{"id":2284319,"date":"2024-06-26T21:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T01:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debate-substance-secondary-to-cognitive-and-character-display-sarah-bedford-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T21:52:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T01:52:53","slug":"debate-substance-secondary-to-cognitive-and-character-display-sarah-bedford-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debate-substance-secondary-to-cognitive-and-character-display-sarah-bedford-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate substance secondary to cognitive and character display: Sarah Bedford &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fdebate-substance-secondary-to-cognitive-and-character-display-sarah-bedford-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=2284319&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>Sarah Bedford from the\u2063 Washington Examiner commented that\u2064 voters, particularly independents who haven&#8217;t \u2064yet decided, will likely\u200b focus\u200d on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/peter-jackson-said-more-beatles-music-is-conceivable-via-ai-after-release-of-now-and-then\/\" title=\"Peter Jackson hints at more AI-generated Beatles music after 'Now and Then'.\">stylistic elements<\/a> rather\u200b than the substance \u2064during the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-<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>-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie &#8211; Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, &#8216;Trump is a Tyrant&#8217; (VIDEO)&#8221;>presidential debate<\/a> featuring President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.\u200d According to Bedford, the main concern for independents regarding Biden is about \u2064his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-author-of-joe-biden-unauthorized-says-hes-seen-a-50-decline-in-joe-bidens-mental-capacity\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Author of \u201cJoe Biden Unauthorized\u201d Says He\u2019s Seen a 50% Decline in Joe Biden\u2019s Mental Capacity\">cognitive abilities<\/a> and \u2064whether he can handle the\u200b presidency for another \u200bterm. The \u200cfocus \u2062for Trump, on the\u2062 other \u200bhand, will be on\u200b his character. This\u200d observation was shared during Bedford&#8217;s appearance on the program &#8220;Your World with\u2063 Neil Cavuto.&#8221;  <\/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>The <em>Washington Examiner\u2019s <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/sarah-bedford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sarah Bedford\">Sarah Bedford<\/a> suggested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"voters\">voters<\/a> will be primarily watching Thursday\u2019s presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"debate\">debate<\/a> for President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\u2019s\">Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> cognitive performance and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\u2019s\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> display of character.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that most voters tuning in, especially independents who haven\u2019t quite made up their mind, are not necessarily going to be looking at the substance of what the candidates are saying but there are stylistic concerns about both of them,\u201d Bedford told <em>Your World with Neil Cavuto.<\/em> \u201cThe threshold concerns that independents have about Joe Biden are cognitive. Is he up to doing the job of president for four more years? Can he stand there for two hours and get out sentences frankly?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd for Donald Trump, voters have character concerns. Is he going to be a bully? Is he going to yell insults at Joe Biden? Or is he just going to speak in a calm voice and address the issues that they care about the most?\u201d she continued. \u201cSo, I do think the substance of what\u2019s going to be talked about tomorrow night is secondary to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-has-258000-watching-his-rally-on-rsbn-or-258-times-more-viewers-than-joe-bidens-thanksgiving-speech-the-most-popular-democrat-in-universal-history\/\" title=\"Trump Has 258,000 Watching His Rally on RSBN -- Or 258 Times More Viewers than Joe Biden's Thanksgiving Speech - The Most Popular Democrat In Universal History\">people watching<\/a> for just how these two men behave and whether these two men end up feeding into narratives about their worst qualities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bedford noted, however, that Biden\u2019s \u201cbiggest policy vulnerability\u201d is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"immigration\">immigration<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"border security\">border security<\/a>, perhaps even more so than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"economy\">economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no issue that Donald Trump is more closely associated with than border security and toughness on the border,\u201d Bedford said. \u201cThere\u2019s really no debating the fact that Joe Biden\u2019s policies proceeded this unprecedented border crisis, and so Donald Trump doesn\u2019t have to do much to highlight that reality. And most voters already have that baked into their perceptions of the two candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In the last 10 days, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3060584\/what-voters-searching-for-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>interest<\/a> in the economy, abortion, and LGBT issues has dipped, while online searches about immigration, minimum wage, and race have increased.<\/p>\n<p>The first 2024 presidential debate will air Thursday on CNN at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Bedford of the Washington Examiner indicated that during Thursday&#8217;s presidential debate, viewers, particularly undecided independents, will focus on President Joe Biden&#8217;s cognitive abilities and former President Donald Trump&#8217;s character traits, rather than the debate&#8217;s substantive issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2689,"featured_media":2284320,"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\/Trump-and-Biden-Debate.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[9199,32963,3896,32964,32076],"class_list":["post-2284319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-character","tag-cognitive-abilities","tag-debate","tag-sarah-bedford","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Trump-and-Biden-Debate.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284319","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\/2689"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2284319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2284320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2284319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2284319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}