The first presidential debate of the 2024 US election rapidly descended into a nightmare for Democrats as 81-year-old incumbent Joe Biden tried unconvincingly to persuade a deeply sceptical nation that he’s capable of a second term.
The audience-free 90-minute debate at CNN’s Atlanta headquarters was the first time the men had shared a stage in four years, and the animosity between them was palpable from the start as they refused to shake hands. “It was a really disappointing debate performance from Joe Biden. I don’t think there’s any way any other way to slice it,” said former White House communications director Kate Bedingfield.“His biggest issue that he had to prove to the American people was that he had the energy and the stamina, and he didn’t do that. So I think that is of concern.”
To prevent a repeat of the chaotic first presidential debate of 2020, which was viewed as a debacle after Trump heckled and talked over Biden more than 100 times, microphones were muted so that candidates could answer relatively uninterrupted. At one point, Trump also heckled the president, saying in response to an answer: “I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said either.”
Biden replied: “I doubt you’ll accept it because you’re a whiner,” he said. ” When you lost the first time, you continue to appeal and appeal to courts all across the country. Not one single court in America said any of your claims had any merit but you continued to promote this lie.”
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