Article originally appeared on www.westernjournal.com.
President Joe Biden’s interview with ABC News host George Stephanopoulos Friday likely did not reassure voters about his cognitive abilities.
Biden could not recall whether he had even watched his June 27 debate performance with Donald Trump afterward.
On Tuesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters the Stephanopoulos interview was going to provide a chance for the president to prove the debate was simply a “bad night” and not representative of cognitive decline.
Stephanopoulos asked right up front regarding the debate, “Was this a bad episode or the sign of a more serious condition?”
“It was a bad episode. No indications of a serious condition. I was exhausted. I didn’t listen to my instincts in terms of preparing. And a bad night,” Biden said.
Stephanopoulos followed up, wondering why he was so exhausted. Biden had told supporters at a campaign event in Virginia earlier this week that he had not recovered from …
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