Joe Biden‘s aides have now come up with a new defense for Biden’s sloppy, unintelligible debate against Donald Trump in the first presidential face-off ahead of the election saying that the debate timing was not right for 81-year-old Biden. Axios cited Biden’s aides who said there are two Joe Bidens and the debate night saw only one. From 10 am to 4 pm, Biden is “dependably engaged” and most of his public events are held during those hours.Outside of that time range or while traveling abroad, Biden is more likely to have verbal miscues and become fatigued, aides told Axios.
The debate night was not the first time that Biden’s health issue was raised. But it became a concern so much so that Democrats spoke about changing the candidate after the first debate. Biden himself acknowledged that his performance was not good and said he could not debate as good as he used to but he knows his job. “I don’t walk as easy as I used to, I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to, I don’t debate as well as I used to,” he said in North Carolina hours after the debate debacle.
“…But I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. And I know how to do this job, I know how to get things done.”
While serious concerns were raised as to whether Biden was suffering from any grave health issue like Parkinson’s, White House said Biden had cold dismissing any possibility of Biden opting out of the contest.
Biden’s debate debacle: Here’s what happened in the last 4 days
The debate night was not the first time that Biden’s health issue was raised. But it became a concern so much so that Democrats spoke about changing the candidate after the first debate. Biden himself acknowledged that his performance was not good and said he could not debate as good as he used to but he knows his job. “I don’t walk as easy as I used to, I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to, I don’t debate as well as I used to,” he said in North Carolina hours after the debate debacle.
“…But I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. And I know how to do this job, I know how to get things done.”
While serious concerns were raised as to whether Biden was suffering from any grave health issue like Parkinson’s, White House said Biden had cold dismissing any possibility of Biden opting out of the contest.
Biden’s debate debacle: Here’s what happened in the last 4 days
- It’s business-as-usual for Biden who soon after the debate was on the campaign roll.
- Biden’s inner circle stood by the side of Biden. Former president Barack Obama called it a bad debate night, nothing more than that.
- A post-debate poll revealed 10 per cent of the independent voters have moved towards Biden.
- Biden and first lady Jill Biden today will determine the future of his presidency, NBC News reported.
- If Biden does not opt out, the next debate in September will take place earlier in the day, according to reports.
- Democrat donors are concerned whether Biden could run for another term and they are exploring ways to reach Jill Biden only who could persuade her husband to not run the election.
- The Biden campaign said there was no donation dearth and announced that from Thursday into Friday morning, it had raised $14 million in online donations.
- A majority of the US media advised Biden to withdraw from the race to save America from Trump.
- Former first lady Michelle Obama’s name is doing the rounds as an alternative.
- Nikki Haley warned Trump and the Republicans that they should prepare for a younger and more vibrant candidate.
