Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy heavily criticised the Democrats following US President Joe Biden’s lackluster debate performance against his GOP rival during the first debate of the 2024 election cycle.
This rebuke, from Donald Trump’s potential vice president pick, comes as many Democrats acknowledged Biden’s faltering display at the CNN-hosted presidential debate in Atlanta. They noted the US President’s hoarse voice, stumbling over words, pulling punches, and appearing confused.
“The game is now more obvious than ever: the Democrat Party served up an old man as their sacrificial lamb tonight," said the young Republican who dropped out of the 2024 Republican presidential race. “Calling a spade a spade: the moderators actually did a decent job. Not perfect, but decent. As someone who expressed concern about it beforehand, I’ll admit that."
Calling a spade a spade: the moderators actually did a decent job. Not perfect, but decent. As someone who expressed concern about it beforehand, I’ll admit that.— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) June 28, 2024
The US president, who had spent days in mock debates at his Camp David retreat, was scheduled to begin the clean-up Friday with his largest event of the campaign, in the battleground state of North Carolina.
Facing tough questions over his performance and immediate future, he told reporters he had done “well" as he stopped off at an Atlanta Waffle House with First Lady Jill Biden after coming off stage. He added that he was croaking because of a “sore throat" and that, in any case, it is “hard to debate a liar."
Although Biden managed to pin down Trump on abortion rights and his role in the violence that marred the 2021 handover, he waited bafflingly long — almost 45 minutes — to bring up Trump’s felony convictions and other legal woes in any detail. He spoke under his breath and appeared at times to lose focus, pausing for several seconds after stumbling in the opening stages.
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At one point, the US president bizarrely declared that “we finally beat Medicare," as the discussion turned to funding the health insurance program for seniors. As the disappointment of Biden’s showing registered with Democrats, there was even talk of finding a new candidate before the Democratic convention in August. “There’s been a lot of chatter in our circles about Newsom," one party strategist told political outlet The Hill — although California governor Gavin Newsom quickly shut down suggestions that he could take Biden’s place.
(With agency inputs)
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