Democrats Are Panicking About Biden. How Did They Get Here?
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The New York Times
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🗓️ 29 June 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | So as you may have heard, Thursday night was the first debate between President Biden and |
| 0:08.6 | Donald Trump. |
| 0:11.6 | More Border Patrol and more asylum officers. |
| 0:13.5 | President Trump? |
| 0:14.5 | I really don't know what he said at the end of that sentence. |
| 0:17.0 | I don't think he knows what he said either. |
| 0:19.3 | And in short, it was not a great night for Biden. I'm dealing with everything we have to do with, |
| 0:27.0 | look, if we finally beat Medicare, |
| 0:34.0 | Thank you, Biden, President Trump. |
| 0:37.0 | This has triggered a big freak out among top levels of the Democratic Party, |
| 0:41.0 | which for months has been dismissing concerns about Biden's age and |
| 0:45.7 | mental fitness. Often getting angry at reporters like me for even asking the |
| 0:51.6 | questions despite the fact that polling and our own reporting |
| 0:56.0 | have clearly shown that concerns about Biden's age, physical stamina, and |
| 1:01.0 | mental acuity are huge factors in this election. |
| 1:04.0 | How are you feeling about President Biden? |
| 1:06.0 | He's getting old and I just, that makes me sad because he's really a good candidate. |
| 1:10.0 | He's too old. |
| 1:12.0 | I feel like he's a lot out of touch, but I think he's too old. I feel like he's a little out of touch but I think he's too old. |
| 1:15.0 | It's just flat on, at some point the age thing has to come into play. |
| 1:19.0 | I like Joe Biden, he's too old. |
| 1:21.0 | I don't think we should have deep senior citizens in office making decisions for the country. |
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