Biden ripped for totally delusional claim about debate that preceded his 2024 exit
Former President Joe Biden is facing sharp backlash after dismissing his disastrous 2024 debate performance against President Donald Trump as "not very consequential" — despite dropping out of the presidential race just 24 days later.When asked about what his "perspective" on the June 27, 2024 debate is now in an interview with People Magazine released Wednesday, Biden suggested he felt his debate performance was inconsequential."Look, I don’t know anybody who hasn’t made a mistake in a debate," Biden told People Magazine."To me, it was not very consequential.
First of all, I thought there’d be another debate, which there wasn’t."JILL BIDEN SAYS SHE THOUGHT JOE WAS HAVING A STROKE DURING HIS DISASTROUS 2024 DEBATE PERFORMANCEFormer President Joe Biden speaks with moderator Jake Tapper as former first lady Dr.Jill Biden looks on after a presidential debate with Donald Trump in Atlanta, Ga., on June 27, 2024.
(Brian Snyder/Reuters)"But notwithstanding the fact that there wasn’t another debate, it didn’t disturb me because it wasn’t consequential," he added.Biden's comments drew swift criticism on social media on Wednesday.SOCIAL MEDIA ERUPTS AFTER JILL BIDEN REVEALS SHE WAS 'FRIGHTENED' WATCHING JOE'S DISASTROUS DEBATE"Joe Biden now claims his 2024 presidential debate against President Trump, which forced him to drop out of the race, was not very consequential," former Trump campaign operative Steve Cortes wrote Wednesday in an X post."Just 24 days after the 'not very consequential' presidential debate, Joe Biden ended his campaign for President," Cortes added.Conservative commentator Steve Guest wrote on X that Biden "is TOTALLY delusional."Meanwhile, former National Republican Senatorial Committee senior adviser Matt Whitlock asserted in a Wednesday post on X that it was actually "the most consequential" presidential debate of all time."It was without question the most consequential Presidential debate in history - he [Biden] likely would have stay...