{"id":2282186,"date":"2024-06-23T13:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T17:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doug-burgum-warns-not-to-underestimate-biden-at-debate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-23T13:37:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T17:37:34","slug":"doug-burgum-warns-not-to-underestimate-biden-at-debate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doug-burgum-warns-not-to-underestimate-biden-at-debate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Burgum warns not to underestimate Biden at debate &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoug-burgum-warns-not-to-underestimate-biden-at-debate-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2282186&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Governor Doug Burgum \u2064of North\u200c Dakota, a Republican, cautioned against underestimating President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-calls-for-u-n-security-council-meeting-on-ukraine-as-russia-takes-presidency\/\" title=\"U.S. Calls for U.N. Security Council Meeting on Ukraine as Russia Takes Presidency\">debating skills<\/a>, suggesting that Biden can rise to the occasion when necessary. During a Sunday \u2064morning interview\u200b on CNN, Burgum discussed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-katie-hobbs-refuses-to-debate-gops-kari-lake-in-arizona-governor-race\/\" title=\"Democrat Katie Hobbs Refuses to Debate GOP\u2019s Kari Lake in Arizona Governor Race\">upcoming debate<\/a> between President\u200c Biden and former President \u2062Donald Trump, indicating that \u200bthe expectations for Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">performance<\/a> should\u2062 not be dismissed lightly.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doug-burgum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Doug Burgum<\/a> (R-ND) warned not to underestimate President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s\u00a0debate abilities, saying, \u201cWhen he needs to, he can step up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burgum joined CNN on Sunday morning to discuss this week\u2019s debate between Biden and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>. He also noted that, despite criticisms of Biden\u2019s mental acuity, he has been able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/frasier-star-kelsey-grammer-and-jesus-revolution-quadruple-box-office-expectations\/\" title=\"Frasier star Kelsey Grammer and Jesus Revolution quadruple box office expectations\">outperform expectations<\/a> at major addresses like the State of the Union address.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been a real effort on the Biden team to try to lower expectations, but I think we have to \u2014 look, the guy\u2019s run for office more than a dozen times, he\u2019s run for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president<\/a> four times, he\u2019s been campaigning since President Nixon was in office,\u201d Burgum said. \u201cThis guy has got the ability. We\u2019ve seen it. We\u2019ve seen him in debate four years ago, we\u2019ve seen him in the State of the Union this year, that when he needs to, he can step up.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/North-Dakota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>North Dakota<\/a> Republican also told CNN, which is hosting the June 27 debate, that it has a responsibility to ask \u201ctough questions,\u201d noting as an example that Biden should be asked about Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Burgum, who has reportedly been on Trump\u2019s short list for the vice presidency, has called out Biden in the past for what many critics are saying appears to be mental decline. Highlighting Biden\u2019s ability to surprise people with his major address performances brings into focus the call from some conservatives, including Trump, for Biden to take a drug test to ensure he is not on performance enhancers.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), a medical doctor who served as physician to the president under Barack Obama and Trump, continued calls for Biden to be tested. Polling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13490179\/poll-voters-Biden-Trump-DRUG-TEST-presidential-debate-survey.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shows<\/a> the vast majority of Americans, 70%, would prefer both Biden and Trump be drug tested before the debate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) cautioned against underestimating President Joe Biden&#8217;s debate skills on CNN, stating, &#8220;He can step up when necessary.&#8221; During the discussion about the upcoming debate with Donald Trump, Burgum highlighted that despite critiques of Biden&#8217;s mental sharpness, he consistently surpasses expectations in significant speeches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2282187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24168572841952-scaled-1024x685.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,3896,32286,7267,32076],"class_list":["post-2282186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-debate","tag-doug-burgum","tag-warning","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24168572841952-scaled-1024x685.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2282186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2282187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2282186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2282186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2282186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}