Biden ‘candidate change’, Democratic Party discussions resume, Trump ‘repeats blatant lies’
Immediately after the US presidential candidate TV debate ended, the Democratic Party began discussing ‘candidate replacement’, and the US media evaluated Republican candidate Trump as a ‘false repetition’.
Regarding the resumption of discussions on 'candidate replacement' for President Biden, the New York Times said, "His interrupted and inconsistent performance on Thursday night caused a wave of panic among Democrats and renewed discussion about whether he should be the candidate." Lawmakers exchanged frantic phone calls and text messages within minutes of the debate as it became clear that President Biden was not keen, with some expressing shock on social media at his concerns and others saying it was a political party. “We discussed privately what this meant and whether it was too late to persuade the president to step down in favor of a younger candidate,” the report reported on the 27th.
Biden's former White House communications director, Kate Bedingfield, said on CNN: "Joe Biden's debate performance was truly disappointing. I don't think there's any other way to put it. Biden's biggest problem is that he doesn't have the energy and stamina to tell the American people. “It was to prove that he had it, but he didn’t do that,” he said.
"Hey, I debated Joe 7 times in 2020. He's a different guy in 2024," Andrew Yang, a former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, wrote on social media platform X, adding the hashtag #swapJoeout.
“The good news is that Trump provided a ton of troubling soundbites tonight, and for the next four months this article will be on every advertisement in every media outlet,” said Caitlin Legacchiga, a Democratic strategist and former adviser to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. “You can expect every woman in America to see an ad on her TV, mobile phone, and in the mail crediting Trump with overturning Roe v. Wade,” Wade told the NYT.
Regarding candidate Trump, the New York Times said, “For much of the debate, former President Trump verbally criticized President Biden, portrayed his political opponent as an incompetent leader, and made attacks that were often false, lacking context, or vague enough to be misleading. “Despite the fact that President Trump has continually worked to rally support for Ukraine and has taken active steps to warn Russian President Vladimir Putin not to invade, President Biden has ‘encouraged’ Russia to attack Ukraine,” he said. “He made false claims,” he said.
In the title <Biden attempts to confront Trump at debate, but stokes Democratic fears about his candidacy>, AP said, “President Biden repeatedly attempted to confront Trump in the first debate, and his Republican rival , responded to criticism of Biden by leaning into lies about illegal immigration and his role in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.”
The AP continued, “Biden’s uneven performance, especially early in the debate, crystallized the concerns of many Americans that the 81-year-old is too old to serve as president.” “It has sparked new demands that he should consider withdrawing from his candidacy,” he said.
In a feature article titled ‘Lies,’ AP said, “Trump falsely stated that the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6 involved a relatively small number of people being dragged away by police, and he misrepresented the strength of the economy during his time in office.” “The debate was an important moment in the presidential rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump as they made their case in front of a national television audience.”
Regarding the false and misleading claims frequently made by both candidates, Biden said, “Biden, who tends to rely more on exaggeration and embellishment than outright lies, misrepresented the cost of insulin and said Trump was using disinfectant to solve the coronavirus problem. Trump exaggerated what he said about the use of revealed.
Reuters titled <U.S. Presidential Debate: Biden Waves as Trump Pounces on False Attacks>, “Former President Trump often delivered a shaky and interrupted performance during the debate while he made false attacks,” and “High-ranking donors to Biden called his performance ‘disqualifying’ and said they expected new calls for him to step down ahead of the party’s convention in August.”
Reuters reported on the 28th, “With tensions on the Korean Peninsula rising and Moscow and Pyongyang recently promising to strengthen military ties, U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines is scheduled to visit Korea on the 28th and meet President Yoon Seok-yeol privately.” “After Kim Jong-un and Putin signed a military agreement, South Korea announced that it would consider directly supplying weapons to Ukraine, reversing the position it had maintained despite pressure from the United States and the West.”