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First a cold, then poor preparation and now jet lag.
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BidenDavid’s campaign presented a series of reasons to try to explain his poor performance in the debate.
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This comes as pressure mounts for Biden to step aside and make way for a replacement.
President Joe Biden offered a new explanation for his disastrous debate performance – Jet lag.
Giving a reason for his incoherent sentences, slurred speech and vague expression in the June 27 CNN debate with former President Donald TrumpBiden he said that he “almost fell asleep on stage”.
Speaking to donors at a fundraiser in Virginia on Tuesday, he added that he was “not very smart” in his use of the time before the debate. “I decided to travel the world a few times, passing through around 100 time zoness,” Biden said.
He added: “It’s not an excuse, but an explanation.”
Other reasons for your poor performance
The explanation for jet lag, however, differs from what his own campaign presented a few days ago.
Biden’s campaign source said he had a cold during the debate. That Biden had a cold at the beginning of the big night, The Wall Street Journal reported, which explained his hoarse voice and his cough.
But after the debate, both Biden’s critics and supporters have speculated whether his advanced age could end the Democratic ticket’s chances of winning in 2024.
And in this regard, the Biden camp is willing to admit the obvious: the president is old.
When asked at a White House press conference whether “Biden’s cognitive decline” was “an episode or a condition,” his press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre he said that he wasn’t young and “is a little slower than he used to be.”
Biden he said it himself at a post-debate campaign event in North Carolina on Friday: “Guys, I may not walk or talk as well as I used to. I may not debate as well as I used to.
“But what I do know is how to tell the truth,” he added.
Biden’s Blame Game
Multiple media reports indicate that the blame game continues behind the scenes, with multiple parties speculating that Biden’s top aides failed to adequately prepare him for the big showdown with Trump.
His family has, behind closed doors, argued that top aides who prepared Biden should be demoted or firedper Political. They pointed the finger at Biden senior adviser Anita Dunn; her husband, Bob Bauer, Biden’s personal lawyer; and Biden’s former chief of staff, Ron Klain.
Three anonymous sources told Politico that the Biden family criticized these three aides — all of whom helped coach Biden for the CNN debate — for not preparing him well enough to go on the offensive.
Donors also contributed. Democratic mega-donor John Morgon said Biden needs to eliminate his “cabal,” which includes Anita Dunn and Bob Bauer.
“I think he lost trust in these three people, and I believe he did from the beginning,” Morgan said. Political.
Another longtime Democratic donor, Whitney Tilson, wrote on X that he felt “cheated” by Biden’s poor performance.
“If the man I saw at the debate is the real Joe Biden right now, then it would be a waste of time and money to support him because he has almost no chance of defeating Trump,” Tilson wrote.
Anxiety grows in the ranks of the Democratic Party
Despite the multiple reasons given for the debate’s performance, Democrats are increasingly anxious.
Elected Democrats, previously loyal to Biden, have raised new doubts about the president’s ability to run for a second term and are increasing voices calling on him to step aside.
A House Democratic aide told Reuters that 25 Democrats were preparing to call on Biden to drop out of the race. Texas Representative Lloyd Doggett was the first of themasking the president to step aside on Tuesday.
A Reuters/Ipsos Poll on Tuesday also revealed anxiety in the party, with one in three Democrats saying Biden should drop out of the race in favor of a replacement.
Several names were released – Including Vice President Kamala Harris, Governor Gavin Newsom from California, Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, and more.
Representatives for Biden did not immediately respond to Business Insider’s requests for comment sent outside normal business hours.
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