The ABC News panel had harsh words for President Biden following his primetime interview with host George Stephanopoulos on Friday.
“While Biden certainly looked better and more consistent than he did in the debate, there was nothing in this interview that would calm the nerves of Democrats who are worried that Joe Biden is on a trajectory to lose this election, to lose to Donald Trump,” ABC News Washington bureau chief Jonathan Karl told Stephanopoulos after the interview.
“In fact, for some people, this interview raises new concerns, particularly the fact that he’s in a dire situation in terms of the campaign, that he doesn’t want or doesn’t know that in the view of many Democrats and frankly in the polls that you cited, he’s losing to Donald Trump,” he said.
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President Biden drew attention when he refused to take a cognitive test during an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. (Screenshot/ABC)
Kahl added that it was “alarming” that Biden said he would be satisfied if he lost to former President Trump as long as he “did his best.” [his] Everything,” Stephanopoulos said, adding that Biden supporters responded with “wow.”
“The bottom line is, there was nothing in this interview that would make Joe Biden drop out of the race… but there was also nothing in this interview that would calm the nerves of Democrats who are saying Biden should drop out,” Kahl added.
ABC News chief international affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz insisted that the Democrats she texted had found the interview “not as bad as they expected,” but added that “that’s a pretty low bar.”
The network’s congressional correspondent, Rachel Scott, told Stephanopoulos after listening to Democratic lawmakers, they were concerned that “the dam hasn’t broken tonight, but the bleeding hasn’t stopped either.”
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ABC News’ Jonathan Karl said Biden’s interview would not “calm the nerves” of “nervous Democrats” who are trying to pull him out of the 2024 presidential race. (Screenshot/ABC)
“I have other Democrats telling me, ‘That’s better, but I don’t know if it’s enough.’ The president needs more than one interview, more than 22 minutes, to prove he has the guts to continue this campaign and beat Donald Trump,” Scott said, adding that the “movement” to remove Biden from the Democratic nomination was “growing.”
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Raddatz noted that when asked about his age, Biden always responds, “Look at me,” and concluded the panel by emphasizing that aging is “not like a broken bone. It doesn’t get better.”
“George, people are taking notice and I believe you’re going to get even more attention,” Raddatz told the anchor.
The most talked-about aspects of Biden’s first interview with Stephanopoulos since last month’s presidential debate were his uncertainty about whether he had watched his own disastrous debate performance and his refusal to take a cognitive test.
According to a report from The Atlantic, President Biden declared that he “must resign” following his performance at last week’s debate. (Getty Images)
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Biden’s stunning debate performance sent far-reaching political shockwaves. Liberal Media They called for him to withdraw from the presidential race.
“The campaign continues,” Biden insisted at a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Friday.
