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Presidential debate highlights: ‘Deep panic’ among Democrats after Biden’s performance as Trump spouts lies
Joe Biden and Donald Trump appeared on stage at CNN debate moderated by Jake Tapper and Dana Bash
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Democrats watched in dismay on Thursday night as Joe Biden struggled in the first television debate of the 2024 presidential election against Donald Trump.
The president, hoarse and raspy, appeared low in energy during the CNN debate in Atlanta, Georgia, with the White House later saying he had a cold.
Looking his age and generally out-of-sorts, Biden mispoke at one stage and declared “we finally beat Medicare”, to which his Republican opponent responded, “I really don’t know what he said”.
The president did later rally to rebuke Trump over his sordid personal history and alleged “suckers and losers” remark regarding the military.
The businessman, meanwhile repeated lies and falsehoods throughout, often failing to answer questions and having to be pressed three times on whether he would accept the election results.
Social media went into meltdown over the spectacle of the two elderly candidates battling it out while Democrats were left in a state of “deep panic” from early on.
In post-debate analysis, CNN pundits discussed the possibility of his stepping down as the party’s candidate.
The Trump campaign swiftly declared victory and a snap poll on CNN revealed that two-thirds of voters who watched agreed.
Trump says US was ‘respected all over the world’ on Jan 6
Biden confronted Trump for the first time in person about his role on January 6 2021, asking him to denounce the far-right Proud Boys gang once again as well as the other rioters who attacked the US Capitol in part of a Trump-encouraged bid to stop the certification of the 2020 election results in Congress.
Alex Woodward reports on the Republican’s response.
Joe Sommerlad28 June 2024 13:35
Biden lays into Trump over sexual abuse and porn star affair claims
Let’s take a closer look at some of the key exchanges.
Katie Hawkinson has this on Biden’s attack on Trump over Stormy Daniels and having “the morals of an alley cat”.
Joe Sommerlad28 June 2024 13:15
US allies fear a new Trump presidency may be one step closer after Biden ‘implodes’
A little global reaction for you now from observers in the UK, Japan and Australia, all of whom are keen to know how this all might play out in November and whether a “Trump 2.0” is on the cards.
Joe Sommerlad28 June 2024 12:55
Voices: ‘Was Trump vs Biden really the best America can do?’
President Biden managed to stay upright for 90 minutes and didn’t fall asleep – but that’s about as good as it got, writes Jon Sopel.
Joe Sommerlad28 June 2024 12:35
Jon Stewart unleashes withering takedown of Trump and Biden after car crash debate: ‘This cannot be real life’
The Daily Show host tore into both candidates after the first presidential debate.
Stewart presented a live election special titled Indecision 2024: The First Presidential Debate: America Watches Through Its Fingers on Comedy Central.
“We just watched what you watched,” he said in disbelief at the start of the show.
“Let me just say after watching tonight’s debate, both of these men should be using performance-enhancing drugs,” Stewart joked.
Tom Murray reports.
Joe Sommerlad28 June 2024 12:15
Biden resurrects his ‘lying dog-faced pony soldier’ insult for Trump post-debate
The president and first lady appeared in the ballroom of the Hyatt Regency hotel in Atlanta after the debate last night at around 11pm and were met with chants of “four more years”, according to the official pool report.
Biden’s campaign hosted a debate watch party at the venue, where supporters gathered with signs and a DJ played music.
“I can’t thank you all enough,” Dr Jill Biden told the crowd. “Joe did such a great job. What did Trump do? Lied!”
Her husband then spoke for a few minutes, thanking supporters and quoting a Western film (believed to be Tyrone Power’s Pony Soldier from 1952) to onec again call Trump “a lying, dog-faced pony soldier”.
“They’re going to be out there fact-checking,” Biden said.
“I can’t think of one thing that he said was true.
“Look, we’re going to beat this guy, and I need you in order to beat him.
“You are the reason why America is as good as we are.”
Here he is stopping at a nearby Waffle House for the coffee he badly needed earlier in the night.
Biden makes pit stop at Waffle House in Atlanta after first presidential debate
Joe Biden and his wife Jill stopped at a Waffle House in the Atlanta area early on Friday morning (28 June) and told customers “I think we did well” in the presidential debate. The unexpected visit came shortly after the president’s heated clash with rival Donald Trump on CNN. Walking into the restaurant, the pair were warmly received by diners and staff, with many taking the opportunity to snap photos and share a few words with the president and first lady. During Thursday night’s debate, Biden sounded hoarse and delivered a shaky, halting performance while his Republican rival Trump battered him with a series of often false attacks.
Joe Sommerlad28 June 2024 11:55
Dumbstruck silence and despair: Behind the scenes at the Trump-Biden debate
The president started the debate sounding hoarse and looking every day of his 81 years, writes Andrew Feinberg from backstage at the first presidential debate in Atlanta, Georgia.
Joe Sommerlad28 June 2024 11:35
Could the Democrats replace Biden on the ticket? And if so, who are the runners and riders?
“Sleepy” Joe Biden just gave the Democratic Party a wake-up call. The concerns about the incumbent president’s age and mental fitness are not going away anytime soon.
So what can his party do about it, if anything?
John Bowden answers that question.
Joe Sommerlad28 June 2024 11:15
Watch: Harris says Trump ‘lied over and over and over again’ in first debate
Here’s the US vice president attacking the Republican presidential challenger over his debate perfomance last night.
Would Biden even have been up there if she were more popular with voters?
Donald Trump ‘lied over and over and over again’ in first debate, says Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris has claimed Donald Trump “lied over and over and over again” during the first presidential debate. Trump went head-to-head with Joe Biden on Thursday night (27 June) live on CNN. While Democrats watched in dismay as the president stumbled and rambled and times, Biden was able to land a few hits on Trump as the twice-impeached former president repeated lies. After the debate, Vice President Harris defended Biden, suggesting the “contrast” between the two candidates is clear. “Look at what happened during the course of the debate: Donald Trump lied over and over and over again,” she said.
Joe Sommerlad28 June 2024 10:45
Biden faces calls to stand down after ‘historically bad performance’
The US president has faced calls to stand down from the former UK ambassador to the US after a “historically bad performance” in his TV debate with Trump last night.
Lord Kim Darroch, who served as British ambassador to the United States between January 2016 and December 2019, urged Biden to stand down.
He said on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “Joe Biden should stand aside. This was a historically bad performance. He was inaudible, incoherent and lost his train of thought several times.
“Some of his answers simply made no sense. The one, ‘we have beaten Medicare’, will be repeated a thousand times between now and the election. He should stand down – it’s very hard to see him winning now.”
On the same programme, former Democratic campaign manager Mike Murphy said of Biden: “He looked very, very old. Nobody’s going to have to rent The Mummy on television this weekend. They can get it for free.”
Ouch.
The same man also likened Biden to a “boxer who can’t raise his hands” and called the situation: “Heartbreaking, but also a political disaster.”
Here’s Joe Middleton’s report.
Joe Sommerlad28 June 2024 10:25
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