(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden and his campaign are facing the fallout of a disastrous debate performance Thursday night.
Biden responded to reporters’ questions about Democrats’ concerns over his performance by saying he was not concerned.
“It’s hard to… hard to debate a liar,” Biden told reporters at a Waffle House in Atlanta after the debate. “The New York Times pointed out he made – lied 26 times.”
When asked if he was sick, as his campaign had said, Biden said he had a sore throat.
“I think we did well,” Biden told reporters.
The question came because during the debate, Biden faltered, fumbled, stumbled and at times became incoherent and trailed off. The issue was particularly obvious the first few minutes of the debate.
“I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence,” Trump said early in the debate after one of those moments. “I really don’t think he knows what he said either.”
In another instance, Biden ended a trailing response with “We finally beat Medicare” before trailing off.
“He beat it to death!” Trump shot back.
Biden has faced questions about his mental fitness for years but largely fended them off enough to satisfy his base.
“Nothing that any Republican or conservative says today can darken the night President Biden had,” Colin Reed, a Republican strategist, former campaign manager for U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., and co-founder of South and Hill Strategies, told The Center Square. “He had a low bar to clear, and he came nowhere close to doing it. Never before in American presidential history has one event had the potential to upend the dynamics of the race so quickly and so completely.”
After this debate, CNN analysts, Democratic strategists, and liberal media outlets all reported panic within the party about Biden’s poor performance.
First among those Democrats are those in tight races and purple states where a poorly performing Democratic president could cost them their own election.
“Keep an eye on those Democrats in red states running for re-election,” Reed told The Center Square. “Other than the Biden family, they are the ones who are most endangered and jeopardized by the long-term political fallout if the bottom starts falling out.”
Politico immediately reported Biden was “toast” Thursday night.
The New York Times questioned Biden’s “halting” performance.
New York Times columnist Tom Friedman published an article with a blistering headline: “President Biden is my friend. He must bow out of the race.”
During the post-debate CNN analysis, Democratic pundit Van Jones said Biden’s performance was painful as others asked whether Biden should drop out to make way for another candidate.
A Quinnipiac poll released the day before the debate showed Trump leading Biden by four points.
“It’s hard to… hard to debate a liar,” Biden told reporters at a Waffle House in Atlanta after the debate. “The New York Times pointed out he made – lied 26 times.”
It was Trump’s fault
EVERYTHING Is trumps fault. Just ask every dem out there.
““It’s hard to… hard to debate a liar,” Biden told reporters at a Waffle House…”
And yet President Donald J Trump has made it look so simple.
How appropriate that Joseph The Lyin’ F*rt is operating out of a Waffle House. (At first I thought it said THE Waffle House, like they had relabeled 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.)
I wonder, WAS ANY OF the trump clan allowed in OTHER THAN DON? IF not, why then was Biden’s wife allowed in?
Because she is a fine physician according to Whoopi Goldberg?
So, if BIDEN IS as healthy and hearty as the left keep claiming, WHY THEN WAS A physician needed, to escort him off stage??
This pretty much shows the demented mental state of Joe Biden-
“I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence,” Trump said early in the debate after one of those moments.
“I really don’t think he (Biden) knows what he said either.”
Yeeeessss Trump is lucky Joe didn’t corn pop him behind the gym and take a shower with him like Joe does with his daughter…????? Just saying!
President Bidens OK. Most septuagenarians occasionally will have a bad day. Chronic issues and prone to catch minor ailments. He’s probably not going to spend too much time talking about Mr. Trump because we were already here. We know what happened last time. Federal workers could be in for bad news. Last go round, many career federal employees lost their jobs. Loyalty important and administration will learn who’s loyal and who’s not. Biden appeared to focus on real issues. Religious Right, conservative evangelicals, MAGA crowd pleased with what happened. Flavor of the White House interns will probably change if Mr. Trump wins POTUS