President Joe Biden participates in a pull-aside meeting with AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
The verdict is in, and the consensus is that last night’s debate was a catastrophe for Joe Biden. Newsmax reports:
A raspy President Joe Biden delivered rambling answers Thursday in the opening moments of his debate with his Republican rival, Donald Trump, who countered Biden’s criticism with energy and by leaning into remarks about the economy and illegal immigration.
The debate came at a pivotal juncture in their unpopular presidential rematch, as Biden, the 81-year-old Democratic incumbent, entered the debate with the chance to reassure voters that he’s capable of guiding the U.S. through a host of challenges as he moved to sharpen the choice voters will face in November. Trump, 78, had the opening to try to move past his felony conviction in New York and convince an audience of tens of millions that he is temperamentally suited to return to the Oval Office.
Biden began the night with a raspy voice and a halting delivery as he tried to defend his economic record and criticize Trump. Biden appeared to lose his train of thought while giving one answer, drifting from an answer on tax policy to health policy, at one point using the word “COVID,” and then saying, “excuse me, with, dealing with,” and he trailed off again.
“Look, we finally beat Medicare,” Biden said, as his time ran out on his answer.
Trump picked right up on it, saying, “That’s right, he did beat Medicaid, he beat it to death. And he’s destroying Medicare.”
Trump suggested Biden was weakening the social service program because of migrants coming into the country illegally.
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Needless to say, the drugs didn’t work. pic.twitter.com/3lYHnU476w
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