Speaker Johnson Concedes, ‘No One Expects That Joe Biden Will Be on Cocaine’ During Debate

COLLINS: “Do you think some of the rhetoric, Speaker Johnson, just knowing you and how you conduct yourself, do you think some of the rhetoric is out of line when people from Trump‘s team are suggesting that — Trump himself, that Biden is going to be on cocaine when he’s on that debate stage Thursday night?”
Johnson: “Look, there‘s a lot of things that are said in jest. Of course, no one expects that Joe Biden would be on cocaine, but they do ask questions and I think they’re objectively — I mean, I think it makes sense why people are asking will he be on some sort of energy drinks or something, okay? Look, his energy levels, you can see, vary dependent on what format is in and what forum, and we expect that he‘ll do what he did at the State of the Union. He had a lot of energy that night, so that‘s the Joe Biden I expect to see. The question is, can he stay for 90 minutes on that stage and go toe-to-toe with President Trump, who, as you know, goes to rallies and talks for two hours on end without any break and any notes. So it‘ll be a very interesting thing to see.”
COLLINS: “Yeah, I mean, the allegations just about drugs have just been frankly ridiculous, and obviously are baseless as well.”