Psaki: Opening the Democratic Convention for Other Potential Candidates Would Leave the Party Divided and Upset
RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
PSAKI: “I’ll raise the alternative option which is I think what would happen in “The west wing” episode if there was an episode on this.”
KARL: “We can do a debate.”
PSAKI: “The president would endorse somebody and everybody would line up behind them and the public would be happy. That is not how it would work, and I think this is the piece that’s completely underestimated. Joe Biden had a terrible debate night, terrible performance. I worked for him for a year and a half as you know and I don’t think anybody should tell you otherwise, but an open convention means you have an amazing bench of potential 2028 candidates. A lot of people you saw out. You have the vice president of the United States. You have them competing against each other. You have a group of inside Democrat, not the American public who nominated Joe Biden, selecting who the nominee is, and then after that process, somebody is spit out of that process and a lot of people are angry. They’re disappointed. They don’t maybe — maybe they don’t like who the person is, and then you have a person who is untested, even if they’re great and they have enormous potential which we have a lot of 2028 Democrats who do.”
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Pelosi on Whether Biden Should Step Down: People in California Are for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
BASH: “Tom Friedman, a friend of President Biden’s, wrote the following. He wrote: ‘Joe Biden, a good man and a good president, has no business running for reelection. If he insists on running and he loses to Trump, Biden and his family and his staff and party members who enabled him will not be able to show their faces.’ What do you say to that? Should — is there any part of you that believes that President Biden should step aside?”
Pelosi: “I want you to know I came home to California, south and north, and people are for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. They have some judgment about a person who sat on that — stood on that stage and lied, lied, lied, lied, if you’re just talking about the debate. I’m respectful of some of the opinions that people have, but I also am respectful of the grassroots. My people are very much Biden/Kamala Harris. And this is an opportunity for Joe Biden to go out there and show he has the stamina and the rest. And, by the way, while the press — and, for some reason, they don’t — there are health care professionals who think that Trump has dementia, that his connection — his thoughts do not go together, not only that he just lies; he doesn’t even know the truth. So, if we’re just talking about mental acuity, let’s be fair about it. I don’t think Tom Friedman thinks that Donald Trump should be president of the United States. And while he may be saying we’re enablers, we see Joe Biden up close. We know how attuned he is to the issues, how informed he is. When I debate with him about legislation — not debate, but discuss it with him. He’s right there. So in any case, it was a bad night. Let’s not sugarcoat that. It was a bad night. It was a great presidency. And that’s what the American people have to choose.”
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‘Elections Are Not Run by the Democratic Party’: Chaffetz on Replacing Biden
RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
PAVLICH: “So Jason, the question everyone wants to know, is this happening? If so, how could it happen? It’s not very simple.”
CHAFFETZ: “I think they are right, they have to come up with a new candidate because Joe Biden can’t get through the next four months let alone another four years but elections are not run by the Democratic Party. They are not run by the federal government. Elections are run by states and each state has its own statute. You can’t just go in and replace one and say Joe had a bad debate and he’s failing so we are going to go ahead and put in Gretchen or Gavin or Kamala. That doesn’t work that way. Many of these deadlines have come and gone. You cannot do this sort of death in most states you cannot actually replace somebody on the ballot. Ask RFK Junior, he can’t even get on the ballot in any of these states. So they think they can just come up with a new name in August, they have another thing coming, they are going to get entailed and ingrained in these lawsuits because you cannot simply make that change.”
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Sen. Coons: Donald Trump Had a Horrifying Debate Performance
RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
KARL: “Do the president’s advisers, his political advisers on the campaign, did they bear any responsibility for what happened Thursday? They obviously had six days to prepare the president. They designed these rules — these rules that were asked for by the campaign and send by the Trump campaign without change. Do those advisers bear some responsibility? This was — as I think you would acknowledge, this was a bad night for Biden. Do they bear responsibility?”
COONS: “Look. I think it was a weak debate performance by President Biden. He had a scratchy, roughy — excuse me. A scratchy, rough voice, and he answered in ways that were not forceful, but side by side, Donald Trump had a horrifying debate performance. Yes, he spoke plainly, but what he said was lie after lie after lie that left most of those who watched either confirmed in their opinion to vote for Joe Biden or alarmed at the prospect of Donald Trump. The polling I’ve seen after the debate has actually moved in the direction of Joe Biden. So I think it’s for Joe Biden to make any decision about his campaign, his debate prep, his path forward, but I was reassured that the next day we would see the Joe Biden who I’ve seen day in and day out on the world stage who gave a compelling, strong speech on the beaches of Normandy, who was in command of the room at the G7 in Italy.”
KARL: “Okay.”
COONS: “And on that campaign stage in North Carolina, I saw a forceful, engaged, and capable Joe Biden.”
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Khardori on Biden: No Scenario to ‘Switch Him Out’ Without Risking More Than the ‘Status Quo’
RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
CAPEHART: “Gentlemen, we were talking during the break and I didn’t come to you during my conversation because I figured you are here to talk about the court rulings, but you have thoughts on the president’s debate performance and all this talk about dumping President Biden from the ticket or the president dropping out of the race. You go first.”
KHARDORI: “The debate was not good. It was not a good performance. However, I have to say that all these scenarios about him being replaced or whatever, particularly the involuntary ones, they sound like wasting fanfiction to me. I think that the party both by commission and omission and I mean not just the official party operatives, but the media sort of aligned with the party, they made their decision by commission and omission months, if not years ago. I think as a practical matter, I don’t see a scenario in which they could switch him out that would not be riskier than the status quo and the one thing I would also say to people who are saying that it was such a shock to see Joe Biden perform the way he did on Thursday night is I don’t think those people have been paying close enough attention to the president’s schedule and to his public appearances. When Rob Hurt issued his report among other things identifying possible cognitive deficiencies on the part of the president in connection with his special counsel’s investigation of the classified documents, Joe Biden went out and gave an impromptu press availability that night. You could’ve seen everything you saw last Thursday night at that press availability months ago.”
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Sykes on Biden’s Debate Performance: You Cannot Convince People that What They Saw with Their Own Eyes Did Not Happen
RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
CAPEHART: “What he is saying is while those of us in the chattering classes are trying to temper down and inferno, █çdown on the ground it is not that way.”
SYKES: “As I mentioned before every poll has indicated the vast majority of Americans are worried about Joe Biden’s age. It is not just the political leads. The political class had decided this was a chance worth taking, that they did not think this would be disqualifying up until Thursday and that is why you are having this rethinking about it. And again I guess one of the questions that people are going to be asking is were we misled about this? Who knew that this was the problem that it was and how deep does it go? Now maybe there are good answers to this and that is why I keep talking about a plan c, because the what — the White House can’t say it was 90 minutes. This was,█ç as you pointed out, this was an inflection point. This was a pivotal point. There is real panic, so they have to not pretend that it is only people in the media that are noticing this. Look, we saw it with their own eyes. You cannot convince people that what they saw with their own eyes did not happen, so they have to address that and there has to be tough love. It has to be honest and in some ways kind of brutal to say okay, what are we going to do about this and how are we going to prevent Donald Trump from getting back in the White House?”
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Carolla Shifts Focus to Pandemic Beach Closures with Newsom Instead of Biden-Trump Debate Outcome
RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
COROLLA: “Adam Carolla here. Governor, why did you shut the beaches in California during Covid?”
Newsom: “Yeah, I think we all were working on information at the time we had no basis of deeply understanding the virus, I think they could easily know anything in life and states like Florida.”
COROLLA: “If you didn’t know anything like you shut the beaches.”
Newsom: “We didn’t know, because people were concerned early in the pandemic, information was coming out as are like to how it was transferred, the disease. People were cautious, trying to keep people alive, and I should say this years ago.”
COROLLA: “So you didn’t let them go in the sunshine and get vitamin D and exercise so you shut the beaches. Okay and you’re, arrested a guy was paddle boarding in the bay.” Newsom: “Health wealth and.”
COROLLA: “Yeah any science behind that. Any science at all behind shutting down outdoor dining? Why did you shut down outdoor dining?”
Newsom: “It’s good to see you, Adam. The debate tonight.”
COROLLA: “It’s not the debate. You shut down outdoor dining. You can’t of area and it has nothing to do with science.”
Newsom: “All this happened in that.”
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Bill Maher: Did You Miss the Debate?; ‘Don’t Worry, so Did One of the Contestants’
RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
MAHER: “Did you see the debate? In case you missed it, don’t worry, so did one of the contestants. I mean, wow. I mean, Trump told lie after lie after lie. He never would have gotten away with that if Joe Biden was there. Oh wow. Oh Joe, Joe, come on man. Joe, you know, Joe, he famously loves trains, but apparently not of thought. I mean, just all night confused and halting and trailing up. I’ve seen beauty pageant contestants answer questions better. I mean, I don’t— I don’t want to say — this new Secret Service name is Amber Herd.”
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Pelosi on Dems Calling for Biden to Step Down: ‘I Don’t Know Who’s Doing That’
Reporter: “What do you make of Democrats calling for Biden for step down?”
Pelosi: “I don’t know who’s doing that. I don’t know who’s doing that. I’m not doing it.”
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Anita Dunn on Calls for Biden to Step Down: ‘The President Is the Only Person Out There Who’s Ever Beaten Donald Trump and He Will Do It Again’
MENENDEZ: “What do you say to members of the House of Representatives, Democrats who are on the phone with reporters saying that the president needs to step down?”
DUNN: “We’re basically saying, the president is the only person out there who’s ever beaten Donald Trump, and he will do it again. And we’re all going to work together on this. I thought that Governor Shapiro —“
MENENDEZ: “Those seem like kind words that you are using with us. I wonder if the words are quite so fine —
DUNN: “I will always be kind to you.”
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‘What Jill Biden Is Doing Here Is Elder Abuse’: Hegseth on Biden’s Mental Health Amid Presidential Debate
RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
KILMEADE: “Media woke up yesterday, CNN, MSNBC, it looked like a panel on “Fox & friends” weekends. They couldn’t believe how bad Joe Biden did. Why are they just realizing it and pushing him so hard?”
HEGSETH: “It’s a bit of a bubble but they are also all complicit. They knew this but they all come out together at the same time as a group, there is protection in the herd. The signal went out. Now is the time to write about and speak about the obvious. What Jill Biden is doing here is Elder abuse, it’s visiting angels, she knows exactly what is happening. No one more than her and his sister Valery would know exactly what’s happening as well. Anita Dunn, Barack Obama, they are all books to be written about what is being done to revive this guy. They are complicit in the destruction of our nation. We have a military. We have conflicts. We have a border. We have crime. And we don’t have a president. The question I keep getting asked from everybody I know Pete, who is the president? Who is the president? We don’t know who the president is right now. And when you are the world’s top Republican charged with leading the world. That’s really important and Jill Biden has responsibility. She is completely abdicated. Imagine if you just finished that first interview. Brian, that was so good. You asked all the questions. You did great. That’s what we’re up against right now.”
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‘It’s Very Likely That We Have a Constitutional Crisis on Our Hand’: Luna on Biden’s Coherence
RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
KILMEADE: “Congresswoman, isn’t it becoming clearer and clearer why they blocking the release of the tapes after they already released the transcripts?”
LUNA: “Most certainly in fact. I would like the American people to know this is incredibly important that the White House at the direction of Joe Biden is apparently also blocking those tapes. At least that’s what Garland is saying. So this is what my message is to the American people. We have two things very wrong in this country right now. The first thing is that there seems to be the executive Branch and also Garland undermining our constitutional authorities and has been treated as an equal Branch of government. That’s the first thing. The second thing is it’s very likely that we have a constitutional crisis on our hand that the Commander-in-chief is not coherent and mentally sound and as someone that is supposed to uphold and defend the Constitution, my Republican colleagues are very aware that that is our responsibility and that Joe Biden seems to have a cognitive issue. So it is imperative that we do not let time laps and we obtain those tapes. And so what I will say is that most recently today we announced that the speaker is actually backing my newest rendition of this contempt resolution which we will find $10,000 a day that Garland will have to personally pay if he is going to bury these tapes. And what I will tell you is it is very likely given the nature and the development that if Biden is not removed by his own cabinet via the 25th amendment that I do believe that Garland might resign over this. Because there is no way that he is competent and you saw that last night.”
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‘Certainly Not Going to Prevail’: Gowdy on Biden’s Election Prospects After the Debate
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BAIER: “Trey, you know, to Mark Penn’s point, we have never seen this. We have never seen anything like this where the “New York Times” editorial board, which Democrats revere comes out and says the presumptive nominee, the sitting president should not run.”
GOWDY: “Yeah, I have been saying for a long time, Bret, there may be Democrats that like Joe Biden, but what they really don’t like is Donald Trump. They are not going to sit idly by and watch Biden lose this race, what their options are I don’t know. I have never been to a Democrat national convention. But they are not going to sit idly by. What we saw last night is a candidate that may not make it to November. But he certainly not going to prevail if he does.”
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‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Quite Like It’: Penn on Dems’ Reaction to Biden’s Performance in Debate
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BAIER: “Gentlemen, thanks for being here. Mark, I want to start with you. I turn the channel. I look at some other things. There were Democrats saying it is over. One after the other. It was pretty remarkable. What’s your thought? What are you hearing?”
Penn: “Well, I’ve never seen anything quite like it to be honest. No matter how bad usually your candidate is, usually you say he did a good job. And in this case, it was a universal reaction to this debate, to, you know, what — how really President Trump — President Biden, rather, is really executing the presidency and was he fit for another term. I think that was universal. It was across all ages. And I think there’s a little turbulence today. I think democratic congressmen want to see what these polls show over the next two weeks. Is there real damage from this debate. They are the only ones who are going to put pressure on the president, to step aside because they fear that they’re going to be wiped out if they don’t have a strong leader come November.”
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Castellanos: Give Biden’s ‘Teleprompter a Raise’ and ‘Make Him the Democratic Nominee’
RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
BAIER: “Alex, there’s a lot of talk about how this happens. The people who — the 16 aides who worked with him on Camp David for 7+ days. Dr. Biden, family members. They had to know that was a possibility on that stage. That last night.”
CASTELLANOS: “I don’t see any other way around that. But I think a lot of, you know, you drink the juice. You buy in. Let’s assume these folks love Joe Biden. That dr. Jill does. She knows this is his life as the only life he knows. And if you end his career you end Joe Biden. So — they are going to fight all the way through this no matter what. They are not going to — Jill Biden is going to lock the White House doors and not let anybody in who wants to talk about replacing Joe Biden though I do think Joe Biden found a good substitute today. He gave a great speech in North Carolina when he used that teleprompter. Give that teleprompter a raise and promotion, make him the Democratic nominee. That might do it. But he didn’t have one last night. And what America saw was a - this group of advisers sent Joe Biden into the Jungle to kill a lion, naked and without a spear. And that scared the country. Moments like that last a long time. They define elections and last night was a defining moment for Joe Biden.”
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Trump: Joe Biden on Stage Last Night Was the Same Joe Biden Who Gave Us Open Borders, Afghanistan, International Humiliation
Trump: “The Joe Biden on stage yesterday was the same Joe Biden who gave us open borders, crushing inflation, rampant crime, two new wars, a disastrous Afghanistan embarrassment, most embarrassing moment in the history of our country. And the international humiliation — think of it, one after another, international humiliation, one after another. Nobody respects him. Foreign leaders don’t respect him.”
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Kayleigh McEnany Slams Biden’s Poor Debate Performance: Democrats Are a ‘Party in Chaos’
MCENANY: “This is a White House in chaos. You have probably official White House sources telling CNN we’re in this, and some White House person going rogue telling Katty Kay all options are on the table.”
Bruce: “Yes. Katty Kay, some people might not know her, but very liberal, well respected, longtime BBC host. So you’ve got individuals who have those relationships, which would have to be longtime relationships. You’ve got op-eds in The New York Times saying he’s got to go, people on cable television, people who are so loyal normally to him and the Democrats that they pushed the Russia hoax theory at the expense of their own reputations, perhaps their own futures, and they they did it. What this tells you is that there’s a disconnect completely with the Biden Administration and the campaign, that they had no idea what to expect last night, that everyone was shocked enough. And the fact that they’re saying this publicly indicates that they can’t get it into the White House privately. So there is a break in the conversation completely. That tells you how much chaos there really is.”
MCENANY: “And also what’s happening on the Hill. Annie Karni, well respected New York Times Reporter, said that she overheard someone say they never knew James Clyburn could run that fast. Now, Chad Pergram was able to track him down and asked him quite a few questions and he said stay the course. I’m paraphrasing him there. Annie Karni also said that Nancy Pelosi was moving quite fast before she actually got a comment. Our own Chad Pergram said this. And I talked to him on the phone. So he has a source that says both Pelosi and Jeffries have reserved comment on Biden. Jeffries wants to wait until after the rally today. I would note, Hakeem Jeffries did say on camera that — it was actually off camera — I stand behind that ticket. But the point is, there’s muddled messaging. There’s congressmen running around. No one is in charge. You’ve been there, Jason. It seems like a party in chaos.”
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Karine Jean-Pierre on Biden’s Debate Performance: ‘The President Had a Cold’
Reporter 1: “Can you tell us more about his cold? When did he contract it? What — did it affect his performance last night?”
Reporter 2: “Was he tested for Covid?”
Jean-Pierre: “So — okay, step back for a second. So, yes, and I think we shared this with many people yesterday. The president had a cold; he had a sore throat. That happens. And — and that’s what you heard last night. And, you know, I’ll — I’ll leave it there. I don’t have anything else to add. I think Michael covered a lot of this just moments ago. But, yes, he had a cold. He had a sore throat. Once he knew that he — he had a cold and a sore throat, he tested — he certainly tested for Covid. It was negative. And then we moved on from there.”
Reporter 3: “Why did the White House wait until the middle of the debate to release that information?”
Jean-Pierre: “Look, I’ll tell you this. Look, he had a strong debate-prep week. And — and he got a cold, which happens. It happens. It’s not unusual. It’s not something — you know — I mean, you don’t share every time, you know, the president has a cold. It happened. And once — once he had the cold and had a sore throat, again, he tested negative for Covid. And then we moved on.”
Reporter 3: “But just curious about the disclosure of that information.”
Jean-Pierre: “I mean, he got a — I mean, Tyler, he got a cold. It — it happens.”
Reporter 3: “But just in terms of when — the sequencing, like instead of before the debate, in the middle of the debate —“
Jean-Pierre: (Inaudible)
Reporter 3: “— how you decided —“
Jean-Pierre: “Oh, well —“
Reporter 3: “— when to announce —“
Jean-Pierre: “ — obviously, during the debate, we were asked if the president has a cold. We — we said — well, they would — we were asked about his hoarse voice. We shared that he had a cold, we shared that he tested negative, and then we moved on. That’s it. It was from his — his voice as he was speaking during the debate, obviously.”
Reporter 4: “Were there plans to let the public know if you weren’t received — if you weren’t, you know, asked from —“
Jean-Pierre: “I mean, he —“
Reporter 4: “— asked about it?”
Jean-Pierre: “— had a cold. It happens. He had a cold.”
Reporter 5: “Right. But you were — you were — during the debate, that was the blame for why he wasn’t doing well.”
Jean-Pierre: “He had a hoarse voice, so people asked why he had a hoarse voice — because he had a cold. And we also shared — we went a- — we went a step — we took a step further and shared that he tested for Covid and was negative. I mean, he had a cold. (Laughs) That’s what it was.”
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Vivek Ramaswamy Blasts Joe Biden After Debate Performance: ‘As Though They Lobotomized Him’
Reporter 1: “Mr. Ramaswamy?”
Ramaswamy: “I think that he was — they said they were going to drug him potentially. The reality is, it’s as though they lobotomized him.”
Reporter 2: “OK, great, thank you.”
Ramaswamy: “The sad truth is, this a national security threat to the United States of America, to have a president of the United States that is this far removed from reality. I think it’s a threat to our country. And when you tie together the records of Trump versus Biden, it wasn’t just the record and the words. Americans could see it in their own eyes that this is not a president who was actually with it. It was sad. It made me sad. It was uncomfortable to watch. You have a president who, many Americans don’t love this president. I worry this president has family members who don’t love him, because any loving family member would not put a man like this through the hell that they’re actually putting him through. The only times he came alive, Joe Biden did during the night, the only times he had even a spark of life to him was when he was talking about January 6th, was when he’s talking about Trump’s convictions. He doesn’t actually give a damn about the issues that affect Americans. He only gives a damn about the issues that try to actually dunk on Trump. And I think it’s a great thing that, you know what, President Biden came across as the guy who was the mean guy in the room. See, people talk about President Trump and his social media tweets and the things that they might find mean about them. I actually think President Biden came across as the more begrudged gentleman in the room tonight.”
Reporter 3: “Donald Trump was not answering questions that he was asked.”
Reporter 4: “Do you think there might be calls amongst Democrats — I know you’re not a Democrat — to replace him?”
Ramaswamy: “I mean, the fact — the fact of the matter is this man cannot continue as — maybe make it to the end of this term as president of the United States. I have deep concerns for our own country even for the next six months with this man in charge. When you think about the greatest threats that we have faced in our lifetime for the homeland of the United States of America and that this is the man who’s the commander-in-chief supposedly making those decisions, that should be frightening to every American. And I do think that we are due for a Democratic Party that has a reckoning ahead of it to say that if this man is the best they could put up, that says everything you need to know about the modern Democratic Party.”
Reporter 5: “Vivek, do you think that Trump —“
Ramaswamy: “Trump came out unambiguous either way.”
Reporter 5: “Do you think that Trump won this debate tonight? Do you think — do you think he performed, how he went out there and did his job and convinced those undecided voters, including the 8 percent here in Georgia, that he is the guy for the job?”
Ramaswamy: “I think he did. He exceeded my already high expectations. He hands down won this debate. And the reason why is not only did Trump win it, but Biden lost it. Both those happened at the same time. Did he convince independents tonight? I think he actually did. The moments where he talked about, you know what my vengeance and retribution will be, it will actually be success in this country. People saw it. They tried to bait him into it. He stayed on his policy record and I think it was a beautiful thing. At the same time, he didn’t compromise on his principles. They tried to get him to talk about climate change. Well, you know what he said? I care about clean air. I care about clean water. That’s not something that you usually hear from Republican candidates. It’s not something that the media usually ascribes to Donald Trump. And so, I thought he had a chance to show a side of him that independents haven’t seen so far. And I think that he not only hands down won the debate — not only he’s a better golfer, apparently, but he’s apparently a better debater. It’s not even about who wins the debates, who wins the voters coming out of it. And I think the voters had the chance to see a brighter side of President Trump than they’re usually able to see through the media. And voters also saw a truly mean and kind of vindictive side of Joe Biden in the few moments where he did have some life. That’s what I believe you saw.”
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Jill Biden: ‘What You Saw Last Night on the Debate Stage Was Joe Biden’
Jill Biden: “What you saw last night on the debate stage was Joe Biden, a president with integrity and character. (Cheering and Applause) Who told the truth and Donald Trump told lie after lie after lie. Oh, you’re good, you’re so good.”
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CBS’ Gayle King: ‘How Long Do We Continue to Act Like that We Didn’t See What We Just Saw Last Night? ‘
KING: “They kept saying, you know, he had a cold. But this is the thing: when you have a cold, there’s many things you can take for it. We didn’t know he had a cold until he stood up. A cold doesn’t force you to lose your train of thought. A cold doesn’t force you to just throw things out randomly that to many people made no sense. And so how long do we continue to act like that we didn’t see what we just saw last night? I thought for many people, it — the word I keep hearing, it was very painful to watch.”
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Behar Claims CNN Did Something to Biden that ‘Threw Him into This State’
BEHAR: “There was something about the debate that threw him into this state that he was in, because watch this. While Donald Trump was probably enjoying a celebratory platter of cheeseburgers, President Biden made an appearance at a watch party a little while after the debate and he scarcely resembled the guy from earlier in the evening. This is really unbelievable. Watch.”
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Biden: “Look folks what’s going to happen over the next couple of days they’re going to be — they’re going to be out there fact-checking all the things he said. (Cheering and Applause) I can’t think of one thing he said that was true. No, I’m not being facetious. But look, we’re going to beat this guy. We need to beat this guy. (Cheering) And I need you in order to beat him. You’re the people I’m running for.”
[Clip ends]
BEHAR: “So suddenly no cold. Suddenly he was 63, you know. What happened?”
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Brzezinski Gets Upset After ‘Morning Joe’ Panel Suggests Biden Should Be Replaced: Everybody Calm Down, Show Some Balance!
BRZEZINSKI: “Hold on a second. I agree with everything you said except for the last part of it. Everybody, calm down. I’ll tell you why. I mean, it’s fine to not spin what happened last night, and we’re not going to. He had a terrible night.”
SCARBOROUGH: “By the way, Mika, everybody’s calm here.”
BRZEZINSKI: “No — “
SCARBOROUGH: “You’re the only one raising your voice. Everybody is calm here.”
BRZEZINSKI: “But, again, it’s the ‘Let’s just immediately pull this. Let’s end this. Let’s find someone else.’”
SCARBOROUGH: “That’s not what Mike said.”
BRZEZINSKI: “That attitude toward this is what I am saying slow down on. Because, again, there’s no spinning it, but let’s be balanced. Let’s for once show some balance in a media world that is so shrill with imbalance, that we’ve become inured to the difference between these two candidates. So let’s put it this way. Gene Robinson, I’ll go to you —“
SCARBOROUGH: “Wait, wait, wait. I just have to stop you. First of all, we always show balance.”
BRZEZINSKI: “We are, yeah.”
SCARBOROUGH: “Secondly, nobody’s panicking. I said these were questions that Democrats and Joe Biden needed to ask themselves. And Mike said he missed one pitch down the middle after another and wasn’t up to it last night.”
BRZEZINSKI: “Right, okay. Wasn’t up to it last night.”
SCARBOROUGH: “He said, last night. So I will say that it’s not panic. I mean, it’s not being panicked to understand what’s at stake in this election and understand the window is closing very quickly. If Joe Biden is not up to doing this, and if last night did not reveal that to you and other Democrats, then it needs to be revealed pretty soon.”
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Scarborough: ‘F—- You If You Can’t Handle the Truth, This Version of Biden Intellectually, Analytically, Is the Best Biden Ever’ (clip) (clip)
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But comparing that guy’s mental state — I’ve said it for years now, he’s cogent, but I undersold him when I said he was cogent. He’s far beyond cogent. In fact, I think he’s better than he’s ever been intellectually, analytically, because he’s been around for 50 years and, you know, I don’t know if people know this or not, Biden used to be a hot head. Sometimes that Irishman would get in front of the reasoning, sometimes he would say things he didn’t want to say. This is — and I don’t — you know what I don’t really — start your tape right now because I’m about to tell you the truth. And eff you if you can’t handle the truth. This version of Biden intellectually, analytically, is the best Biden ever. Not a close second. And I have known him for years. The brzezinskis have known him for 50 years. If it weren’t the truth I wouldn’t say it.
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‘Is that How He Is Every Day?’ A Visibly Concerned Anderson Cooper Asks Kamala Harris About Joe Biden’s Condition
COOPER: “Just — just finally — “
Harris: “Joe Biden was very clear, he will sign back into law the protections of Roe v. Wade. These are big issues, substantive issues.”
COOPER: “The person we saw tonight, the president we saw tonight on that stage, is that how he is every day?”
Harris: “The Joe Biden that I work with every day is someone who, as I have said, has performed in a way that has been about bringing people into the Oval Office, Republicans and Democrats, to compromise in a way that is extraordinary these days because it just doesn’t happen, but Joe Biden can make it happen. The Joe Biden I see is someone who goes to our allies around the world and strengthens NATO to the point that there are two new members of NATO who just about four years ago people said, does NATO even have a reason for existing? The Joe Biden I know is someone who has delivered 800,000 new manufacturing jobs and bringing manufacturing back to the United States, not shipping jobs out like Donald Trump did. So that’s the Joe Biden I know.”
COOPER: “Vice President Kamala Harris, I appreciate your time tonight. Thank you.”
Harris: “Thank you. Good to be with you.”
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