{"id":2289980,"date":"2024-07-06T15:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T19:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-fed-questions-to-hosts-for-interviews-with-president-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-06T15:16:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T19:16:56","slug":"biden-campaign-fed-questions-to-hosts-for-interviews-with-president-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-fed-questions-to-hosts-for-interviews-with-president-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden campaign fed questions to hosts for interviews with president &#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%2Fbiden-campaign-fed-questions-to-hosts-for-interviews-with-president-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=2289980&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 summary\u200b is\u200b about an article from the Washington \u200cExaminer\u2064 discussing how\u200c the Biden campaign provided\u2062 questions to radio \u200dhosts for interviews with President Joe \u200cBiden in an effort to\u200b prove his\u200c mental fitness to voters. The hosts\u200d admitted to receiving\u200c scripted questions and Biden&#8217;s appearances\u200d on the shows \u200dwere seen as an attempt\u2064 to address concerns about\u200b his ability to win reelection. Despite the\u200b scripted questions, Biden still \u2064struggled during the interviews, making confusing statements. Critics have criticized the campaign for not being\u200b transparent and honest in their efforts to showcase the president&#8217;s mental acuity.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden campaign fed questions to hosts for interviews with president<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/ehallas\/\">Emily Hallas<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-06T15:01:08-04:00\">July 6, 2024 3:01 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1696127\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>As President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> attempts to prove his mental fitness to voters, two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/radio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>radio<\/a> hosts say the Biden campaign provided them questions for interviews with the presumed<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Democratic<\/a> nominee. <\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, CNN\u2019s Victor Blackwell <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VictorBlackwell\/status\/1809604532248408422\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>interviewed<\/a> two radio hosts who interviewed Biden this week \u2014 Andrea Lawful-Sanders and Earl Ingram. During their conversation, Blackwell noted that both hosts asked the president nearly identical sets of questions and asked if the Biden campaign had given them questions for the interviews. <\/p>\n<p>Lawful-Sanders, the host of <em>The Source<\/em> on WURD in Philadelphia, answered in the affirmative. Ingram, who invited Biden on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/43x39wzhUClyduF2hwg6Rl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>The Earl Ingram Show<\/em><\/a>  on WMCS in Milwaukee, did not dispute her answer. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe questions were sent to me for approval; I approved of them,\u201d Lawful-Sanders told Victor Blackwell, CNN\u2019s host of <em>First of All<\/em> on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got several questions \u2014 eight of them,\u201d the radio host said, referring to the questions she would ask Biden during<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jabeale\/status\/1809584782675726807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> a radio interview<\/a> on Wednesday. \u201cAnd the four that were chosen were the ones that I approved.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden speaks at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: &#039;The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed&#039;\">campaign rally<\/a> at Sherman Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo\/Morry Gash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lawful-Sanders defended using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oz-agrees-to-oct-25-debate-with-fetterman-under-3-conditions\/\" title=\"Oz Agrees to Oct. 25 Debate With Fetterman\u2014Under 3 Conditions\">questions provided<\/a> to her, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/07\/06\/biden-radio-show-gaffes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>telling<\/a> the <em>Washington Post<\/em>, \u201cWhen I was asked to do this interview it was most important to me to have the voices of the Black people heard. I never once felt pressured to ask certain questions. I chose questions that were most important to the black and brown communities we serve in \u2026 Philadelphia. Those questions proved to be exactly what black and brown communities desired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Biden made appearances on both Lawful-Sander\u2019s and Ingram\u2019s shows. His media rounds came after the president attempted to prove he was mentally fit after his incoherent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/book-donald-trump-tested-positive-later-negative-for-coronavirus-before-first-presidential-debate\/\" title=\"Book: Donald Trump Tested Positive (Later Negative) for Coronavirus Before First Presidential Debate\">debate performance<\/a> last week. Biden mumbled and froze his way through the June 27 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a>, repeatedly losing his train of thought and alarming Democrats with incoherent answers. <\/p>\n<p>Biden appeared on the two radio shows in an attempt to stave off surging concerns that he cannot win reelection and calls from his own party to drop out. The hosts\u2019 admission that questions were scripted has sparked backlash from critics who say the campaign\u2019s actions bely an honest attempt to prove the president\u2019s mental acuity. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the scripted questions, Biden fumbled during both interviews. <\/p>\n<p>Biden told Lawful-Sanders he was proud to be \u201cthe first Black woman to serve with a Black president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his conversation with Ingram, Biden waded through another confusing reply after he was asked why voting matters. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s where we always \u2014 we gave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Donald-Trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> executive \u2014 a power to to use a system \u2014 and it\u2019s just never contemplated by our founders because of the people he appointed to the court,\u201d he told Ingram. \u201cIt\u2019s just presidential immunity. He can say that I did this in my capacity as an executive, it may have been wrong, but I did it. But that\u2019s going to hold \u2014 because I \u2014 and this is the same guy who says that he wants to enact revenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden campaign has pushed back on criticism that the president can\u2019t handle unscripted questions. <\/p>\n<p>Biden campaign spokeswoman Lauren Hitt defended the campaign aides providing questions, telling CNN \u201cit\u2019s not at all an uncommon practice,\u201d when pressed about\u00a0sending the questions to the hosts.  <\/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<p>\u201cThese questions were relevant to the news of the day \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>president<\/a> was asked about this debate performance as well as what he\u2019d delivered for black Americans,\u201d she added. \u201cWe do not condition interviews on acceptance of these questions, and hosts are always free to ask the questions they think will best inform their listeners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Biden campaign for comment. <\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1696127\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1696127\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden campaign provided questions to radio hosts for interviews with President Joe Biden in an effort to showcase his mental fitness to voters. The hosts admitted to receiving scripted questions, sparking criticism from those who question the authenticity of the campaign&#8217;s efforts. Despite the scripted questions, Biden still struggled during the interviews, leading to concerns about his ability to handle unscripted situations. 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