{"id":2290467,"date":"2024-07-08T11:53:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-finally-did-it-biden-gives-most-disjointed-answer-weve-ever-heard\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T11:55:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:55:33","slug":"he-finally-did-it-biden-gives-most-disjointed-answer-weve-ever-heard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-finally-did-it-biden-gives-most-disjointed-answer-weve-ever-heard\/","title":{"rendered":"He Finally Did It: Biden Gives Most Disjointed Answer We&#8217;ve Ever Heard"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fhe-finally-did-it-biden-gives-most-disjointed-answer-weve-ever-heard%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=2290467&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 Joe Biden faced \u200ccriticism after a series of interviews in which he stumbled over his words and\u200b made questionable\u2063 statements. Despite efforts to reassure the public of his \u2063competence, Biden&#8217;s performance continued to raise concerns\u200d about his ability to campaign effectively. The interviews, which took place over the Independence Day weekend, were intended to secure his\u2064 position as the Democratic nominee for president, but instead highlighted his struggles. Even scripted questions \u2062provided\u200b by his campaign \u200ddid not prevent Biden from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-america-agrees-a-vote-for-president-biden-is-a-vote-for-president-harris\/\" title=\"Poll: Majority of Americans support President Biden and his vice president, Harris\">making confusing statements<\/a>, leading to further scrutiny\u2062 and doubts about \u2064his campaign.  <\/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\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 8, 2024 at 6:52am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>President Joe Biden picked a convenient time to try to reassure America that he was still worth keeping in place as the Democratic nominee for president.<\/p>\n<p>After last week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbcs-kelly-odonnell-rebukes-reporters-inappropriate-comment-suggesting-biden-was-sleeping-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"NBC\u2019s Kelly O\u2019Donnell rebukes reporter\u2019s \u2018inappropriate\u2019 comment suggesting Biden was sleeping - Washington Examiner\">stumbling debate performance<\/a> and an increasing chorus of calls from within his own party to abandon his 2024 run, he gave a series of interviews on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. That\u2019s the day before Independence Day, Independence Day and the day after Independence Day, on a long summer weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Biden was set up so as few people as possible would watch or listen to the interviews that were meant to resecure his position atop the Democratic ticket. That\u2019s an inspiring vote of confidence from Team White House.<\/p>\n<p>And even then, people were still paying attention and Biden still stumbled during the series of interviews with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ian-haworth-que-jill-biden-hispanics-as-unique-as-tacos\/\" title=\"Ian Haworth: Qu\u00e9? Jill Biden: Hispanics As \u201cUnique\u201d As Tacos\">black radio hosts<\/a> and ABC News\u2019 George Stephanopoulos.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t take my word for it, even though Biden\u2019s words \u2014 if taken as he spoke them \u2014 declared himself to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-declares-black-woman-bumbling-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">be a black woman<\/a> who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/interview-disaster-biden-claims-put-nato-together-just-6-years-old-founded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cput NATO together\u201d<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/interview-biden-admits-cant-even-remember-watched-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">couldn\u2019t remember<\/a> whether he watched his poor debate performance the week before.<\/p>\n<p>Take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/04\/us\/politics\/biden-election-campaign.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times\u2019<\/a> headline\/subheadline combo from Thursday: \u201cBiden Stumbles Over His Words as He Tries to Steady Re-Election Campaign; The president\u2019s appearances have come under intense scrutiny since he appeared feeble in his debate against former President Donald J. Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yikes.<\/p>\n<p>This from the paper that, until the debate, was willing to play along with the idea of \u201ccheap fakes,\u201d videos of the president being, well, himself that were \u201cmisleading\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/21\/us\/politics\/biden-age-videos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Times\u2019<\/a> words, not mine) voters into thinking he lacked energy and vigor.<\/p>\n<p>And, indeed, the Times\u2019 headline this time underplayed the issue significantly about his appearance Friday on Wisconsin\u2019s syndicated \u201cThe Earl Ingram Show,\u201d in which the paper acknowledged \u201cthe president at times spoke haltingly as he delivered his rapid-fire answers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ingram, whose show \u201cis aimed at Black listeners in Wisconsin but is also broadcast around the country,\u201d the Times noted, asked Biden to \u201cspeak to some accomplishments that we may or may not be familiar with about your record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president responded by talking about the Supreme Court\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-anti-trump-wh-lawyer-sotomayor-dissent-immunity-case-hysterical-screaming-no-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruling on immunity<\/a> for former President Donald Trump in issues relating to his official acts in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need someone, someone who is going to make sure that \u2014 the Supreme Court just issued a decision, by the way, that threatens the American principle that we have no kings in America,\u201d Biden said. \u201cThere\u2019s no one above the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s where we always \u2014 we gave Donald Trump 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<\/p>\n<p>(The Times brought out an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lifelong-stutterer-bidens-worrying-gaffes-aint-childhood-stutter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">old standby<\/a>, noting that Biden, in his answers, was \u201cappearing to stutter several times, a condition he has struggled with since he was a child.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>\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,\u201d Biden continued. \u201cBut 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> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UopSP9GemPc?si=7QjzU79ChC6TrBhp&#038;start=604\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Those are his \u201caccomplishments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t a word salad but a soup sandwich \u2014 and it\u2019s what happens when Biden is forced to campaign from someplace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-biden-surrogate-dems-prefer-biden-stay-basement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that isn\u2019t his basement<\/a>, as he did for most of the 2020 race. It\u2019s easier to cover these things up when you\u2019re conducting your run for high office from your own house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president\u2019s responses to Mr. Ingram\u2019s four questions were lengthy as he largely stuck to listing his accomplishments in office and criticizing Mr. Trump,\u201d the Times said. \u201cBut in the 17-minute interview, he sometimes stopped himself in the middle of an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And keep in mind, this wasn\u2019t Biden speaking off the cuff. The host confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-black-radio-questions-approval-ff92ebeff33df7ef5a87a59f776c981c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a> that the president\u2019s campaign provided a list of questions to ask him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey gave me the exact questions to ask,\u201d Ingram said. \u201cThere was no back and forth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-radio-hosts-reveal-given-questions-biden-advance-no-negotiation-allowed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrea Lawful-Sanders<\/a>, host of WURD-AM in Philadelphia, also confirmed she was given a list of questions to ask the president:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Holy smokes.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden camp has been pointing to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-conservatives-cave-on-pro-growth-economic-agenda-prime-minister-might-be-ousted\/\" title=\"British Conservatives Cave On Pro-Growth Economic Agenda, Prime Minister Might Be Ousted\">local radio interviews<\/a> he did after the debate as evidence that he\u2019s fine, but the radio hosts who conducted those interviews told CNN this morning the questions were scripted and provided by the White House. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ttExWKE7Vz\">pic.twitter.com\/ttExWKE7Vz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AG (@AGHamilton29) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGHamilton29\/status\/1809612180196847868?\">July 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>WURD <a href=\"https:\/\/wurdradio.com\/2024\/07\/07\/accountability-access-and-a-path-forward-why-black-media-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> Sunday it was cutting ties with Lawful-Sanders over allowing the Biden campaign to pick and choose what questions he would answer.<\/p>\n<p>In her defense, however, it\u2019s not as if it made a difference; this was the program on which the president declared himself to be a woman of color.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the way, I\u2019m proud to be, as I said, the first vice president, the first black woman to serve with a black president,\u201d Biden told Lawful-Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>This is what the president says when he\u2019s allowed to answer his own questions. We saw what happens when that\u2019s not the case: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-says-media-will-debunk-trumps-debate-claims-brings-debunked-lying-dog-faced-pony-soldier-quote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the debate disaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s an even more dire thought is that this might be the best the Democrats can do.<\/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. The 2024 election is the single most important election of our lifetime. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We here at The Western Journal are committed to covering it in a way the establishment media simply will not: We will tell the truth, and they will lie.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech and the elites don\u2019t want the truth out. That\u2019s why they have cut us off from 90% of advertisers. Imagine if someone cut your monthly income by 90%. 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Biden&#8217;s responses were lengthy and focused on listing his accomplishments and criticizing former President Donald Trump. The interviews were scripted, with the campaign providing questions to the hosts. This raises concerns about Biden&#8217;s ability to campaign effectively. The possibility that this is the best the Democrats have to offer is a troubling thought<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":2290468,"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\/Biden-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5973,3620,34215],"class_list":["post-2290467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-answer","tag-biden","tag-disjointed"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Biden-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290467","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\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}