‘A disaster so far': Biden freezing on stage during debate draws fire on social media

Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY

Thu, June 27, 2024 at 10:07 PM EDT2 min read

I concluded the same 7 mins before this article was posted.

Mike Murphy, a Republican strategist and NBC News analyst, wrote, “Sorry, I’m voting for President Biden but a disaster so far.” Stephen Hayes, editor and CEO of The Dispatch, tweeted, “Let the Dem panic begin.”

Former top Obama communications person Johanna Maska wrote, "What the hell is he saying? Dems, this doesn't work." Another Twitter user going by the handle AidanThompsonKS wrote, "Biden is freezing 10 minutes in This is embarrassing."

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Nicholas Kristof

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I wish Biden would reflect on this debate performance and then announce his decision to withdraw from the race, throwing the choice of Democratic nominee to the convention. Someone like @gretchenwhitmer 

or @SherrodBrown or @ SecRaimondo could still jump in and beat Trump.

10:01 PM · Jun 27, 2024

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Alyssa Farah Griffin, former White House director of strategic communications under the Trump administration, said, "Hearing from countless viewers of all political stripes and the consensus is Biden needs to be replaced. It’s worse than I believe most people imagined."