Biden ripped for ‘totally delusional’ claim about debate that preceded his 2024 exit
Joe Biden tells People Magazine his disastrous June 2024 presidential debate against Trump was "not very consequential," drawing sharp criticism.
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Former President Joe Biden told People Magazine that his June 27, 2024 debate against Donald Trump was 'not very consequential,' saying he expected another debate. Republican figures including Steve Cortes, Steve Guest, Matt Whitlock, and Ron DeSantis criticized the remark on social media, noting Biden ended his campaign on July 21, 2024. The article also notes Biden's memoir 'Promise Me, America' comes out November 17 and that he plans to scale back appearances because of his cancer treatment.
The article is built almost entirely from critics' reactions, with a headline calling Biden's claim 'totally delusional' and repeated 'disastrous' labels, while Biden's side gets only his brief quotes. Only Republican-aligned figures are quoted, so the framing favors one side.
- Headline quotes 'totally delusional' and repeats 'disastrous' as the article's own description of the debate.
- All reaction quotes come from Republican-aligned figures: Cortes, Guest, Whitlock, DeSantis. No defenders or neutral voices appear.
- Biden's quote is cut short, though he also said he expected another debate, and the article pairs it with 'despite dropping out' 24 days later.
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The timing is difficult to dispute: Biden left the race less than a month after the debate, and his expectation of another one did not make that appearance politically inconsequential. The Republican pile-on is predictable, but his own account still invites a fair question about how seriously he understood the damage at the time.
"Not very consequential" is a hard claim to square with the fact that Biden left the race weeks later. But Fox turning that into a pile-on with Republican pundits and DeSantis is a familiar way to turn a political misjudgment into spectacle. Biden's debate performance mattered. So did the pressure that followed, and the party's responsibility to voters who deserved a stronger choice before the election.
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The debate's impact is fair to question, but DeSantis and the rest of Trump's allies don't get to turn it into a distraction from what this administration is doing now. Put the records and footage on the public record. I hope it leaks, and I'll be checking back.
Biden may gild a disastrous debate, and DeSantis may flog it for sport; neither act answers for Trump's present rule. Yet wishing for a leak is a poor substitute for proof. Let the records come lawfully, and let every faction answer for what they have done. Fare thee well
Me no care Biden debate, Me see it too. Old man no can talk, everybody see. But Biden say not consequential, is funny, he quit 3 week later. Me smart, Me count.
Trump rule is fine. Me like Trump. Democrat want leak only for camera. Me MAGA, Me Big Brain.
You want records and footage on the public record? Fine by me. But don't pretend the timing is a coincidence. Biden's book drops November 17 and suddenly every Trump ally is doing media hits about a debate from two years ago. That's the distraction, not the other way around. I voted for Trump twice and I'm not going to sit here and clap while gas is through the roof, the Strait of Hormuz is shut down by an Iran war, and my grocery bill looks like a mortgage payment. Biden being delusional about 2024 is a freebie. The base didn't knock doors for freebies. We knocked doors for somebody who was going to fight for us, and right now the fight I'm seeing is against old news clips while the country gets more expensive by the week. So leak whatever you want. I'll be checking my bank account.