{"id":2285919,"date":"2024-06-29T18:05:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T22:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-7-heavyweights-came-out-against-biden-after-debate-with-trump-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-29T18:08:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T22:08:33","slug":"these-7-heavyweights-came-out-against-biden-after-debate-with-trump-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-7-heavyweights-came-out-against-biden-after-debate-with-trump-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"These 7 heavyweights came out against Biden after debate with Trump- 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\">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%2Fthese-7-heavyweights-came-out-against-biden-after-debate-with-trump-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=2285919&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>President \u2063Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-political-figures-who-changed-their-tune-on-bidens-capabilities-after-the-debate-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Four political figures who changed their tune on Biden\u2019s capabilities after the debate - Washington Examiner\">recent debate performance<\/a>\u200c has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-ketanji-brown-jackson-for-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court\">raised significant concerns<\/a> about his mental sharpness and physical state,\u2062 leading \u200csome\u200c to suggest \u200dthat the Democratic Party should \u200bconsider a different candidate. Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s debate showing also lacked significant praise, but it \u200cwas overshadowed by the focus on \u200dBiden\u2019s \u2063capabilities. High-profile political figures have voiced varied opinions about \u2064Biden post-debate.<\/p>\n<p>Kellyanne Conway, a former aide to Trump, criticized Biden\u2019s campaign and questioned the truthfulness\u200b about his mental health. Conway accused the campaign of misleading \u2063the\u2062 public about Biden&#8217;s well-being. Some Biden aides, \u200bhowever,\u200d maintain he is fully functional during\u200b certain hours of the\u2064 day, \u200bwhich align with his scheduled \u200cpublic appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama acknowledged Biden&#8217;s poor debate performance but emphasized Biden&#8217;s career dedication to public service over Trump&#8217;s \u200dself-interest. Obama portrayed\u2062 the election as a choice between integrity and deceit.<\/p>\n<p>Senator \u200bJohn Fetterman showed support for Biden, indicating that one bad debate should \u2063not undermine a candidate\u2019s entire career\u2063 or capabilities. James Carville, a veteran \u2064Democratic strategist was less supportive, revealing \u2064doubts about Biden&#8217;s\u2062 candidacy and suggesting Biden\u200d operates\u200b within\u200b a narrow circle of close relations and allies rather than broader advisory input.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Senator Mitch McConnell suggested that \u2064personal motives within Biden\u2019s close family, particularly from the First Lady, might be influencing his decision to stay in the race, despite public concerns over \u2064his mental fitness.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris admitted \u2062to Biden\u2019s slow start in \u200bthe debate but argued that his overall performance in office has been strong. reactions \u2064to Biden\u2019s debate performance are\u2064 mixed, with \u2062discussions continuing \u2063around his fitness and\u200d capability as \u2064he remains\u2063 a prominent figure in American politics.  <\/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<\/a>&rsquo;s debate performance on Thursday night has sparked serious concerns on both sides of the aisle about his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mental-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>mental acuity<\/a> and physical well-being. Some have gone as far as calling for a new candidate to replace Biden on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic<\/a> ticket.<\/p>\n<p>While former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s performance did not draw overwhelming praise, that was overshadowed by the concerns prompted by Biden&rsquo;s showing. Many are questioning if the president voters saw at the debate is the same one running the country on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what some of the most influential people in politics are saying about Biden and his campaign after the debate.<\/p>\n<h2>Kellyanne Conway<\/h2>\n<p>Former Trump aide Kellyanne Conway <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4747840-kellyanne-conway-debate-struggle-gaslit-biden-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>blasted<\/a> Biden and his team Friday, calling his performance a &ldquo;disgrace.&rdquo; She said the nation has been &ldquo;gaslit&rdquo; on Biden&rsquo;s mental well-being, suggesting his team knows more than being made public.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is no breaking news in what we saw last night,&rdquo; she said on Fox&rsquo;s <em>Hannity<\/em>. &ldquo;It is an unforgivable, inexcusable disgrace that we as a nation have been gaslit.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biden aides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/06\/29\/two-bidens-trump-debate-2024-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> <em>Axios<\/em> on Saturday that he is functional and engaged from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., which coincides with the hours many of his on-camera events are held. Outside of that time period, or while traveling abroad, aides said, the president is more likely to have miscues.<\/p>\n<h2>Barack Obama<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3063871\/obama-support-biden-following-nightmare-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>admitted<\/a> his once<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-video-links-biden-to-ukrainian-corruption-burisma-indictment-reveals-ex-president-yanukovich-illegally-obtained-7-4-billion-laundered-thru-fund-close-to-us-democratic-party\/\" title=\"New Video Links Biden to Ukrainian Corruption \u2013 Burisma Indictment Reveals Ex-President Yanukovich Illegally Obtained .4 Billion Laundered Thru Fund \u201cClose to US Democratic Party\u201d\">-vice president<\/a> had a rough night, but said that &ldquo;last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-weighs-in-on-support-for-biden-following-nightmare-performance-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Obama weighs in on support for Biden following nightmare performance - Washington Examiner\">night didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t change&rdquo; the choice people have to make &ldquo;between someone who has fought for ordinary folks his entire life and someone who only cares about himself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Bad debate nights happen,&rdquo; Obama said. &ldquo;Trust me, I know.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Glossing over Biden&rsquo;s performance, he shifted focus to framing the election as a choice between &ldquo;someone who tells the truth; who knows right from wrong and will give it to the American people straight &mdash; and someone who lies through his teeth for his own benefit.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>John Fetterman<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3063206\/fetterman-slams-democratic-vultures-biden-debate\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> Biden had a &ldquo;rough debate,&rdquo; but refused to pounce on him for it like the &ldquo;Democratic vultures on his shoulder&rdquo; following the Thursday night showdown.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JohnFetterman\/status\/1806658909052055762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1806658909052055762%7Ctwgr%5E652c0342a2416ed1be75628e9f43a9c44a243d98%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3063206%2Ffetterman-slams-democratic-vultures-biden-debate%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Politico<\/em><\/a>  article about Democrats looking for Biden alternatives, he said, &ldquo;No one knows more than me that a rough debate is not the sum total of the person and their record.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>James Carville<\/h2>\n<p>Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville said he never thought Biden running again &ldquo;was a nifty idea.&rdquo; He <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4747812-carville-biden-debate-he-relies-on-employees-not-advisers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>offered<\/a> one reason that sentiment may not have gotten through to the octogenarian president: There are very few people Biden actually listens to.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He doesn&rsquo;t have advisers,&rdquo; Carville said. &ldquo;He has employees.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>Axios<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/06\/29\/biden-debate-replace-advisers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a> that ultimately, the &ldquo;only Biden deciders&rdquo; are a small circle of the president&rsquo;s closest allies, featuring his wife Jill Biden, his sister Valerie Biden, and longtime friend Ted Kaufman.<\/p>\n<h2>Mitch McConnell<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3064343\/mccarthy-doubts-biden-will-step-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>blamed<\/a> the first lady in particular for the president&rsquo;s unwillingness to drop out of the race, despite the growing public concern for his mental acuity.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Joe Biden is going to be the nominee,&rdquo; McConnell said. &ldquo;Joe Biden is not going to give it up. Why? Because Jill does not want to give it up either.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>McConnell said that from their time together in the Senate, he learned that &ldquo;you can&rsquo;t negotiate with him &hellip; you have to negotiate with staff.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Kamala Harris<\/h2>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris admitted that Biden had a &ldquo;slow start&rdquo; and argued that &ldquo;for the last 3 1\/2 years, up until today&rdquo; the president had performed well at his job.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was a slow start,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s obvious to everyone &mdash; I&rsquo;m not going to debate that point.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Like Obama, she shifted toward framing it as a &ldquo;choice in November.&rdquo; Harris called the 2024 election &ldquo;one of the most important elections in our collective lifetime&rdquo; and criticized Trump.<\/p>\n<h2>Bob Woodward<\/h2>\n<p>Journalist Bob Woodward, of Watergate reporting fame, chimed in on Biden&rsquo;s debate performance, calling it &ldquo;so bad, so awful,&rdquo; labeling it a &ldquo;political hydrogen bomb,&rdquo; and demanding answers on &ldquo;what happened&rdquo; from his staff.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the answer here is in reporting, in seeking very aggressively, an explanation &mdash; what happened here?&rdquo; Woodward <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4747466-woodward-biden-debate-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>proposed<\/a>. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t want it to come out in some book or some memoir in a couple of years or a decade. We&rsquo;d need to know now.&rdquo;<\/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>According to Democrats, Biden had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/democrats-blame-bidens-cold-for-poor-debate-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>cold<\/a>. His aides also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3063385\/biden-aides-pointing-fingers-prepared-needed-rest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>claimed<\/a> he was &ldquo;over-prepared when what he needed was rest.&rdquo; Biden himself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3063712\/biden-blames-age-poor-debate-performance-not-a-young-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>blamed<\/a> his old age for the poor showing, admitting, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t debate as well as I used to.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the White House for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s recent debate performance raised bipartisan concerns about his mental sharpness and health, prompting calls for a new Democratic candidate. 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