‘Raised a Lot of Questions’: McGraw on Biden’s Debate Performance

RUSH TRANSCRIPT BAIER Meredith ░░░░░░░░ is the former president ░░░░░░░░ out on the stump ░░░░░░░░ starts Biden I don ░░░░░░░░ walk as easy as ░░░░░░░░ used to I don ░░░░░░░░ speak as north smoothly ░░░░░░░░ I used to I ░░░░░░░░ t debed debate as ░░░░░░░░ as I used to ░░░░░░░░ do know what I ░░░░░░░░ know I know how ░░░░░░░░ tell the truth Trump ░░░░░░░░ question every voter should ░░░░░░░░ asking themselves today not ░░░░░░░░ Joe Biden can survive ░░░░░░░░ 90 minute debate performance ░░░░░░░░ whether America can survive ░░░░░░░░ more years of crooked ░░░░░░░░ Biden in the White ░░░░░░░░ Clip ends BAIER There ░░░░░░░░ this video of after ░░░░░░░░ debate the First Lady ░░░░░░░░ President Biden off of ░░░░░░░░ stage that was in ░░░░░░░░ CNN feed We didn ░░░░░░░░ see that But Meredith ░░░░░░░░ question comes and I ░░░░░░░░ it to the other ░░░░░░░░ how if it is ░░░░░░░░ existential threat to have ░░░░░░░░ Trump back in office ░░░░░░░░ all of these aides ░░░░░░░░ family members and friends ░░░░░░░░ to the point Had ░░░░░░░░ choice before But now ░░░░░░░░ are where we are ░░░░░░░░ I think President Biden ░░░░░░░░ debate performance raised a ░░░░░░░░ of questions about what ░░░░░░░░ going on behind the ░░░░░░░░ during his five day ░░░░░░░░ at Camp David where ░░░░░░░░ was out of the ░░░░░░░░ spotlight And you know ░░░░░░░░ have seen stories over ░░░░░░░░ over again from the ░░░░░░░░ I know stories have ░░░░░░░░ written Politico the Wall ░░░░░░░░ Journal had a big ░░░░░░░░ Raising questions about President ░░░░░░░░ s age his mental ░░░░░░░░ widely BAIER Meredith I ░░░░░░░░ t want to interrupt ░░░░░░░░ but we were criticized ░░░░░░░░ of us who did ░░░░░░░░ stories We were told ░░░░░░░░ were running videos that ░░░░░░░░ cheap fakes somehow taken ░░░░░░░░ of context that it ░░░░░░░░ journalistically improper Then we ░░░░░░░░ did that sources say ░░░░░░░░ hit job Suddenly they ░░░░░░░░ this epiphany after 90 ░░░░░░░░ in a debate MCGRAW ░░░░░░░░ re right And they ░░░░░░░░ asking the public to ░░░░░░░░ at what they saw ░░░░░░░░ night during the debate ░░░░░░░░ we all saw it ░░░░░░░░ all saw the president ░░░░░░░░ he faltered how he ░░░░░░░░ how he zigzagged from ░░░░░░░░ about abortion to immigration ░░░░░░░░ it has set off ░░░░░░░░ serious alarm bells in ░░░░░░░░ Democratic Party but the ░░░░░░░░ now is what can ░░░░░░░░ do about it You ░░░░░░░░ 95 of the democratic ░░░░░░░░ that 4 000 are ░░░░░░░░ to President Biden He ░░░░░░░░ have to make the ░░░░░░░░ to step aside and ░░░░░░░░ it would set off ░░░░░░░░ really complicated and you ░░░░░░░░ just unprecedented situation at ░░░░░░░░ DNC this summer And ░░░░░░░░ know the president has ░░░░░░░░ he will debate in ░░░░░░░░ second debate But that ░░░░░░░░ still 11 weeks away ░░░░░░░░ so in that time ░░░░░░░░ they are going to ░░░░░░░░ to really work to ░░░░░░░░ that he is up ░░░░░░░░ the task.”