President Joe Biden ventured onto friendly territory Friday night to sit down with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos in what was supposed to be his marquee media moment to turn things around regarding questions about his mental health. It was not well-received.
It was only 22 minutes, which is ridiculous to suggest would be long enough to squash any concerns among Democrats about the president’s ongoing mental slide. Biden’s interview is rightly being called a disaster for Democrats: it didn’t settle matters concerning Biden’s cognitive issues, but it didn’t provide the necessary evidence to provide anti-Biden Democrats to have their ‘Goldwater moment’ with the president. Still, the interview did not win over congressional Democrats, Biden’s staunchest adversaries at the moment, one of which summed up the ABC News hit with just two words: “He’s toast” (via
