President Joe Biden defiantly insisted in an interview with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos tonight that he is the best and most qualified person to run the country and defeat Donald Trump.
“I just had a bad night,” Biden repeatedly insisted, as Stephanopoulos responded to voters’ concerns about his mental and physical condition after a poor performance in a debate with his Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump. Worry weighed on him.
Biden also declined to give a direct answer when Stephanopoulos asked him if he would commit to conducting an independent medical review and releasing the results to the public.
“Listen, I take cognitive tests every day,” Biden responded. “Everything I do. I’m not just running, I’m running the world.”
The interview was an attempt by the Biden reelection campaign to lessen the damage from a failed debate that led to growing panic within the Democratic Party about Biden’s viability as a candidate. New York Times report Tonight’s interview came shortly before Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) will meet with other Senate Democrats next week to discuss concerns about Biden.
After the debate, the Biden team immediately proposed a series of excuses On how he’s doing: jet lag, tight schedule, cold. Biden also mentioned his travel schedule and a bad cold.
“[The doctor] Just looked at me and said, ‘You’re exhausted,'” Biden told Stephanopoulos.
But Biden’s debate performance was so poor that it shocked even the president’s staunchest defenders in the media, who have so far dutifully ignore Biden is old. and pierced “Bubble wrap operationWhite House insiders reportedly used the name to describe their efforts to carefully manage Biden’s public appearances to avoid big moments.
Biden pitched himself to voters as a “transition candidate” and “bridge” to young Democratic leaders in 2020, but when it came time to bow out gracefully, he insisted on staying in power, like everyone else Deep-rooted gerontocracy in both major political parties.
However, if Biden’s interview with Stephanopoulos is meant to appease voters and show them the energetic Scranton Joe of yore, the problem is that it requires viewers to believe what they see with their own eyes, as long as there is With a little reason, you will find that this is wrong: Joe Biden Sr. in 1981 is indeed the person most qualified to be president of the United States at present.
“Do you suspect there have been more mistakes, especially in the last few months?” Stephanopoulos asked.
“Can I run 10-100? No. But I’m still in good shape,” Biden said.
“Are you weaker?” Stephanopoulos followed.
“No,” Biden said.
as reasonMatt Welch wrote In March this year, forward Biden’s Debate Failed, “For many of us who have watched the decline of old age up close, the White House and media’s insistence that there is nothing to see here is tantamount to shameless gaslighting and deepens distrust of all things establishment.” .
But from all indications, gaslighting is here to stay. When Biden was asked what it would take to convince him that he could not defeat Trump, he said it would take at least a personal message from God, the Alpha and the Omega, the Prime Minister of the Universe.
“Depending on whether God Almighty comes down and tells me, I might do it,” Biden said.
