Biden’s latest attempt to convince everyone he has what it takes to stay in the race will air at 6:30 PM Eastern / 3:30 PM Pacific.
More on where and how to watch here:
https://apnews.com/article/how-to-watch-biden-press-conference-a70590e7574fc9680229b6b6289f6a02
My expectation is that it will be on all the usual sources. CNN, MSNBC, etc. etc. with in depth coverage on the talking head shows later tonight.
Edit Conference is running 20+ 50+ minutes late after already being pushed back 1 hour from 5:30 to 6:30.
Not sure if that’s good news or bad news.
Here we go! 58 minutes late, but he’s on a roll talking about NATO.
Oh, snap! Reminding everyone that Article 5 has only been used once… 9/11.
Speech ran less than 10 minutes, but was a strong speech, now the questions.
Fumbles on the first answer, calling out “Vice President Trump”. :(
Ended after almost an hour with one final question on “Vice President Trump” - Biden’s answer “Listen to him.” End conference.
Overall, I’m pretty happy with how it went!
Oh dear…
OH DEAR.
OH DEAR!!!
He did alright. Alright isn’t enough. He needed a homerun to unfuck this, and he hit a single. I think from here on out, Biden is a detriment to the party ticket. If he stays in, our fight becomes much harder.
He did alright. Alright isn’t enough. He needed a homerun to unfuck this, and he hit a single. I think from here on out, Biden is a detriment to the party ticket. If he stays in, our fight becomes much harder.
I would have agreed with that analogy up until that last question. He seems to have this thing about not knowing when to quit…
Is this boosting anyone’s confidence on Biden staying in the race?
He’s doing better in this than the interview or the debate.
This is Biden’s first press conference this year.
Adding context: This will be his first formal solo news conference since November 2023. Biden also holds the fewest news conferences since Ronald Reagan.https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-11-2024
fewest news conferences since Ronald Reagan
Weird…
I wonder what else we find out Joe and Ronnie had in common…
Edit:
Right before he came out, they said first in 8 months.
Also, Biden just fucking ran out there and immediately went off on a speech…
I’ve never seen man’s walk that fast in my life.
He has flubbed a few words, but has a clear train of thought so far in the speech.
It was all teleprompter then “vp trump”.
The next question was asking about that. But didn’t mention vo trump?
I think they had to get them approved. And Biden isn’t mentioning it in his answer
I really want to see Biden as the last man standing… let the conference run 3 hours.
“C’mon, man! Ask me your questions! Ohhhh are you all getting ‘too tired’? Do you need to go home for naps?”
WHATS THIS? IT’S BIDEN FROM THE TOP ROPE!
IS THAT A FOLDING CHAIR?!!
Biden looked ok he made joke got mad about gun violence took shots at trump still needs to do more but this is a decent first step to show he can actually win
Sound bytes are that first fumble, and the final fumble.
Had he just not taken that last question… this would have been a lower case w for Biden. That last question. It sunk the whole thing.
Media is seething rn. They wanted Biden to break down and start sobbing on stage. He basically told them they were stupid for running a major story about a minor flub this afternoon.
They are mad that Biden turned their accusations into a boring press conference about NATO and his accomplishments.
Its not a L like his interview or his debate. Its also not a W, its… questions about industrial policy and NATO.
It looks like he’s having a good day. But can it resolve issues around Biden on a bad day?
The #1 thing I was looking for is Biden’s face when someone is talking to him.
During the debate and the interview with Stephanopoulos, he had this vacant, slack jawed look like he didn’t know where he was or what was going on.
So far, he has completely avoided that. He looks active and engaged.
Not a great sign that this praise sounds like the doctor’s notes from my toddler’s last check-up.
It’s just so fucking surreal that people keep trying to say this is ok…
It’s also fucking surreal that so many people think they know everything.
Yep. Like when Biden ordered every federal agency back to the office
For pretty much no reason. He just thought he knew better than every agency head and apparently this was what he wanted to actually put effort behind.
It’s weird, one of the few things he really did on his own, and it never gets brought up
During the debate and the interview with Stephanopoulos, he had this vacant, slack jawed look like he didn’t know where he was or what was going on.
Its a much better performance. Can it move the needle though?
Its not us, the wonk’s of the wonk’s who need to be moved. Its Average Voter who needs to be moved. Biden needs big W’s to get back in this, not slightly smaller L’s. Also, he called Zelnzkiy Putin, and Kamela Harris with Trump, thats whats trending at the moment. Gonna be much harder to get “industrial policy regarding defensive capabilities” trending.
Is this enough?
The question right now is on his Gaza performance, so here’s hoping…
“My numbers are better in Israel than they are here”
Thats the soundbyte we’ll get.
Vice president Trump. Lol
Like three times, and then said he’d beat Trump a second later…
I don’t think he realized.
He didn’t.
And that will be used against him too. Not only did he make the gaffe, he didn’t even realize he made the gaffe.
(And for the record, it’s sad that voters are holding Biden to a much higher standard than Trump. But here we are.)
Dude.
It’s sad that this is the standard we’re holding Biden too…
You know what a momma cat does when it can’t feed all the kittens? It carries the runt off and abandons it
The Republican party is the runt, we can’t save both and the Dem party has the best chance of surviving.
Why waste valuable time and effort calling on trump to step down? He’s literally never going to do it and there’s zero chance republicans go against him
Bets he doesn’t show?
Throwing out some options:
If he says “jack” you gotta take a shot of whiskey.
If he says “bud” or “bub” you gotta do a hot knife or bong rip.
If he says “malarkey”, you need to crack a beer and start drinking; you can’t stop till he says “listen here”.
If he pauses for longer than 5 seconds, you have to hold your breath; you can’t breath again until he finishes a complete sentence.
If he yells at a reporter, throw your shoe at the screen.
If he has to get pulled off stage, throw your screen (device, whatever), out of the nearest window.
If he complains or whines, pour a glass of wine and start drinking. Don’t stop until he says “C’mon”.
Deal. Boarding in about an hour. This flight sure is going to be interesting.
I hope you’re not the pilot
hot knife or bong rip
OH MY GOD!!! I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT…and also…WHAT IS THAT???
So there’s a premade list of who gets to ask a question?
Also. Joe’s all jacked up on mountain dew and just fucking said trump is his vice president…
Yeah, otherwise you’d have a room full of reporters yelling “Mr. President! Mr. President!”
Have em line up like comic con.
What’s the thing with mountain Dew ? Can I use that for ADHD ?
It’s a joke from the Will Ferrell Nascar movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLe09qoyPP8
Basically just means someone is very energetic and it doesn’t seem natural. Not sure how much it caught on, but in the military we used it as a euphemism for being fucked up that maintained plausible deniability if someone overheard.
There is no good answer he can give to a question like this.
I feel like this is going to be a nothing burger, but lets discuss the history of presidential news conferences:
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/presidential-news-conferences
So I think the above statitstic is a bit misleading because it doesn’t single out solo conferences.
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/analyses/bidens-solo-news-conferences-perspective
I just saw a stat saying he hasn’t had a full cabinet meeting since last October? So take press conferences out of it… it’s kind of dire how low a profile Biden is maintaining.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/joe-biden-age-decline-democrats-angry/index.html
"Ahead of closed-door Cabinet meetings that Biden attends, it is customary for Cabinet officials to submit questions and key talking points that they plan to present in front of Biden ahead of time to White House aides, two sources with direct knowledge told CNN.
“The entire display is kind of an act,” one of those sources told CNN. “They would come and say, ‘Hey, the president is going to call on you about 25 minutes in, and ask this question. What are the bullet points you’ll respond with?’”
The second source, who echoed that same description, said when Biden attends Cabinet meetings, they are “not free-wheeling, and pretty well-orchestrated.” And the meetings themselves are infrequent, with one Cabinet secretary telling CNN they are uncertain of Biden’s condition because they so rarely see him.
In fact, the last full Cabinet meeting took place on October 2, 2023. Sources also said Cabinet meetings during the Obama years, which Biden attended as vice president, were not pre-scripted this way."
Man. Like.
Putin is invading Europe. There is a genocide and a warm/ hot war in the middle east.
And this guy doesn’t go to his cabinet meetings?
