentiment:
— umichvoter 🏳️🌈 (@umichvoter) July 6, 2024
This interview was the worst of all worlds for the Ds.
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) July 6, 2024
Biden committed no real flubs. He didn’t do anything to force himself out of the race. But he appears old, weak, tentative and he’s losing to Trump.
So Biden will dig in and stay. The Ds are stuck.
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Last Note: This is insane, and even Nate Silver added that it was a disqualifying moment. When asked about taking a cognitive test, “If the Lord Almighty said get out of the race, I’d get out of the race. The Lord Almighty’s not coming down,” said Biden.
This is also disqualifying on its own. https://t.co/va9bwZ9pif
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) July 6, 2024
This is just a bad night? pic.twitter.com/003WktMrxd
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) July 6, 2024
Yikes.
Also, good question:
Why hasn’t @BidenHQ tweeted out any clips from the first portion of Biden’s big interview where he was supposed to show off his cognitive fitness?
— Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) July 5, 2024
Unless…
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