{"id":2285066,"date":"2024-06-28T00:56:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T04:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-stumbles-overshadow-trump-in-first-debate\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T00:59:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T04:59:04","slug":"biden-stumbles-overshadow-trump-in-first-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-stumbles-overshadow-trump-in-first-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden stumbles overshadow Trump in first debate"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fbiden-stumbles-overshadow-trump-in-first-debate%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=2285066&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>In the first 2024 presidential debate, President Joe Biden&#8217;s performance was \u200dnotably poor,\u2064 overshadowing even the presence of former President \u200bDonald \u2062Trump. Biden\u2062 exhibited a hoarse voice and\u2062 uncertain responses right from the beginning. His debating skills didn&#8217;t improve much as he confused issues like \u200cMedicare and\u200d Medicaid and stumbled through his \u200barguments. \u2062A notable \u2064low point occurred during a healthcare segment where\u2063 he\u2064 mixed up his words and ended up\u2063 stating, &#8220;we\u2064 finally beat Medicare,&#8221; which Trump sarcastically \u2063agreed \u200dwas more about beating it down.<\/p>\n<p>The aftermath of the debate had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-5-takeaways-from-day-two-of-turning-point-action-conference\/\" title=\"Day two of the Turning Point Action Conference: Key highlights.\">political\u2064 commentators<\/a> and \u200cobservers questioning Biden&#8217;s\u200c capability to continue his \u2062reelection campaign. \u2062Alex Conant, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-holds-indoor-event-at-restaurant-barred-from-offering-indoor-dining\/\" title=\"Newsom Holds Indoor Event at Restaurant Barred From Offering Indoor Dining\">campaign communications director<\/a>, gave \u200bBiden an F for his debate performance, \u200bsuggesting Democrats might consider replacing him as their candidate. Trump, in contrast, received an A- mainly because he allowed Biden to undermine his own \u200dperformance\u2063 rather than dominating the debate himself.<\/p>\n<p>Criticism also came from senior political advisors and analysts who were\u200b shocked at Biden&#8217;s faltering presence, suggesting\u2062 it was a significant blow to his reelection prospects. \u200dDiscussions on cable news and by political analysts post-debate\u200d centered on whether Biden should withdraw\u200d from the race. There were attempts to attribute Biden\u2019s \u2062performance to him having a cold, but this did \u2064little to quell the broader criticism about his overall effectiveness and capability \u200bto lead.  <\/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>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> managed to overshadow the bombastic personality of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> in the first 2024 debate, but not in the way he or his campaign wanted. <\/p>\n<p>Biden stumbled right out of the gate with a hoarse voice and a series of halting answers, eventually ending one healthcare-related exchange by saying, \u201cLook, if \u2026 we finally beat Medicare.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Biden: &#8220;Making sure we make every single solitary person eligible for what I&#8217;ve been able to do with covid, excuse me, with umm dealing with everything we had to deal with. Look, we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-bidens-biggest-zingers-from-heated-presidential-debate-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump and Biden\u2019s biggest zingers from heated presidential debate - Washington Examiner\">finally beat medicare<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump: &#8220;Well he&#8217;s right. He did beat medicaid. Beat it to death.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FL152ERLiR\">pic.twitter.com\/FL152ERLiR<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1806496676506657136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While Biden recovered somewhat later in the debate, trying to ding Trump on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and his jobs record amid the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the talk when the debate ended was not about who won but whether Biden will even remain the Democratic candidate in November.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Conant, who served as communications director for Sen. Marco Rubio\u2019s (R-FL) 2016 campaign, gave Biden the lowest possible grade for his debate performance. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden got an F,\u201d Conant, a founding partner of Firehouse Strategies, said. \u201cHe failed to clear the basic bar. Democrats are seriously going to consider replacing him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conant was relatively high on Trump following the debate, though not necessarily for his strong performance on the stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump gets an A-,\u201d he said. \u201cHe mostly let Biden self-implode.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the debate wore on and Biden continued to falter, some politicos began openly wondering why Biden was allowed onto the stage by those closest to him. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden\u2019s senior advisors and his family have a lot of explaining to do to their party and this nation,\u201d Scott Jennings, a longtime adviser to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ScottJenningsKY\/status\/1806507677519884519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a> on X. Jennings, who provided analysis on the debate for CNN in Atlanta, said he was in shock after watching Biden\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t grade it,\u201d he told the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em>\u201cThe image of him out there was beyond grading.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jennings aside, there was lengthy, open discussion on CNN, which hosted the debate, and on other cable news networks about Biden\u2019s struggles and just how bad they were for his reelection campaign. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best thing for Biden is that working people on the east coast must go to bed because they have to work in the morning,\u201d University of New Hampshire professor James Farrell said, \u201cso they can\u2019t watch more of the brutal postmortem on ALL the networks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden\u2019s performance was dismal and, in political terms, a signal to the party to invoke the DNR (do not resuscitate),\u201d Farrell added. \u201cI don\u2019t think he comes back from this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some Democratic sources began claiming that Biden had a cold after the debate had already started, which might explain the cold but not his repeated stumbling through his responses to the moderators\u2019 questions.<\/p>\n<p>After Biden struggled through an answer about adding more southern Border Patrol and asylum officers, Trump responded, \u201cI really don\u2019t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don\u2019t think he knows what he said either.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Trump: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really don\u2019t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don\u2019t think he knows what he said either.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dyfQRQ7hjE\">pic.twitter.com\/dyfQRQ7hjE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Alexander Sheppard \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@NotAlexSheppard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NotAlexSheppard\/status\/1806501485494034758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Trump earned low marks from Democrats watching the debate, as he repeatedly pivoted away from questions asked by the moderators in order to respond to Biden\u2019s statements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was boring,\u201d south Florida-based Democratic strategist Sasha Tirador said. \u201cNeither guy moved the needle. We had a very low-energy President Biden and a very incoherent ex-President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tirador gave both candidates an \u201cF\u201d for failing to change any minds in the course of the night. However, she rejected the notion that Biden should be replaced. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cInside baseball players are expressing concern, and this is nothing new,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019ve been expressing concern ever since Biden announced that he was going to run again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democratic strategist Brad Bannon agreed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there will be much talk about replacing him, and I don\u2019t think it will amount to anything,\u201d he said. \u201cSome Democrats will have concerns about the president\u2019s performance. But the only thing that\u2019s going to change the fact of Joe Biden being the Democratic nominee is if Joe Biden decides not to be the nominee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Bannon gave Biden a \u201cC\u201d and Trump an \u201cF\u201d because \u201che lied from beginning to end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a very bad debate and I don\u2019t think either candidate performed well,\u201d he said. \u201cMy concern as a Democrat is that if this is going to be a race to the bottom, Trump will win that race because voters don\u2019t expect anything from him. I think it was a bad night for American democracy.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first 2024 debate, President Joe Biden unexpectedly overshadowed Donald Trump&#8217;s bombastic presence, though unfavorably. Biden began with a hoarse voice and delivered halting responses, culminating in a clumsy conclusion to a healthcare discussion with, &#8220;Look, if&#8230;&#8221;. This was not the performance he or his campaign had hoped for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2285067,"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\/bidenfailinggrade.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,3896,8355,24469,3634],"class_list":["post-2285066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-debate","tag-overshadow","tag-stumble","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bidenfailinggrade.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285066","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\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2285066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2285067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2285066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2285066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2285066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}