Democrats Are Panicking About Biden. How Did They Get Here?

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  • Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
  • As you may have heard, Thursday night was the first debate between President Biden and former president Donald J. Trump. In short, it was not a great night for Mr. Biden.
    The president’s debate performance triggered significant panic among top Democrats, who for months have been dismissing concerns about Mr. Biden’s age.
    So, how is this happening? Despite all the concerns polls showed about age, how has the Democratic Party arrived at this moment?
    That’s a line of inquiry The Run-Up has been putting to senior Democratic leaders for the past 18 months. And we wanted to revisit some of those conversations now in a special episode.
    They include selections of our interviews with Vice President Harris (www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/po...) , former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro (www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/po...) , Democratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison (www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/po...) and Ron Klain (www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/po...) , Mr. Biden’s former White House chief of staff.
    Do you have a question about the 2024 election? We want to hear from you. Fill out this form (www.nytimes.com/article/2024-...) or email us at therunup@nytimes.com (mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?fs=...)

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  • @jamesventola6883
    @jamesventola6883 2 дні тому +208

    The amount of gaslighting in that party is insane. Those interviews with those DNC members is scary…

    • @Al-nc2ys
      @Al-nc2ys 2 дні тому +24

      They really asked that lady why the DNC is being undemocratic by propping up a candidate, suppressing others, and her response was "And?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @ADPalF
      @ADPalF 2 дні тому +10

      They were really like "and what are you all gonna do about us putting party before country? Not vote for our garbage candidate with a low approval rating?"
      Truly these are brilliant political strategists and communicators. The blind loyalty they show and also demand totally isn't alienating, and surely won't backfire.

    • @DK-mc7mp
      @DK-mc7mp 2 дні тому

      “Gaslighting isn’t even real, do you know how insane you sound?” - DNC

    • @DK-mc7mp
      @DK-mc7mp 2 дні тому

      “Gaslighting isn’t even real, do you know how insane you sound?” - The DNC

    • @markg9401
      @markg9401 2 дні тому +9

      Scary? It's actually horrifying.

  • @thankfuljosh
    @thankfuljosh 2 дні тому +306

    We got here because when Democrat politicians got mad, YOU BACKED DOWN INSTEAD OF INVESTIGATING AND REPORTING.

    • @Frostwulf1313
      @Frostwulf1313 2 дні тому

      No. They work for the Dems. They didn't back down. They followed orders and lost millions of viewers as a result.

    • @doughuffine9357
      @doughuffine9357 2 дні тому +1

      Make no mistake, Thankfuljosh; we got here when in 2016 the DNC overthrow the will of the democratic voting public and squashed Bernie Sanders’ nomination as the democratic presidential candidate in favor of Hillary Clinton. Thank you Debbie Wasserman Schultz !!!

    • @clydefrosch
      @clydefrosch 2 дні тому +8

      and now a little less vague and conspiratorial

    • @Frostwulf1313
      @Frostwulf1313 2 дні тому +12

      Bought and paid for.

    • @ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc
      @ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc 2 дні тому

      Whistleblowers
      + Investigative Journalists
      + Attorneys
      = DISMANTLING of SECRETS

  • @jamesrussell1904
    @jamesrussell1904 2 дні тому +30

    As a lifelong Democrat of 50 years, I am so utterly disturbed right now. I haven’t watched any politics since the last election, and I thought Biden was extremely sharp…
    But you have GOT to be kidding me that this is what the democrats are trying to sneak through to office?! I will be voting for Trump for the first time ever, I feel like I am a victim of a Psy-Op or something, I’ve never been so disturbed in my adult life.

    • @diggable
      @diggable День тому +3

      you were told that Biden was sharp 😅😅😅

    • @stevethompson210
      @stevethompson210 День тому +3

      I realized back in 2012 that the media is like the fat , bald guy behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz.

    • @stevethompson210
      @stevethompson210 День тому

      I have been trying to tell people for many years that they are being lied to by the media. The media are not trying to present facts, they are just telling their audience what opinions that are to have.

    • @myownhome2959
      @myownhome2959 19 годин тому

      Biden history of 50 years is that of plagiarism pedophelia and racism 😆

    • @9000ck
      @9000ck 18 годин тому +2

      I think your view is probably the most common amongst democratic voters right now. We are alarmed. We want trump to be defeated and we don't think Biden can do it.

  • @TylerCostello
    @TylerCostello 2 дні тому +45

    Deflecting and Ignoring dementia for 3 years is how we got here.

    • @rubyparchment5523
      @rubyparchment5523 13 годин тому

      That’s what we do when our elders start having crises. Deny, deny, deny. Sunrise, Erickson, A Place for Mom? - For millionaires only! And they only want the docile, doddering type, not your screaming, clawing hellion!

  • @dalegerbec7301
    @dalegerbec7301 2 дні тому +164

    You the media got us here. You have been proping him up for years.

    • @missmarlene8893
      @missmarlene8893 2 дні тому +6

      They’ve been lying

    • @randrobinson443
      @randrobinson443 2 дні тому +5

      Yeah.... telling us how good Briben is! Lol hes a POS

    • @mraso30
      @mraso30 День тому +1

      Yup. They pretend to be simply shocked. No. Normal people have suspected this for months, some of us for years. Thursday was just unadultered undeniable confirmation. No shock. Only sadness. For an old man whose party is abusing him, and for the country - both now, and for the future.. No matter which candidate wins, America loses.

    • @jonathanbowen3640
      @jonathanbowen3640 13 годин тому

      "the media!" is a bit broad! LOL Smh

  • @petepayette6690
    @petepayette6690 2 дні тому +160

    His been like this for 4 yrs

    • @joythought
      @joythought 2 дні тому +1

      Not at the state of the union.He looked good there. But now here. He needs to go.

    • @Cavs1975
      @Cavs1975 2 дні тому +12

      @@joythoughthe’s ok with a teleprompter and prescripted questions. Doesn’t have to use the old brain as much

    • @MBarberfan4life
      @MBarberfan4life 2 дні тому +9

      Nope. He's gotten way WORSE.

    • @seanmtak7573
      @seanmtak7573 2 дні тому +11

      He was like this under Obama too look up Biden buy a shotgun lol

    • @belowme4927
      @belowme4927 2 дні тому +2

      BEFORE THAT.
      WHY DO YOU THINK THEY KEPT HIM IN THE BASEMENT?
      HE IS BEING USED AS A PUPPET.
      AND PEOPLE ARE LAZY AND STUPID ENOUGH TO VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATS

  • @blackbarnz
    @blackbarnz 2 дні тому +273

    Mass Hysteria, Cognitive Dissonance, & Extreme Bias thats how we got here. This didn't happen overnight.

    • @userDZ19
      @userDZ19 2 дні тому

      The Aipac is desyroying our country by pirchasing 2 clowns that defends israel and talk about GOLF..the empire is falling.

    • @Frostwulf1313
      @Frostwulf1313 2 дні тому +18

      All of which were intended.

    • @clarencespangle
      @clarencespangle 2 дні тому

      *“Iran attacked American troops, killed, caused brain damage for a number of these troops, and he did nothing about it. Recently - when he was president, they attacked. He said they’re just having headaches. That’s all it is. We didn’t do a thing when the attack took place, number one.” - Joe Biden*

    • @doughuffine9357
      @doughuffine9357 2 дні тому

      Make no mistake, we got here when in 2016 the DNC overthrow the will of the democratic voting public and squashed Bernie Sanders’ nomination as the democratic presidential candidate in favor of Hillary Clinton. Thank you Debbie Wasserman Schultz !!!

    • @potcrak1
      @potcrak1 2 дні тому +26

      And a lot of help starting with the NY Times.

  • @jamestagg2152
    @jamestagg2152 2 дні тому +277

    Just remember, this is Biden at his best after seven days of prep!

    • @clintdaniel9260
      @clintdaniel9260 2 дні тому +18

      and an ear piece

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 2 дні тому +5

      He has a cold its not his best. But still better than trump!!

    • @2A.Freedom
      @2A.Freedom 2 дні тому +29

      ​@@truth4004😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @sharondavid-melly1498
      @sharondavid-melly1498 2 дні тому +4

      Trump loses every time 😮

    • @Cavs1975
      @Cavs1975 2 дні тому +28

      @@truth4004he didn’t have a cold stop already. He just didn’t have a teleprompter or prescripted answers

  • @2005Pilot
    @2005Pilot 2 дні тому +102

    Media been protecting him for 3.5 years. Sickening

    • @Undomaranel
      @Undomaranel 2 дні тому

      Dude, they _made_ him the candidate in the first place. Remember how they censored Tulsi after she demolished Kamala's record? How Bernie stepped aside? Obama is on record saying he'd be good with a third term if he had a puppet to do the social appearances... and guess who the establishment chose during the running and used every resource (including media covering up Joe's racist opinions over the years, look it up)...? The MSM has been covering for him for much, much longer than 3.5 years smh.

    • @lynxminx4
      @lynxminx4 2 дні тому +1

      They did the same for Reagan for 6 years.

    • @Bigfish105
      @Bigfish105 2 дні тому

      More like 35 years!! The media follows the liars for hire at the NY TIMES! ALL in the tank for the CORRUPT DEMOCRAT PARTY...

    • @2005Pilot
      @2005Pilot День тому +4

      @@lynxminx4 mainstream media leans left so they definitely wouldn’t have done for Reagan

    • @lynxminx4
      @lynxminx4 День тому

      @@2005Pilot They absolutely, unilaterally did it for Reagan. His state of mind was an open secret the MSM systematically kept from the American people, partly out of cold-war-era anxiety about revealing the President to be weak, but mostly because it was embarrassing.

  • @jricrianne
    @jricrianne 2 дні тому +94

    If Democrats are only now panicking that says a lot about the Democrats and it's not good 😂

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 2 дні тому +1

      We're not panicking at all. A few glitches doesnt mean anything. trumps done is sooooo many times!

    • @frankisyourdaddy
      @frankisyourdaddy 2 дні тому

      ​@@truth4004maybe calm down junior, those grammatical errors don't help your cause.

    • @KT22672
      @KT22672 2 дні тому +4

      @@truth4004you shouldn’t panic, Biden is exactly what America deserves, something that is old, out of touch, and close to collapse, im voting for Biden too because this country can’t come down fast enough

    • @HappinessDIY
      @HappinessDIY 2 дні тому +10

      They are only panicking because they got caught.

    • @jricrianne
      @jricrianne 2 дні тому

      @@truth4004 it is too many glitches and bugs in his code. They need to flip the switch and factory reset Biden's programming

  • @fiscallylogicalsocialhuman
    @fiscallylogicalsocialhuman 2 дні тому +149

    They got here from denial, I was in denial. I’ve woken up to reality and can’t unsee what I saw.

    • @Tahir_Ali
      @Tahir_Ali 2 дні тому +7

      Denial is not just a river in Egypt. I think Biden has been the best president since LBJ but he is not going to make it to the second term. He needed to destroy Trump at the debate.

    • @joanyoon4672
      @joanyoon4672 2 дні тому

      ​@@Tahir_Ali111a😊

    • @joythought
      @joythought 2 дні тому +1

      ​​​@@Tahir_Ali agree. His legislative achievements put both Obama and Trump in the shade but he needs to shuffle off the stage before he falls off it...

    • @emd1405
      @emd1405 2 дні тому

      They didn't get here from denial.They got here from calculated machinations and lies, running our government without a president being capable of doing his part and they wanted to keep that going for as long as possible and gaslight us to believe that he was fine and they just can't hide it anymore. It's pretty simple. He wasn't just like this last night.He's been like this and all the mainstream.New sources keep saying oh, he's fine.He's fine, he's.The best joe biden we've ever gotten what either they were literally that dumb or they lied.
      For clarity I never voted Trump and wont

    • @pawelpap9
      @pawelpap9 2 дні тому +9

      @@Tahir_AliAre you camping on Rio Grande greeting millions of illegal newcomers? Or maybe you are simply a fan of governing by fiat, meaning executive orders.

  • @calj2090
    @calj2090 2 дні тому +108

    I blame the press. You refused to highlight the competition

    • @Dre2Dee2
      @Dre2Dee2 2 дні тому +15

      They were ordered not to, and they listened
      If they didnt, they wouldve been fired. We know how this game works

    • @gnosis555
      @gnosis555 2 дні тому

      Bingo! Media always has an agenda and telling a story for their backers. They will exclude any other knowledge. Just like with Covid, this is another example of trying to shape American’s perception of reality.

    • @cedrikthibert7033
      @cedrikthibert7033 2 дні тому

      Yes, the media are electing Donald Trump.
      I warned the Democrats it would backfire.
      Democrats should have brought a decent candidate, not just and old man who says vote for me because I'm not Trump who is obviously in dementia.

  • @judymasnyk979
    @judymasnyk979 2 дні тому +145

    Blame the Mainstream Media. They have all lost it.😢😢

    • @melfrank8379
      @melfrank8379 2 дні тому

      Oh yea and Fox is the Genious in the room, lol ha ha ha what idiots you people are.

    • @worthington5687
      @worthington5687 2 дні тому

      In the very deep Soros/China pocket.

    • @juimymary9951
      @juimymary9951 2 дні тому

      Yeah treating biden like some sort of golden cow because he defeated Trump (during the height of his infamy I'd say) really backfired (as it should have and as how anyone with a viable brain could predict)

    • @rogerclark9285
      @rogerclark9285 2 дні тому +5

      They didn't lose it. They were willing and enthusiastic participants.

    • @user-px4if7zb8o
      @user-px4if7zb8o 22 години тому

      Donors of the mainstream media...let's just be clear about this and expose the truth

  • @SherrylandNC
    @SherrylandNC 2 дні тому +34

    He’s been here for FOUR YEARS, are they asleep

  • @pawelpap9
    @pawelpap9 2 дні тому +82

    Biden’s debate performance might have been a shock for the NYT staff and readers. For the rest of us it was merely tragic confirmation of what we knew for over five years.

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 2 дні тому

      that hes old. so is trump we've known hes a lying psycho for 50 years.

    • @chipsterb4946
      @chipsterb4946 2 дні тому

      His dementia is no surprise to anyone. The NYT simply has been distributing the propaganda for so long that they began to believe their own BS.

    • @ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc
      @ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc 2 дні тому

      Informed Americans who select their News sources with critical thinking skills~ are NOT shocked.
      Indoctrination from Censorship and UN-balanced News is the epidemic plaguing Americans.

    • @andrewpinson1268
      @andrewpinson1268 2 дні тому

      NYT staff investigate and report. They failed miserably on their investigating. Many people saw Biden's state and wondered who was pulling the strings. NYT should have investigated that. It would not have taken much to get to the bottom and find the answer. I THINK NYT knew all along like most of the main stream media. I knew and I am not a reporter.

    • @melfrank8379
      @melfrank8379 2 дні тому

      Judge not that ye not be judged. I am sure you have never been speaking and lost your train of thought, even when not on a stage with Satan, the author of confusion

  • @TwinGoats
    @TwinGoats 2 дні тому +61

    By lying for 3 years saying he’s amazing…. Your bad

  • @Bikes0420
    @Bikes0420 2 дні тому +31

    Well, they fucked over Bernie a couple times for starters

    • @2A.Freedom
      @2A.Freedom 2 дні тому +4

      Socialist Bernie 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @amariner5
      @amariner5 2 дні тому +3

      Bernie got paid.
      He was smart enough to not want to be President.
      BTW: Bernie border policy=Trump border policy
      Bernie export and trade policy= Trump trade policy.
      Trump is good for the Worker.

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 2 дні тому

      Bernie lost by a million votes. Grow up.

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 2 дні тому

      @@amariner5 trump did nothing good with the border he trafficked people. kidnapped children etc. and mexico didnt pay for the wall.

    • @markymark9961
      @markymark9961 2 дні тому

      Ah yes the socialist/communist dictator that is good with redistributing everyone’s money but his own.

  • @Nateasnay
    @Nateasnay 2 дні тому +55

    The Democrats have no one to blame but themselves, the "machine" is broken 👌

    • @melfrank8379
      @melfrank8379 2 дні тому +2

      We blame you for supporting a Convict who is only running to get out f jail.

    • @myownhome2959
      @myownhome2959 19 годин тому

      @melfrank8379 playback is a batch huh go cry in a cornor😆💩

    • @Dana-pq7ke
      @Dana-pq7ke 5 годин тому

      I was the most prolific democrat. A democrat princess in a long line of them! My dad helped shape these policies, I peddled them. We ran non-profits for immigrants. I went right, I'm actually happy here. Maybe I won't stay here, I was all for Bernie but I now think if we get rid of these baby boomer policies that had no end date, they never had goals considering a changing world, and changing needs (I'm an RN and activist in Minneapolis!) this would be best. We all change, and we change along a linear timeline aside from how the community and larger world changes.
      Medicare is toxic. It's two competing forces with the nurse and her patient stuck between them. Hospital corporations try to maximize profits from Medicare, doing crazy things to enrich themselves - at the same time the bureaucrat is hopelessly unable to address it. They change rules every few weeks - there is NO WAY this is reasonable. My patients are dying, frankly, and it's alarming.
      All democrat policies matured like this. I tried and tried to address it.
      We need a reset. An entire reset. Break it down to the fundamental constitution.
      Fun fact: I am a descendent of Thomas Jefferson. So, I have a radically different outlook from others, I think.
      I will make ANY way work because of my oath and I fight every day for the good of all.
      Be well.

  • @bikerider5296
    @bikerider5296 2 дні тому +69

    How did they get here??? He's been like this since 2019. What have you been watching?

    • @joythought
      @joythought 2 дні тому

      Less partisan stuff than you. Yes he has been mildly decrepit but generally good if not watching partisan content. You are clearly too young to remember how frail and old Reagan looked. He was worse but history remembers him as one of the greats. If Biden bows out now and the next candidate beats Trump then Biden's legacy will be to be remembered as one of the greats as well. That's how things work. At the time I thought Reagan was a terrible president but these days he looks pretty good in the rear view mirror.

    • @seanbarnes1151
      @seanbarnes1151 2 дні тому +9

      ​@@joythoughtstop gaslighting.

    • @richardwilliams1986
      @richardwilliams1986 2 дні тому

      South Carolina, it figures, the state of Lindsey Graham.

    • @bikerider5296
      @bikerider5296 2 дні тому +4

      @@joythought LMAO .... I voted for John Anderson in 1980 because I fell for the warmonger scare tactics thrown at us by the left and the media. Just like I didn't vote for Trump in 2016. However, I did vote for Reagan in 1984 and Trump in 2020. Both based on their performances. Reagan did not look frail in 1984. He didn't start showing signs of dementia until his last year in office when Nancy was finishing sentences for him. Apparently you are to young to remember that.

    • @OnimenoJason
      @OnimenoJason 2 дні тому

      @@joythought The only time Joe looks good is from the partisan content. Anyone that watches fair representation of the guy knows he's been bad from back when he threw himself into the 2020 race.

  • @rodgerwoods4971
    @rodgerwoods4971 2 дні тому +53

    How did Democrats get to this point??
    My comment would be deleted if i explained.....

    • @melfrank8379
      @melfrank8379 2 дні тому

      How did we end up with a Convict running for office? That is the real question. Reagan had his moments but Republicans always brag about him, but then you probably don't know that history... I lived it.

    • @stevethompson210
      @stevethompson210 День тому +4

      Yep. I’ve had many deleted. We’re living in 1984.

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 11 годин тому +1

      same because some people don't like facing reality.Trump cant be allowed back in.

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 11 годин тому

      @@stevethompson210 You aint seen nuthin' yet if trump gets back in.

    • @rodgerwoods4971
      @rodgerwoods4971 11 годин тому +1

      @@truth4004 Trump isn't the biggest concern..

  • @williamherrick497
    @williamherrick497 2 дні тому +28

    This debate made me very sad. It was Senior abuse. President Biden is not well. Who is really running the federal government?

    • @ellenelder9941
      @ellenelder9941 2 дні тому

      Obama and joes sick DISCUSTING wife is. Biden is their puppet. This is Elder Abuse!!!

    • @damienyuen7718
      @damienyuen7718 2 дні тому

      Israel runs the US government.

    • @ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc
      @ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc 2 дні тому +2

      The Greedy and The Guilty

    • @stevethompson210
      @stevethompson210 День тому +1

      Is there a worse wife than Jill Biden?

    • @ellenelder9941
      @ellenelder9941 День тому +1

      @@stevethompson210 no other wife can parade around the world with a dementia husband trying to act like nothing is wrong with him so she can have money and power and get this negative attention. She's pretending to be the president! ELDER ABUSE!!! SHES SICK TOO!!!

  • @jf11mm
    @jf11mm 2 дні тому +94

    They got here because of greed, plain and simple.

    • @ellenelder9941
      @ellenelder9941 2 дні тому +1

      Theft stealing the election....that's how they got here and ITS FALLING APART!!! FINALLY!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @audiolego
      @audiolego 2 дні тому

      And Trump Derangement Syndrome,e and fake impeachment and fake hysteria manufactured by cnn and manic and really the main media.

    • @lassepeterson2740
      @lassepeterson2740 День тому +1

      They got here because they were voted for plain and simple .

    • @ellenelder9941
      @ellenelder9941 День тому +1

      They got here because they stole the election in 2020 and have lied and cheated the American citizens now its karma time for the Crooked democrats. They destroyed this country. Everything is falling apart. All their lies and deceitful ways are catching up with them.

  • @staciecarmon1618
    @staciecarmon1618 2 дні тому +35

    He is just a puppet at this point basically!

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 2 дні тому

      nope you are.

    • @DerrickW30
      @DerrickW30 2 дні тому +8

      @@truth4004 Surely your eyes work don't they? Why deny what you saw with your own eyes? Everybody else saw it too.

    • @frankisyourdaddy
      @frankisyourdaddy 2 дні тому

      ​@@truth4004 you are desperate, commenting on every post. It's pathetic, like your candidate

    • @OnimenoJason
      @OnimenoJason 2 дні тому +5

      The truth is he's been that his entire term. Remember that time when he was speaking and said something along the lines that he would get in trouble if he said something? Or when he was speaking and then ended his speaking with "Repeat the line"?

    • @jennifersebbo9039
      @jennifersebbo9039 2 дні тому +4

      ​@@OnimenoJasonAnd said he would get in trouble if he took any questions. I noticed that his staff stop him a lot from answering questions.

  • @gnostic268
    @gnostic268 2 дні тому +56

    He originally promised to be a one-term President. He promised a lot of things. We're worse now than 4 years ago.

    • @Brian42491
      @Brian42491 2 дні тому

      We are worse off, but if you are saying we are worse off all because the president then that statement is ignorant as there are so many in congress and everywhere else in the government.

    • @kevinrichardson8859
      @kevinrichardson8859 2 дні тому +1

      Thanks so much for being honest!

    • @kevinrichardson8859
      @kevinrichardson8859 2 дні тому +2

      @Brian42491 💩 rolls down hill it all starts from him on down....

    • @granthuling3235
      @granthuling3235 2 дні тому +1

      I remember that. He didn’t go on camera and say it but all of his surrogates did. It was downright inspiring to have, after Trump, a statesman willing to volunteer for one term only, to restore normalcy. I guess a Democrat lifelong politician can be a narcissist as well.

    • @chrisocony
      @chrisocony 2 дні тому

      No such promise, just a suggestion.

  • @wthomas5697
    @wthomas5697 2 дні тому +106

    Hell, I'm panicking. Biden was awful. And it's not a one off. He's seriously in decline. He has no business running for president. He's too effing old.

    • @melfrank8379
      @melfrank8379 2 дні тому +11

      Bernie Sanders is older, he has no issues with age.

    • @WhiteCamry
      @WhiteCamry 2 дні тому +4

      So's Trump.

    • @MutatedPizzaBoi
      @MutatedPizzaBoi 2 дні тому +1

      ​@@melfrank8379senility makes it old

    • @wthomas5697
      @wthomas5697 2 дні тому +3

      @@melfrank8379 Biden obviously does. Just compare the two.

    • @obriets
      @obriets 2 дні тому +3

      I know how you feel. I’m frankly scared

  • @bloodaonadeline8346
    @bloodaonadeline8346 2 дні тому +43

    Biden is the first president in my lifetime where I can honestly say my life as far as finances, safety, freedom Has gotten substantially worse while he has been in office. I’ve seen this country turn into a degenerate nightmare where everything is priced out of the reach of anyone making less than $50k a year

    • @stevethompson210
      @stevethompson210 День тому +6

      Well said.

    • @m.janeroberts8640
      @m.janeroberts8640 День тому

      The entire government is dysfunctional. This is largely because Republicans won't let anything constructive get done. Biden actually has done good things for the economy but it's hard to feel that because corporate greed keeps prices high.

  • @no.6243
    @no.6243 2 дні тому +12

    By lying for eight years.

  • @nahowe2034
    @nahowe2034 2 дні тому +34

    Sometimes Democrats can benefit from hearing people from the other side.
    Most of us have been saying that Joe was showing signs of dementia. He benefited greatly from getting elected during covid-19, in which he was able to make less public apperances.

    • @catholicpog7183
      @catholicpog7183 2 дні тому

      Democrats have become a cult just like MAGA. No rational thinking on either side.

  • @beachbrettf
    @beachbrettf 2 дні тому +13

    "how did they get here?"??
    ..are you fu¢king joking?

  • @frankzappa9853
    @frankzappa9853 2 дні тому +21

    You did great Joe! You answered all the questions!!- Jill Biden

    • @goldiecaulfield3266
      @goldiecaulfield3266 2 дні тому +1

      She's cringy Nurse Ratched.

    • @granthuling3235
      @granthuling3235 2 дні тому +2

      Insane. I hate it when people talk down to my preschooler like that.

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 11 годин тому

      He did answer all the question and trump did NOT.

    • @younoseeit
      @younoseeit 6 годин тому

      @@granthuling3235 ...Bad optic. I was surprised that she did that humiliating act.

  • @CG-ss4jm
    @CG-ss4jm 2 дні тому +32

    SEVEN DAYS OF PREP AND THIS IS THE BEST THEY COULD DO???

    • @Pafemanti
      @Pafemanti 2 дні тому +1

      A lot of incumbent presidents have bad first debates. The debate stage is a very different place from a lot of the work they do. Reagan in 1984 and Obama in 2012 come to mind.
      It's not the amount of time you prepare, it's how you prepare. If there is a second debate, it would be good for Joe Biden to take a nap in the middle of the day. Then he'll be fine.

    • @120111gan
      @120111gan 2 дні тому

      That’s not the same. For other presidents it’s one of.. whereas for Biden this has been the case for the past 4 years. The past presidents incl Obama , Trump or anyone before never shied away from the press. They never had to rely on teleprompter all the time!

    • @granthuling3235
      @granthuling3235 2 дні тому

      @@PafemantiYes, he will surely age in reverse in the months and years ahead.

  • @briandiaz5755
    @briandiaz5755 2 дні тому +10

    How did we get here?
    We’ve been here… for 3 years now

  • @masterstealth11
    @masterstealth11 2 дні тому +82

    For those who say they would vote for a corpse over Trump: are you still going to support the party that put up the corpse?

    • @tiffsjourney877
      @tiffsjourney877 2 дні тому +11

      They definitely have themselves a corpse.😂😂😂

    • @tiffsjourney877
      @tiffsjourney877 2 дні тому +7

      They definitely have themselves a corpse.😂😂😂

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 2 дні тому +6

      Im supporting the party that helps Americans not billionaires. True blue all the way.

    • @2A.Freedom
      @2A.Freedom 2 дні тому +11

      ​@@truth4004😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @BROU-bb2uc
      @BROU-bb2uc 2 дні тому +6

      ​@@truth4004please tell me who supply's jobs?

  • @johnshepard9894
    @johnshepard9894 2 дні тому +5

    This has been going on for over 3 years now. Most of us know this . If you're one of the few that don't, blame your trusted news source 🤣🤣🤣🐑🐑🐑

  • @mark-1901
    @mark-1901 2 дні тому +51

    He's definitely not running the country right now...

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 2 дні тому +2

      Yeah except he is. Theres nothing wrong with him. Quit being a PAB.

    • @DonaldPrizwan
      @DonaldPrizwan 2 дні тому

      @@truth4004 lol. didnt take long for trumpers to realize something as silly as newsom might suck up all the air space and excitement... cant have that.
      well played.

    • @retromancer1739
      @retromancer1739 2 дні тому +2

      That's the scary thing. Who is?

    • @user-ne1wy1gz4m
      @user-ne1wy1gz4m 2 дні тому

      You are nuts he has dementia clearly everyone can see it​@@truth4004

    • @user-ne1wy1gz4m
      @user-ne1wy1gz4m 2 дні тому

      Truth4004 Biden has dementia everyone can see it needs to be removed incompetent lies has made stupid decisions not bright either

  • @masterstealth11
    @masterstealth11 2 дні тому +20

    I appreciate that Astead finally decided to take on Biden skeptically after years of protecting him.

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 11 годин тому

      Trump is the one being protected he should be in prison right now.

  • @arliegage1380
    @arliegage1380 2 дні тому +33

    Golly, how Blind can you be??

  • @mr.rhitmo7720
    @mr.rhitmo7720 2 дні тому +24

    Eyes wide shut.

  • @jojogurl83021
    @jojogurl83021 2 дні тому +23

    If that ain't the look of stage 5 dementia

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 2 дні тому

      like people tell you every day?

    • @melfrank8379
      @melfrank8379 2 дні тому +1

      Ever lost your train of thought in the middle of a conversation? I bet the answer is yes, and Satan was not even on stage next to you.

    • @jojogurl83021
      @jojogurl83021 2 дні тому +1

      @@melfrank8379 haha, not for 90 minutes straight!! 😳😳😳😳

    • @jojogurl83021
      @jojogurl83021 2 дні тому +1

      @@truth4004 Trump 2024💪❤️

  • @305Alligator
    @305Alligator 2 дні тому +38

    What's worse is Obama coming out to endorse this train wreck. I'm so disappointed in Democrats, America is done with JOEMENTIA

    • @thomaswilson7538
      @thomaswilson7538 2 дні тому

      Please!. Thank you.

    • @andrewpinson1268
      @andrewpinson1268 2 дні тому

      One of my hobbies is politics and I had many leads that were telling me that Obama knew of Biden's decline even when he was Vice President. His judgement on things is off kilter and is detectable if you watch him.

    • @memphistennis1691
      @memphistennis1691 2 дні тому

      So you want the worst business man in history (always cheating by refusing to pay his bills and still 6 bankruptcies) the biggest con man this country has ever seen, including PT Barnum in charge?

    • @catholicpog7183
      @catholicpog7183 2 дні тому

      @@andrewpinson1268 Biden has declined significantly in just 4 years. 2012 Biden still seemed with it. Totally different guy.

    • @andrewpinson1268
      @andrewpinson1268 2 дні тому

      @@catholicpog7183 Very true. I was speaking of his intellect and decisions. I watched him many years ago in several Congressional investigations. All of them have staffs to prepare them, but when he got lost it was like he was in mud. I am very critical of the ability to speak off the cuff with good information. He just did not seem to have it even then. But you are right - major drop off a few years ago.

  • @xxtwobitxx
    @xxtwobitxx 2 дні тому +13

    4-5 years of denial from the media is how it got this way. He's had the same LACK of mental sharpness/dementia and you kept saying the opposite to all your viewers

  • @charlesdobbs8572
    @charlesdobbs8572 2 дні тому +82

    No he has delivered for the taxpayers of the USA . He did deliver for Ukraine by giving them billions of the taxpayers money. But the people of the USA comes last. How has he helped us

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 2 дні тому +2

      Thats some lies. he's done tons for Americans. Most of us wants to help Ukraine against RUSSIA.

    • @tulanzuya
      @tulanzuya 2 дні тому

      @@truth4004 No most of us does not wants to help Ukraine before U.S. citizens. Zelenskyy is living in palaces and persecuting his political opponents while his people suffer for it. You really support that?

    • @JohnDoe-rt2bz
      @JohnDoe-rt2bz 2 дні тому

      @@truth4004 name one thing he has done for Americans. Only thing BRIBEN has done is enrich himself via his 10% for the big guy and make everything more expensive. You are the poster child for COGNITIVE DISSONANCE!

    • @2A.Freedom
      @2A.Freedom 2 дні тому +28

      @@truth4004 no most of us DO NOT want to help Ukraine. We want to HELP OUR OWN VETERANS AND HOMELESS.

    • @bloodaonadeline8346
      @bloodaonadeline8346 2 дні тому +20

      @@truth4004name one thing he’s done to help americans. I don’t care about Ukraine that country doesn’t affect my life at all.

  • @user-ru7cd9bm5p
    @user-ru7cd9bm5p 2 дні тому +64

    If anyone thinks Biden can win the presidency for the Democrats after this debate they’re living in some sort of alternate universe. He’s done.

    • @Failed_President
      @Failed_President 2 дні тому

      After that debate debacle, you can be sure Biden has given orders for Merchan to jail Trump. That's how Biden intends to "win" a second term

    • @worthington5687
      @worthington5687 2 дні тому

      Now the democrats know why Trump spent more time in front of the press in a month than Biden has in three years.

    • @drbvo9578
      @drbvo9578 2 дні тому

      The left always lives in lala-land. How did they not see this coming, ever since he came out of his basement.

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 2 дні тому +4

      I know he can win and I'm voting for him. Biden2024

    • @2A.Freedom
      @2A.Freedom 2 дні тому +6

      ​@@truth4004😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @user-ne1wy1gz4m
    @user-ne1wy1gz4m 2 дні тому +36

    Should not be in the White House at all or allowed to run for president

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 2 дні тому

      No trump shouldnt be allowed to run since hes a 34 times felon and court case4s up the wazoo. Biden is honest.

    • @melfrank8379
      @melfrank8379 2 дні тому

      Neither should a convicted criminal

  • @nowhere474
    @nowhere474 2 дні тому +46

    C'MON MAN
    DIDN'T THIS GUY STANDUP TO CORNPOP??
    😅🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

    • @seanmtak7573
      @seanmtak7573 2 дні тому +6

      Cornpop was a bad dude

    • @worthington5687
      @worthington5687 2 дні тому +2

      Why can't Trump debate Cornpop?

    • @kvup3972
      @kvup3972 2 дні тому +2

      for ice cream

    • @skeezix8156
      @skeezix8156 2 дні тому +2

      Cornpop couldn’t save his uncle Bosa, those cannibals got him

    • @kvup3972
      @kvup3972 2 дні тому

      just incredible this debaters right now. are you just released from St. Elizabeth?

  • @Tatian4191
    @Tatian4191 2 дні тому +10

    If you call everyone who disagrees with you a conspiracy theorist, you end up stanning for the big guy.

  • @kentjones6813
    @kentjones6813 2 дні тому +4

    NYT should be fined for not investigating nor critiquing anything regarding Biden.

  • @copargonate
    @copargonate 2 дні тому +20

    I have voted Democrat my entire life. I am stunned by the alternative universe that the DNC has locked itself into - and there is no way I can vote for Biden in November. What if he’s anything like that at 3 am when “the phone call” comes? Moreover, by his very choice to stay in, it’s clear that he is prioritizing his ego over the well being of the American people. His mental decline, but perhaps even more so, his decision not to step down because of it demonstrating that his prioritization is no longer morally valid, it’s impossible for me to support him now. I’ll just stay home.

    • @indiecomicsjones
      @indiecomicsjones 2 дні тому +1

      That same epiphany hit me in 2012.

    • @markymark9961
      @markymark9961 2 дні тому

      Anyone who votes a party or person and not policy is doomed. Trump’s policies were excellent even given the headwind of constant bashing by the media and the political machine that constantly manufactured lie after lie. The sham trial we just witnessed was horrible, as was Russia, Russia, Russia, Charlottesville, pictures of illegals is cages (that were taken during Obama era) and so on. Not saying I am crazy about Trump, but I’ll take his performance in the Whitehouse any day.

    • @jennifersebbo9039
      @jennifersebbo9039 2 дні тому

      You don't like RFK Jr?

    • @ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc
      @ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc 2 дні тому

      KENNEDY is a sane, smart, serious Candidate.

    • @pineapplesoda
      @pineapplesoda 2 дні тому +1

      Well said. His decision not to step down is absolutely unforgivable.

  • @chinocampos4088
    @chinocampos4088 2 дні тому +15

    Now they are shocked?😂

  • @VincentFulco
    @VincentFulco 2 дні тому +19

    What a disaster for the Dems.

  • @Jettplayzgames
    @Jettplayzgames 2 дні тому +12

    Just asking this question now is proof the NYT is just as out of touch as the party bosses

  • @garywheeler6409
    @garywheeler6409 2 дні тому +13

    They have been in a panic for a while. But, they can now openly have this talking point. The blame game is getting deeper.😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @hannahconroy
    @hannahconroy 2 дні тому +10

    Democratic leaders keep telling voters what they SHOULD think. Maybe it's time for those Democratic leaders to start LISTENING to what voters ACTUALLY think!

  • @davideickholt8012
    @davideickholt8012 2 дні тому +8

    What happens in an 3rd world war situation when we need a good leader to head it off,and this mush brain leads us?

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 2 дні тому

      Biden isnt a mush brain but you are for sure. Trump has a sick brain.

    • @tulanzuya
      @tulanzuya 2 дні тому +3

      Not to mention all the weirdos he's appointed to critical high-level positions who don't know their butts from a stolen piece of luggage. Total mess.

    • @theripper121
      @theripper121 2 дні тому +2

      ​@@tulanzuyaYep supreme court justices that can't even tell you what a woman is...

  • @pedtsukonin686
    @pedtsukonin686 2 дні тому +4

    And they think it is okay if the president couldnt complete a sentence at an international conference that involves military deployment? It is very serious to have a sound leader.

  • @davekemo9683
    @davekemo9683 2 дні тому +19

    Ignorance is bliss

  • @Les12archanges
    @Les12archanges 2 дні тому +6

    He must retire.

  • @tubularbill
    @tubularbill 2 дні тому +5

    How did they get here? Their own web of lies, arrogance and gaslighting. That stew will always catch up at the end…..

  • @seanmtak7573
    @seanmtak7573 2 дні тому +12

    Joe Biden: who’s Abbey Gate?
    I’ve had no service members die during my presidency.

    • @melfrank8379
      @melfrank8379 2 дні тому

      And Trump said Iran did not attack us when he was President, well what about their rocked attack on our military base after he ordered the hit on Qassem Soleimani. Don't point fingers when Trump lies

  • @jon9625
    @jon9625 2 дні тому +26

    Got here by way arrogance and denial

  • @remoman
    @remoman 2 дні тому +9

    How did we get here? Ask the DNC who have been calling everyone who brought it up a conspiracy theorist.

  • @michaelpan1731
    @michaelpan1731 2 дні тому +4

    Maybe we should have candidates who have not already exceeded the average male lifespan in the US

    • @Ntsmith4
      @Ntsmith4 2 дні тому

      THIS!! The presidency age should not exceed 60 years old. 60’s is the average retirement age and we should apply that logic to the presidency as well.

  • @tomolegend6128
    @tomolegend6128 2 дні тому +44

    Plain and simple: he is too old ! He should be replaced.

    • @markymark9961
      @markymark9961 2 дні тому +3

      Age and mental acuity don’t necessarily go hand in hand.

    • @Bigfish105
      @Bigfish105 2 дні тому

      ​@@markymark9961 Biden is not coherent competent, or honest... Corrupt criminal liar his whole life... How much evidence do you need???

  • @thecofieldcollection3792
    @thecofieldcollection3792 2 дні тому +30

    Hey Libs, YES, defend Joe. You are making it worse.

  • @boogerie
    @boogerie 2 дні тому +4

    You forgot the media blackout on any primary challenger...including the NYT

  • @davidleo9612
    @davidleo9612 2 дні тому +6

    Why won’t he just step aside?

    • @theripper121
      @theripper121 2 дні тому +1

      Jill is enjoying herself too much

  • @mickeybeavison1053
    @mickeybeavison1053 8 годин тому +2

    Failure by journalists like the ones at NYT is how we got here

  • @conradthediscoviking
    @conradthediscoviking 2 дні тому +4

    The gas lighting from these officials is unbelievable.

  • @SFreije1
    @SFreije1 День тому +4

    If only we had a free press who could have reported the truth all these years instead of side with a particular ideology.

  • @juimymary9951
    @juimymary9951 2 дні тому +40

    TLDR: ignorance, delusion, complacency

    • @melfrank8379
      @melfrank8379 2 дні тому

      The Republican party in 3 words, you forgot one Corrupt.

    • @MB-nx9tq
      @MB-nx9tq 2 дні тому

      The three great vices of the human race.

  • @richardcastillo4328
    @richardcastillo4328 10 годин тому +2

    Lying, denying reality, and an undying lust for power is how they got here

  • @lastditch727
    @lastditch727 2 дні тому +30

    This must have been the plan all along. Everybody was fine a month ago when he was too decrepit to stand trial for his crimes. What changed?

    • @judymasnyk979
      @judymasnyk979 2 дні тому +6

      He couldn't stand trial but could still run for president?

    • @lastditch727
      @lastditch727 2 дні тому +3

      @@judymasnyk979 yup, that's liberal logic.

    • @ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc
      @ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc 2 дні тому +1

      Every House Rep + Senator
      who voted against
      Impeachment of Mayorkas
      BETRAYED Every American.
      Attorney General Garland
      is IN Contempt of Congress.
      .

    • @melfrank8379
      @melfrank8379 2 дні тому

      And who made that comment? A republican, look it up. Duh

    • @lastditch727
      @lastditch727 2 дні тому

      @melfrank8379 did you even read my comment? Read it again. It says "everybody." Comprehension isn't your strong suit I take it.

  • @warfossil
    @warfossil 2 дні тому +4

    The question itself is beyond ignorance.

  • @janpierzchala2004
    @janpierzchala2004 2 дні тому +10

    Kitchen table issues vs 6 minutes to decide on nuclear danger to all

    • @tjtube65
      @tjtube65 2 дні тому

      Yup

    • @nicolasolton
      @nicolasolton 2 дні тому

      What?

    • @janpierzchala2004
      @janpierzchala2004 2 дні тому

      @@nicolasolton The most important job in free world is not only about team projects taking months and years, but also about strategic decisions be made in short time

  • @Taylorview9804
    @Taylorview9804 2 дні тому +15

    Oh no no no don't try to act surprised now dems 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @michaelhall7546
    @michaelhall7546 2 дні тому +23

    I didn't realize people still smoked crack. Strange

    • @worthington5687
      @worthington5687 2 дні тому +1

      NYC put crackpipe vending machine on the sidewalk.

    • @happybirthday8803
      @happybirthday8803 2 дні тому

      When I found out I was shocked. I really couldn’t believe ppl still smoked that

  • @nancyblockcolsky1387
    @nancyblockcolsky1387 2 дні тому +3

    Just look back at Joe Biden campaigning and debating in 2020 and compare it to 2024. The difference is shocking. My dad is 88 and is much healthier than the president mentally and physically.

  • @TheWassaw123
    @TheWassaw123 2 дні тому +3

    Cause he’s clearly been this way for 6 yrs and instead of reporting it politicians and the media cover and deflect

  • @icecreamdude1
    @icecreamdude1 2 дні тому +19

    DNC member- "Biden is good at Presidenting" ?😮 OH dear Lord

  • @paulradice3534
    @paulradice3534 2 дні тому +34

    What is wrong with these people supporting Biden. WTF

    • @truth4004
      @truth4004 2 дні тому

      TRUMPS A FELON, PEOPLE SUPPORTING A LITERAL CRIMINAL ON MANY FRONTS., WAKEY WAKEY

    • @rico5393
      @rico5393 2 дні тому +3

      You say that like there isn't anything wrong with trump. At least Kamala can get shit done from behind the scenes

    • @13shadowwolf
      @13shadowwolf 2 дні тому

      Trump is a consistent liar, he showed that once again during the debate.
      Biden 2024, because Trump absolutely cannot be trusted with any authority whatsoever.

    • @ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc
      @ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc 2 дні тому

      Mind-control Programming

    • @KT22672
      @KT22672 2 дні тому

      @@truth4004 yeah sure why not how bad could it really be haha

  • @themrfabio2459
    @themrfabio2459 2 дні тому +5

    Weekend at Bernie’s but in real life

  • @timmyrtue7252
    @timmyrtue7252 2 дні тому +2

    Americans were not the only ones watching that. So was our enemies!

  • @Doug_Hefernen
    @Doug_Hefernen 2 дні тому +5

    The meat head had 7 days to prepare.

  • @lidiane6994
    @lidiane6994 2 дні тому +4

    A positive track record? What a joke. The true comments will never appear. He’s been so bad for so long and no one can speak. “The Emporer’s stark naked and the Times is history.

  • @rosebeachy9302
    @rosebeachy9302 2 дні тому +4

    This is why I don't read the Times

  • @stevethompson210
    @stevethompson210 День тому +2

    The news was not that he has declined, but that the media had not informed the country that he had declined. Many of us already knew. He actually did better than I thought he would.

  • @rubyparchment5523
    @rubyparchment5523 13 годин тому +1

    How can the man being interviewed be so sure that Biden will live through his second term?

  • @Chereese0808
    @Chereese0808 2 дні тому +3

    Stop the BS NY times.
    Stop it now
    Cancelling my subscription today after 7 years

  • @ElephanTigeR
    @ElephanTigeR 2 дні тому +3

    "Nobody else ran"
    Excuuuuuse me??????

    • @granthuling3235
      @granthuling3235 2 дні тому

      Kind of true. The patriotic duty of Newsom etc. was to rock the boat and just run.

  • @DoctorBrueckner
    @DoctorBrueckner 2 дні тому +2

    This is clearly a party thing, not an America thing. These operatives see Biden as their gravy train. They need to take the country’s best interests to heart and nominate a more capable candidate.

  • @mauricedegroff5669
    @mauricedegroff5669 2 дні тому +2

    How do you think we got here? We picked an old man to run for president millions of people in the United States and you’re telling me all we could do is get an old man.

  • @prudenciomeno8085
    @prudenciomeno8085 2 дні тому +3

    Joe shows indications of side effects of mental health prescription drugs

  • @janpierzchala2004
    @janpierzchala2004 2 дні тому +20

    New York Times had perception in place to write about no second term for the aging man as early as 2021, and on. Pity the Party was not this sharp and sound.

    • @janpierzchala2004
      @janpierzchala2004 2 дні тому +2

      It is fine to think about our own leader 50% of time, and not 95% of time about Trump - as it happened.

    • @worthington5687
      @worthington5687 2 дні тому

      New York Times supports a dessiccated gene pool through funny procedures on toddlers.

  • @obriets
    @obriets 2 дні тому +2

    I am truly angered with Joe’s handlers and family. Enough is enough. They are going to give us Trump if they are not compelled to stop acting selfishly.

  • @DaRu1326
    @DaRu1326 2 дні тому +2

    People been panicking ever since he came into office expect for these no type of sense democrats…just now there realizing 😂😂😂😂 #Trump2024

  • @indiecomicsjones
    @indiecomicsjones 2 дні тому +7

    The New Delusional Times podcast.

  • @diehardeaglesfansince1994
    @diehardeaglesfansince1994 2 дні тому +8

    She said when you're the head of state you need to do what you need to do to further your party yet when Trump put in three Supreme Court justices they were losing their minds saying that Trump should have held off

  • @User_me_1509
    @User_me_1509 2 дні тому +1

    The amount of gaslighting and insult to their own constituents’ intellect is jaw-dropping.

  • @johancouder8013
    @johancouder8013 2 дні тому +2

    As sharp as a tack to this overnight? LOL

  • @mikewilliams6025
    @mikewilliams6025 День тому +2

    All these people mentioning Biden's amazing record. I feel like Jim Carrey's Truman: "What the hell are you talking about??? Who are you talking to??"