Posted on 04/27/2024 3:01:55 AM PDT by Libloather
Political commentators joked that Biden’s staff is panicking after the gaffe-prone president said he would be "happy" to debate Trump during an interview with Howard Stern Friday.
"I don't know if you're going to debate your opponent," Stern said.
The president replied, "I am, somewhere, I don’t know when. I'm happy to debate him."
Biden's comments represent a shift from past remarks about possibly debating Trump. Last month, he told reporters it would depend "on his behavior."
Trump was quick to challenge Biden to debate him, declaring on Truth Social, "Everyone knows he doesn’t really mean it, but in case he does, I say, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANYPLACE, an old expression used by Fighters."
Conservative social media accounts had similar responses on X, many of whom referred to Biden’s "handlers" being unhappy with his response.
"Crooked Joe Biden says he's ‘happy to debate’ President Trump," RNC Research wrote. "His handlers must be furious!"
"Biden weakly answers Howard Stern that he will debate Trump, HA!" Fox News host Jeanine Pirro wrote alongside a laughing emoji. "Guess his aides couldn’t stop Biden before he answered."
'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO’ - Joe Biden Staffers, after hearing Biden tell Howard Stern he will debate Trump," commentator Kevin Dalton wrote.
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Joe must be at that dementia stage where he likes giving people the slip and being inappropriate on purpose.He is near the end.
Donald could easily knock Joe on his keister and
install RFK as the only recognized Democrat candidate.
A debate is the perfect opportunity.
This would be child’s play for the Donald,
and RFK is almost begging to play along.
Debating on the Howard Stern show would be entertaining.
I wonder who got fired? When Biden told Stern he’d debate, his handlers never told him:
<><>he wasn’t going to agree to debate Trump
<><>that debating Trump was a bad idea.
$5 it never happens.
What would be the point of telling him? He wouldn’t remember it for more than 15 minutes.
Biden won’t debate or even campaign. The fix is already in.
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