With calls growing for Biden to step aside after the utter disaster of his debate performance on the night of Thursday, June 27, Vice President Kamala Harris appeared for an interview on CNN and became extremely agitated when asked by host Anderson Cooper about those call for Biden to be replaced by someone more cognitively able.
Cooper said, speaking about what CNN hosts think of the matter, “CNN’s John King has described a panic inside the Democratic Party right now because of President Biden’s performance in tonight’s debate. He’s been hearing from Democratic lawmakers and others around the country. Some within your own party are wondering if President Biden should even step aside. What do you say to that?”
Kamala claimed, somewhat absurdly, that Biden had a “strong finish.” She said, “Listen, first of all, what we saw tonight is that the president making a very clear contrast with Donald Trump on all of the issues that matter to the American people. Yes, there was a slow start, but it was a strong finish. And what became very clear through the course of the night is that Joe Biden is fighting on behalf of the American people, on substance, on policy, on performance. Joe Biden is extraordinarily strong and–”
Cutting her off, Cooper noted that Biden’s many unforced errors were major issues that were likely quite problematic even for his staunch supporters. Cooper said, “On substance and policy and performance tonight. I mean, the president’s performance tonight clearly was disappointing for his supporters. CNN is reporting Democratic lawmakers watching the debate were worried worried about the president’s performance. One said it was a disaster. Another called it a trainwreck. Those are Democrats especially worried that Biden did not punch back on Trump’s lies.”
VP Harris, getting frustrated, snapped, “Listen. People can debate on style points, but ultimately this election and who is the president of the United States has to be about substance. And the contrast is clear. Look at what happened during the course of the debate. Donald Trump lied over and over and over again as he has want to do. He would not disavow what happened on January 6th.”
Continuing, she tried dodging the issue of Bidne’s blunders by attacking Trump for not saying he’d accept election results under any circumstances, saying, “He would not give a clear answer on whether he would stand by the election results this November. He went back and forth about where he stands on one of the most critical issues of freedom in America, which is the right of a women to make decisions about their own body.”
VP Harris then said, despite Trump being moderate on the abortion question, “He has been completely ambiguous and all over the place about where he stands on that issue. Despite the fact that he hand-selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Roe v Wade. And that’s exactly what they did.”
Watch her freak out here:
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