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!

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    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.

    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      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…

  • p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    We need more people to interrupt him. We need to see him stay focused and easily return to the topic at hand. Shows he has a clear mind .

  • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    The guy asking the first question flubbed some words. And had his facts wrong about the UAW. Maybe he’s crazy and shouldn’t be a journalist?

  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    If only his speech were one-tenth as good as his deeds.

    His inability to communicate obscures his accomplishments.

  • Furbag@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    “Listen to him”

    Why? Why the fuck would you say that, man?

    I gave Biden a pass for the “Doing the goodest job” flub during the ABC News interview, because how do you answer that question on the spot without sounding like a nihilist? Obviously, he should have said that trust in the system is important and that checks and balances will still be a thing even if he doesn’t win, but he opted for the feel-good sentiment of “At least we tried our best!”.

    But for this? The question was “Trump is already tweeting about you mixing up Vice President Harris with his name and citing it as evidence that you are not fit for office. How do you respond to that?” and he says listen to him. WTF man. Biden is his own worst enemy right now. He could have walked off stage and said nothing.

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Well that was fun. Every body stand up and stay standing for at least 5 minutes.

    Walk around the house, go to the yard, whatever; get your heart pumping blood.

    It will be time to return to our regular doom posting shortly, but in the mean time, look out for yourselves kings and queens: Its your health that matters.

  • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    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.

    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      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?

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I’m starting to think the same. I used to think “elder abuse” was just a phrase RW trolls would bandy about in relation to Biden, but…I’m just feeling terribly about the guy.

      I also feel that so many within the “liberal media” and so many in the party are just walking on eggshells when it comes to this. None of this is a good look, at least if we care about WINNING.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    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…

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    This must be so weird for NATO officials in the room. The future of NATO hinges in him… and it really has nothing to do with the message he conveys, but how he says it.

    Is it better for NATO if he flubs it, and gets another candidate in? Worse? shrug

    • xenoclast@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I don’t understand “get a better candidate” though really. The Dems should run a paperclip someone found at the back of the drawer and beat a racist, murdering, pedophile, rapist.

      The problem is the news corps decided they are gonna do whatever they can to get Trump.

      They could have literally the best candidate on earth and trump could fuck a an aborted fetus of a pregnant teen trans boy on loop for 24 hours on live tv, and CNN would still find something else to talk about

      I mean Jon Fucking Stewart, someone who could have run against Trump and won, is right in line with the same fucking plan.