{"id":2285172,"date":"2024-06-28T08:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T12:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-anderson-cooper-fact-checks-kamala-harris-live-on-cnn-drops-bomb-on-her-over-bidens-debate-fail\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T09:20:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T13:20:17","slug":"watch-anderson-cooper-fact-checks-kamala-harris-live-on-cnn-drops-bomb-on-her-over-bidens-debate-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-anderson-cooper-fact-checks-kamala-harris-live-on-cnn-drops-bomb-on-her-over-bidens-debate-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Anderson Cooper Fact-Checks Kamala Harris Live on CNN, Drops Bomb on Her Over Biden&#8217;s Debate Fail"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fwatch-anderson-cooper-fact-checks-kamala-harris-live-on-cnn-drops-bomb-on-her-over-bidens-debate-fail%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=2285172&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>The provided text outlines a commentary on President \u200cJoe Biden&#8217;s\u2062 performance during a presidential debate, as \u2063reported by C. Douglas Golden \u2062for the Western Journal. On the\u200d issue of\u2063 Biden&#8217;s debate \u2062performance,\u2062 the commentary\u200c highlights\u200b a \u2062significant \u200clack of \u2062coherence and \u200ceffectiveness,\u200b describing it as\u2063 disastrous and analogous to watching someone incapable of leading.\u200c During \u2063the debate, it is mentioned that Biden appeared mentally unfit, struggling significantly\u2062 to communicate effectively.<\/p>\n<p>The aftermath \u200dwithin Biden&#8217;s \u200cDemocratic \u2062Party was one of panic, with \u200bdiscussions on possibly replacing\u200c him \u200con the Democratic ticket for the upcoming election. Vice President Kamala\u2064 Harris\u2062 attempted to\u2063 defend\u2064 Biden on CNN, claiming\u2064 his strengths on various political\u2064 issues, but was countered by CNN&#8217;s Anderson Cooper, who pointed out the\u200b evident concerns and criticisms from within their own party regarding Biden&#8217;s \u200cperformance.<\/p>\n<p>The report sharply criticizes both Biden and Harris, suggesting that Harris&#8217;s defense was weak\u200c and that Biden appeared unfit for his role. The commentary concludes with a dire \u2063portrayal of the situation as not just a minor\u200b setback but\u200b a substantial\u200b problem that could worsen without proper\u2063 acknowledgment and action from the White House. The Western Journal uses \u200cthis incident to\u2064 <a title=\"Tim Scott: Hamas must face divine retribution and Israeli military might.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-hamas-terrorists-need-to-feel-the-wrath-of-god-and-some-israeli-military-hardware\/\">reflect broader concerns<\/a> about media bias and\u2062 the\u200b political\u200c landscape leading up to\u200c the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\" \/>\n<header>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<section>Until Thursday night, I didn\u2019t actually know what people looked like when they saw a ghost. Then, I saw the folks at CNN realize they\u2019d been propping one up as the leader of the free world for three-and-a-half years.<\/p>\n<p>In case you missed the presidential debate on CNN under the misapprehension that nothing of substance would happen, well, where do I begin? President Joe Biden took a nationally televised mental fitness test \u2014 which, let\u2019s face it, was what this was \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-collapses-debate-instant-carnage-betting-markets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failed badly<\/a>. It started badly, it ended badly, and there were no high points in between.<\/p>\n<p>On substance \u2014 well, it\u2019s difficult to get to substance when one of the candidates, who just happens to be the incumbent, is incoherently mumbling. Democratic sources told CNN that Biden\u2019s performance was a \u201cdisaster\u201d and a \u201ctrainwreck.\u201d CNN watchers could have discovered that just by, well, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-trump-roasts-biden-joe-crashes-answer-dont-think-knows-said-either\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watching CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the evening, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-cnns-van-jones-drops-biden-wants-race-debate-failure-didnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pundits on the network<\/a> were actively talking about replacing Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket. That\u2019s how bad things were:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: CNN panics immediately after the presidential debate, says Democrats are now figuring out how to replace Biden before the election.<\/p>\n<p>Holy s**t.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Right now, it involves party strategists, it involves elected officials, it involves fundraisers, and they&#39;re having\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pfbsfzyHIF\">pic.twitter.com\/pfbsfzyHIF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1806519772995293472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As if the evening somehow had to get worse, the administration sent Vice President Kamala Harris, of all people, on CNN to do damage control. Read that sentence again, then realize just how bad things are when the administration\u2019s hope is in the hands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-trump-drops-hammer-kamala-harris-strikes-brutal-reminder-loathed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/anderson-coopers-cnn-panel-realizes-just-happened-south-carolina-greatest-political-comeback-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anderson Cooper<\/a> \u2014 whom no one sane suspects of harboring MAGA sympathies \u2014 held back on the veep during the interview, particularly when Harris tried to claim the president won on \u201csubstance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the open of the interview, Cooper laid out to Harris exactly what the viewers saw and what Democrats were apparently talking about behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Is Kamala Harris the worst VP?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cCNN\u2019s John King has described \u2018panic\u2019 inside of the Democratic Party right now because of President Biden\u2019s performance in tonight\u2019s debate. He\u2019s been hearing from Democratic lawmakers and others across the country \u2014 some within your own party are even wondering whether President Biden should step aside,\u201d Cooper began. \u201cWhat do you say to that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris shook her head. \u201cListen \u2014 first of all, what we saw tonight is the president making a very clear contrast with Donald Trump on all the issues that matter to the American people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, there was a slow start, but it was a strong finish. And what became very clear through the course of the night is that Joe Biden is fighting on behalf of the American people, on substance, on policy, on performance, Joe Biden is extraordinarily strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even Anderson Cooper \u2014 on Trump-bashing CNN, let me again remind you \u2014 couldn\u2019t let that one go by without fact-checking her about what her own party was saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m sorry \u2014 on substance and policy and performance tonight, I mean, the president\u2019s performance tonight clearly was disappointing for his supporters,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCNN is reporting Democratic lawmakers watching the debate were worried, worried about the president\u2019s performance. One said it was a \u2018disaster.\u2019 Another called it a \u2018trainwreck.\u2019 Those are Democrats especially worried that Biden did not punch back on Trump\u2019s lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN Fact-Checks Kamala Harris to Her Face Live on Air<\/p>\n<p>KAMALA HARRIS: \u201cOn substance, on policy, on performance, Joe Biden is extraordinarily strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ANDERSON COOPER: \u201cBut I&#39;m sorry, on substance and policy and performance tonight, I mean, the president&#39;s performance tonight\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/51Lp1o7nSn\">pic.twitter.com\/51Lp1o7nSn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Vigilant Fox \ud83e\udd8a (@VigilantFox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VigilantFox\/status\/1806563956648997226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Harris, meanwhile, continued to insist that this was all about substance and that Joe Biden was nothing if not strong on substance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-debate-face-plant-walks-onto-stage-leaves-everyone-baffled-1st-question-asked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">during the debate<\/a>. She then spent eight minutes trying to impart a little bit of substance that was utterly lacking from Biden\u2019s performance on stage:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:none\" title=\"Vice President Kamala Harris defends President Biden\u2019s debate performance\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CMBmrW6LzV0?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Look, all I have to say is this: When Kamala Harris can give this kind of performance and Joe Biden is giving this kind of performance, there\u2019s an issue:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump: &quot;I really don&#39;t know what he said at the end of that sentence; I don&#39;t think he knows what he said either.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/afW9TkIuUV\">pic.twitter.com\/afW9TkIuUV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1806498784031207640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even Kamala\u2019s defense of the performance was lukewarm \u2014 sure, slow start, but he ramped up! Not really, but the fact she was even forced to admit that was indicative of how bad the president looked. He was non compos mentis. He did not appear to have his mind on stage or anywhere else. He was the walking dead. A ghost. And even CNN was admitting it.<\/p>\n<p>By Friday morning, perhaps the media and the Democratic Party (but I repeat myself) rearranges and composes itself, and admits that yeah, Biden could have looked more energetic, but the other choice is Donald Trump, Threat to Democracy\u2122! Perhaps they seize upon one thing Trump said that they\u2019ll denude of all context and fact-check to oblivion, as if it were all that mattered.<\/p>\n<p>Or perhaps they don\u2019t. The media and the rest of the Democratic Party that isn\u2019t Joe Biden or Kamala Harris couldn\u2019t fake it. They saw what we saw and were beyond pretending. There was no spin to be spun. This was a trainwreck, a disaster, any other synonym of those words you want to throw at it, that\u2019s what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-bidens-brain-collapses-debate-trump-sounds-lost-38-second-nightmare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden\u2019s performance was<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala can try to pretend all she wants, but there was little other substance and that substance didn\u2019t matter when the style it was delivered in strongly suggests the leader of the free world should be boarded in an assisted living facility. Joe Biden got his wish list for this debate: The network, the moderators, the format, the rules, even the lack of an audience.<\/p>\n<p>He still bombed so badly that I don\u2019t think even the president\u2019s most venomous detractor could have predicted it.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to start dealing with those facts and doing actual damage control, not with some imaginary \u201csubstance\u201d that Joe Biden didn\u2019t bring to the table. If the White House refuses to accept that reality \u2014 and Kamala\u2019s performance with Anderson Cooper suggests they hadn\u2019t come to terms with it by the end of the debate \u2014 this will quickly get exponentially worse than it already is.<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/border-patrol-union-humiliates-biden-middle-debate-endorsement-claim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that\u2019s saying something<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by C. Douglas Golden, June 28, 2024. Before Thursday, I&#8217;d never seen people&#8217;s faces when they encounter a ghost. That changed when CNN staff realized they had supported a phantom as the world leader for over three years. 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