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Biden Dodges Calls For Cognitive Test In George Stephanopoulos Interview; “I’m Running The World,” POTUS Proclaims As More Voices Worry He Can’t Beat Trump


POTUS' sit-down with the ex-Clinton aide was essential for Biden to stop calls for him to exit the 2024 race, it doesn't seem to be enough

Hyped over the past few days and teased earlier today with a clip on the network’s World News Tonight, the unscripted, live-to-tape sit-down is the big play by the White House to silence demands for the 81-year-old Biden to exit the race against Donald Trump. The interview with Stephanopoulos, rescheduled on July 3 for tonight, came amid frantic calls from donors, pundits and others that he had to sit for a major unscripted network one on one, in part to explain what happened but also to show that his debate performance was not a sign of cognitive decline. As Stephanopoulos noted, as damaging to Biden’s case have been the series of stories, in The New York Times and The Washington Post, in which anonymous sources have suggested that the president’s faltering performance was not an anomaly.

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