It is impossible to imagine that anyone who tuned into the first 2024 presidential debate could vote for Joe Biden to serve another term.
For weeks, rumors have circulated that the first presidential debate was scheduled many weeks earlier than usual to allow Democrats time to throw Joe Biden overboard in case he flopped. There would be time, some speculated, to convince Biden to step down and for the party to coalesce around a new candidate before the Democratic convention in August. According to the devastated talking heads on CNN, speaking after their network hosted the debate, that’s where we are.
Throughout the 90-minute head-to-head between the two contenders for the Oval Office, Joe Biden retreated frequently to dishonest claims about his predecessor. He mentioned more than once that Trump left behind an economy in 'free fall', with huge unemployment; in fact, the economy was recovering rapidly from the COVID shut-downs, growing at 6% in the first quarter of 2021 when Biden took office, with unemployment at 6.4%, declining swiftly.
Trump also repeatedly accused Biden of undermining Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid by granting benefits to the millions of migrants who have entered the country illegally. With seniors one of Biden’s few remaining support groups, it was a smart play. Also against expectations, CNN’s moderators, Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, handled the event fairly. The night was full of surprises.
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