{"id":2288559,"date":"2024-07-03T11:24:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T15:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admits-he-nearly-fell-asleep-on-debate-stage-offers-extremely-unconvincing-excuse\/"},"modified":"2024-07-03T11:28:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T15:28:18","slug":"biden-admits-he-nearly-fell-asleep-on-debate-stage-offers-extremely-unconvincing-excuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admits-he-nearly-fell-asleep-on-debate-stage-offers-extremely-unconvincing-excuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admits He &#8216;Nearly Fell Asleep&#8217; on Debate Stage, Offers Extremely Unconvincing Excuse"},"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%2Fbiden-admits-he-nearly-fell-asleep-on-debate-stage-offers-extremely-unconvincing-excuse%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=2288559&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 article discusses President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-finally-admit-biden-poses-grave-danger-to-country\/\" title=\"Media Finally Admit Biden Poses Grave Danger To Country\">recent debate \u200dperformance<\/a> against former President Donald Trump and \u2063the reactions from both the media and Democratic allies. Biden blamed his poor performance on exhaustion\u200c from international travel, but\u2064 skepticism has been raised about \u2062his explanation. Some\u200b Democrats and media figures have\u200b called for Biden to withdraw from the presidential race. The\u200d article emphasizes the importance of the 2024 election and the\u2062 commitment\u200c of The Western Journal to provide \u200ctruthful\u200d coverage amidst censorship from Big Tech and elites.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/%20\"><span>Michael Schwarz<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 3, 2024 at 6:55am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>President Joe Biden has spent most of his adult life lying and enriching himself at public expense. Thus, even on his best days, he no longer distinguishes between truth and falsehood.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the wake of Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-bill-maher-calls-biden-hard-look-debate-says-election-trump-dominates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">catastrophic performance<\/a> in Thursday\u2019s debate against former President Donald Trump, members of the establishment media have received the memo from their masters in the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the time has come to throw Biden under the bus.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/07\/02\/biden-to-meet-with-democratic-governors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>, the president told a group of donors in Virginia on Tuesday that he \u201cnearly fell asleep\u201d on the debate stage due to exhaustion from overseas travel \u2014 hardly a reassuring explanation in light of the presidency\u2019s demands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t very smart. I decided to travel around the world a couple times, going through I don\u2019t know how many time zones \u2014 for real, I think it was 15 time zones,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Biden, members of his administration did not want him to make those overseas trips.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t listen to my staff. And then I came back and nearly fell asleep onstage,\u201d the 81-year-old president said. \u201cAt any rate, that\u2019s no excuse, but it is an explanation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is indeed the latest explanation for Biden\u2019s debate flop. Last week, we were told that the president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-voice-sparks-concern-first-sentence-something-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had a cold<\/a>, though we heard that only after the debate began.<\/p>\n<p>Assume for a moment \u2014 what one can never assume \u2014 that Biden told the truth. That would merely confirm what we already know: He is unfit for office.<\/p>\n<p>Biden spent June 5-9 in France and then June 12-14 in Italy. He returned to the United States on June 15. After a Hollywood fundraiser and a trip to his Delaware home, he went to Camp David in Maryland on June 20 to prepare for the debate one week later.<\/p>\n<p>A president who cannot handle that schedule cannot handle the office itself.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, we have no reason to believe Biden. After all, when the president speaks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-notorious-liar-tries-recover-debate-disaster-telling-crowd-know-tell-truth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he lies<\/a>. That ironclad rule explains everything in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-witness-impeachment-hearing-says-joe-biden-big-guy-china-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">corrupt<\/a> political career and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-declaration-war-4-takeaways-state-union-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tyrannical presidency<\/a>. His word counts for nothing.<\/p>\n<p>The real story here, therefore, involves the establishment media\u2019s reaction to Biden\u2019s latest lame excuse.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, the president\u2019s comments, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/07\/02\/biden-blames-overseas-travel-for-poor-debate-i-nearly-fell-asleep\/74286978007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>, \u201ccould invite even more scrutiny over whether the 81-year-old president is up to the rigorous traveling, packed schedules and other demands of a second term in the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, in a clip posted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X, CNN Senior White House Correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/profiles\/mj-lee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M.J. Lee<\/a> expressed skepticism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to unpack this new explanation for a second, as the explanation for why his debate performance was so bad,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, five days had passed since the debate debacle, and no one had yet heard the foreign travel excuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI find it a little bit puzzling,\u201d Lee said. \u201cAnd frankly I\u2019m not sure that a lot of people are going to find this reassuring. If anything, some folks might hear this and be, you know, even more concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden is now blaming his disastrous debate performance on a flurry of international travel \u2014 even though he spent a full week holed away at Camp David before the debate.<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s MJ Lee: \u201cI find it a little bit puzzling.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RXPjPzM2gr\">pic.twitter.com\/RXPjPzM2gr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1808286923544305824?\">July 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Prominent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/first-congressional-democrat-officially-jumps-ship-biden-not-done-lightly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a> and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyt-drops-bomb-biden-debate-wants-race-not-man-four-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">minions<\/a> in the establishment media have called for Biden to withdraw from the presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>If the best he can come up with is a belated and dubious claim of jetlag, then his moribund campaign and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-cabinet-called-invoke-25th-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perhaps<\/a> even his nightmarish presidency will not long survive the pressure from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlson-drops-bombshell-unusually-good-source-obama-sabotage-biden-underway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">erstwhile allies<\/a> now eager to replace him.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Following his poor performance in a recent debate against Donald Trump, the media is now turning against him. Biden blamed his lackluster performance on jetlag from international travel, but many are skeptical of this excuse. Prominent Democrats and the media are now calling for Biden to withdraw from the presidential race. The Western Journal is urging readers to support their coverage of the 2024 election, as they believe it is crucial to combat misinformation from the establishment media and Big Tech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2056,"featured_media":2288560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Joe-Biden-3.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,3896,9743,32095,15321],"class_list":["post-2288559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-debate","tag-excuse","tag-presidential-debate","tag-sleepy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Joe-Biden-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288559","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\/2056"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2288559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2288560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2288559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2288559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}