In what looks like yet more bad news for President Joe Biden’s reelection chances and signs that many in the Democratic Party and on the left generally are looking for and hoping for a Biden replacement, even CNN roasted him in a painfully brutal Monday, July 8 episode of “The Lead” with Jake Tapper. During that episode, Tapper played a montage of Biden making gaffes and roasted him over them.
The first clip in the montage came from President Biden’s interview with Morning Joe on the same day, during which he said he won’t back down from the nomination. Tapper said, introducing it, “Earlier today, President Biden called into one of his favorite TV shows – Morning Joe on MSNBC – and he railed against what he called ‘the elites.’” In the clip of the interview, President Biden said, “I’m getting so frustrated by the elites,” the president said. “Now, I’m not talking about you guys, but about the elites in the party.”
Sounding off on President Biden and that clip, Tapper said, “President Biden seems to be trying to frame what’s going on right now as, the average voters who want him versus the elites of the Democratic Party – donors and lawmakers, and opinion makers, many of whom have serious concerns about Biden’s ability to be the candidate and have called for him to step down after that debate performance that, let’s call baffling. In reality, 72% of voters say that they believe President Biden is too old.”
Continuing, he argued, “That’s according to CNN’s most recent polling. Voters have been saying this for quite a long time. The reality is that the Democratic elites are mostly late to acknowledge these age and ability issues compared to the rest of the public. The elites have been forced to reckon with it after the debate just 11 days ago.”
He then played another clip of Biden, one in which the elderly president stumbled over his words and thought while insisting that he’s not too old, saying, “The fact of the matter is how can you assure you’re going to be on, you know, on your way to go, you know, work tomorrow? Age, age wasn’t, you know, the idea that I’m too old.”
Tapper, ridiculing that as well, argued, “Keep in mind that sound bite is supposed to be reassuring to those Democratic supporters who have gone wobbly. Many Democratic officials with whom I’ve spoken are worried that President Biden and his family and his inner circle appear to be in complete denial, not just about whatever might be wrong with him, but the state of his candidacy right now.”
Playing yet another clip, Tapper showed the moment from President Biden’s interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos when Biden said he doesn’t know if he watched the debate. Stephanopoulos asked, “Did you ever watch the debate afterwards?” Biden, bizarrely, responded by saying, “I don’t think I did, no.” Tapper, responding to the clip, exclaimed, “He doesn’t think he did?”
And, in yet another clip, Tapper showed the moment when Biden said, “By the way, I’m proud to be, as I said, the first vice president, first Black woman, to serve with a Black president, proud of the first Black woman in the Supreme Court. There’s just so much that we can do because together we– there’s nothing. Look, this is the United States of America.”
Again incredulous, Tapper said, “He’s proud to be the first Black woman? Not coherent.” Tapper also revealed that the White House actually sent the questions to the since-fired radio host in advance.” Tapper added, “And the president – still – even then, failed to deliver in many of his answers.”
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