Biden responds to requires him to drop out
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Welcome to DailyMail.com’s live blog of the first 2024 presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
Democrats have been thrown into a full-blown panic after Biden repeatedly lost his train of thought, leading to behind-the-scenes calls for him to be replaced as the party’s nominee.
Follow all the action and reaction from our reporters in Atlanta on a monumental night.
Daily Mail’s devastating snap poll reveals how many independent voters think Joe needs to drop out after disastrous debate with Trump… who won the night by 36 POINTS
Biden dismisses calls for him to drop out of race
The key moments from the debate
Moment Biden freezes up trying to answer question just 12 minutes into the debate
Making sure that we’re able to make every single solitary person…eligible for what I’ve been able to do with..the…Covid…excuse me…dealing with everything we had to do with…look…if…we finally beat Medicare.
He’s right he did beat Medicare – he beat it to death.
Biden is greeted by supporters chanting ‘four more years’ in North Carolina
Biden: ‘There’s a lot of young women being raped by their in-laws’
Look, there are so many young women who have been, including a young woman who just was murdered, and he went to the funeral. And the idea that she was murdered by an immigrant coming in, to talk about that.
But here’s the deal. There’s a lot of young women are being raped by their in-laws, by their, by their spouses. Brothers and sisters, by — it’s just ridiculous.
And they can do nothing about it. And they try to arrest them and they cross state lines.
Former Obama advisor warns Republicans they are ‘in trouble’ if Joe ‘drops out’
Biden campaign says it had its best hour of fundraising to date after debate
Jon Stewart says Biden has ’25th Amendment resting face’
‘You are a child’: Biden hits back at Trump for saying he ‘can’t hit a ball 50 yards’
Van Jones reveals the moment Biden lost the debate with Trump as he admits ‘that was painful’ and urges Democrats to ‘consider a different course’
Trump arrives in Virginia for Friday rally
How the Democrats CAN replace Biden after his disaster debate peformance
Nikki Haley predicts Biden ‘will not be the Democrat nominee’ after his halting performance
Independent RFK Jr. called the debate a ‘depressing exhibition’
I think it was a depressing exhibition.
We have brilliant, brilliant people in this country, and great innovators and thinkers, and it was kind of — it’s just depressing to say this is, you know — is this really the best that we can come up with.
Doug Burgum says election is about Kamala Harris
President Trump has got the ability to probably win this election just by himself even without a VP. And the real VP. question I think, because it’s going to be coming up after tonight, is the choice that Joe Biden had four years ago about his VP. That’s going to play into this election.
J.D. Vance: ‘What will Biden look like in three years?’
This (debate) is important because Donald Trump showed that he actually has the talent and the energy to be President of the United States. What does that guy, meaning Joe Biden, look like in three years?
I don’t want to find out the answer to that question. What I saw in Donald Trump was a guy who can be president. He’s already done it successfully and I think that contrast was really, really bad for Joe Biden.
Jill Biden is guilty of ‘elder abuse’ for letting Joe Biden debate, Republican lawmaker claims
Border Patrol Union claps back at Biden after he claims he has their support
‘Are you going to get out of NATO?’
Former Democrat lawmaker says Joe Biden did not do the one thing he needed to
Exclusive: Sen. Lindsey Graham advises Democrats to ‘find a new candidate’
I think the electoral shift is noticeable. No reasonable person can say that this was a good night for President Biden… What I got out of this tonight, was that we have a person who is compromised in the most important job in the world, at a time when the world literally is on fire.
I’m not going to tell the Democrats what to do about the 2024 election. Again, I’m just unnerved. I don’t know how to express the concern I have for the next four months. I think the election took a big shift toward Trump tonight.
If the Democrats want to make the 2024 election more competitive, they would probably be well served to find a new candidate after tonight. I’ll leave that up to them.
Trump niece Mary appears for Biden campaign following debate
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The stumbling silences and bizarre answers that could have killed Biden’s reelection hopes during car crash debate with Trump
Kamala Harris concedes Joe Biden had a ‘slow start’ in first presidential debate with Donald Trump
Trump advisor Jason Miller demurs on whether a Trump v. Biden golf match could happen
Donald Trump allies crow about the debate minutes after its conclusion: Campaign says he ‘fired’ Biden tonight
I think it was the greatest lopsided debate win in American political history. There’s no question that Joe Biden demonstrated to the American public and to the world how weak and how much of a failure he really is.
They’re running out of time. I mean, their convention is coming up. Our convention is coming up in just a few weeks. Theirs is going to be right behind it. They do have a process. President Biden is their nominee.
So I think that they need to understand going forward, how they’re going to try and run that campaign, but I will just say on our side, it’s not about President Biden’s weakness only … And if they were to substitute Joe Biden now, we will run the exact same campaign because it is based on American strength and what we’re going to do to go forward and lead the world.
Democrats in full-blown panic over feeble Biden’s disaster debate stoking chatter about replacing him on the ticket
Vice President Harris on Biden’s debate: yes there was a slow start, but there was a strong finish
Sen. Tim Scott reacts first to DailyMail.com about getting a shoutout by name from Trump at debate
Were the only Democrats who think Biden did well DRUNK? Joe Biden takes victory lap at Atlanta watch party
Exclusive:It’s too late to replace Biden with another Democrat in 2024, insists Rep. Matt Gaetz
I got text messages from friends of mine in the House who are Democrats concerned that they might lose 20 or 30 seats in the House as a consequence of Joe Biden’s performance.
What you’re going to see in the coming days is a growing chorus of people calling on Joe Biden to reconsider his candidacy. But the Democrats are stuck with him. The time for that is passed. They are a ridin’ with Biden.
I figure every time Kamla Harris shakes Biden’s hand she’s going to be checking his pulse from now until the Convention – and we’ll see how that goes.
Governor Gavin Newsom: I would never turn my back on President Biden
Biden’s former communications director slams Joe, saying he gave a ‘disappointing debate performance’
Lara Trump says she feels ‘a little bit sad’ for Biden following his debate performance
Melania Trump is a no-show
Senior Democratic figures ‘having conversations’ about ‘should we ask the president to step aside’
Right now as we speak there is a deep, a wide, and a very aggressive panic in the Democratic party. It started moments into the debate and it continues right now. It involves strategists, party officials and fundraisers, and they are having conversations about the president’s performance, which they think was dismal.
They’re having conversations about what they should do about it. Some of those conversations involve should we go to the White House and ask the president to step aside. Others are about should prominent Democrats go public with that call, because this debate was so terrible.
Trump brags that he ‘aced’ cognitive tests
Obama’s top adviser: There is a ‘sense of shock’ about Biden’s performance
Joe Biden stumbles through closing statement
He wants to get away with – get rid of the ability of medicare to – for the ability – for us to be able to negotiate a drug price with the Big Pharma companies. Well guess what – we got, we got it down to 15 – excuse me – $35 for insilun instead of $400.
Donald Trump hits Biden for calling black Americans ‘super predators’
Biden to Trump: ‘You’re such a whiner’
‘Let’s not act like children’ Trump demands after argument over golf handicap with Biden
I had a six handicap when I was VP.
No he didn’t… Let’s not act like children.’
You are a child.
Democratic strategist: Would be ‘malpractice’ if there aren’t ‘high-level’ conversations about Biden’s concerning performance
CNN cut away for the second and final commercial break of the evening – closing remarks are expected next
Trump and Biden argue over golf after ex-president is asked about concerns about his age
Trump and Biden address US opioid epidemic
Trump says debate with Biden is ‘waste of time’
This guy hasn’t fired anybody. He should have fired every military man that was involved with that Afghanistan horror show, the most embarrassing moment in the history of our country. He didn’t find did you fire anybody? Did you fire anybody that’s on the border that’s allowed us at the worst order in the history of the world?
Our country is being destroyed as you and I sit up here and waste a lot of time on this debate. This shouldn’t be a debate. He’s the worst president in the history of our country. He’s destroyed our country.
Trump charges Biden has become ‘like a Palestinian’ and doesn’t want Israel to ‘finish the job’
‘We had H20’: Trump brags on climate question
GOP strategist says Biden weak presentation next to Trump is ‘jarring’
Biden has a cold
CNN host says Democrats are ‘nearly beside themselves’ watching Biden contrasted with Trump
‘Trump is besting Biden’ claims public opinion expert
In performance and presentation alone, Trump seems to be besting Biden – especially when the former president maintains an even temper and stays away from blatant attacks, making him potentially appealing to those coveted swing voters.
The lack of audience and overlapping conversation also harshly highlight the stark differences in energy and coherence between the two candidates.
Biden to Trump: ‘You have the morals of an alley cat’
How much do you owe for molesting a woman in public? Having sex with a porn star while your wife was pregnant… just, what are you talking about?
You have the morals of an alley cat.
CNN cuts to a commercial break halfway through debate
The debate could be ‘most decisive in history’ says political expert
The contrast between Biden and Trump in all the qualities that matter is stunning and indisputable.
Trump is laser-focused, accurate, and advocating for the conservative policies America needs.
Biden is an absolute disaster; he cannot defend his failed liberal policies and he can barely complete a coherent sentence. Trump is dominating, plain and simple.
Trump goes after Nancy Pelosi when pressed on whether he is responsible for the January 6 riot
‘I didn’t have sex with a porn star’ says Trump
Biden calls Trump a ‘convicted felon’ during clash over January 6
Trump claims The Atlantic ‘made up’ him calling WWI veterans ‘losers’ just like ex-intel officials ‘made up’ the Hunter laptop being Russian disinfo
Trump: On January 6, we were respected all over the world
Trump’s labels job gains under Biden ‘bounce back jobs’
Public opinion expert: Biden ‘failing to embody vibrancy’, Trump keeping ‘temper in check’
Persona and demeanor play incredibly important roles here, given how early we still technically are in the race and the number of undecided and/or disgruntled voters out there. Biden is failing to embody the vibrancy he had during his SOTU a few months back, while Trump has mostly kept his usual temper in check.
Trump is also astutely courting swing voters with scare tactics on immigration and even some concessions on reproductive rights that may play well with undecided moderates.
Democratic strategist: ‘Biden sounds and looks terrible’
Biden cleared his throat during his first debate answer, but his voice gained strength later
Biden is off to a terrible start: His raspy voice comes to a halt as he loses his train of thought
I really don’t know what he said at the end of their sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said either.
Biden’s early debate performance cues calls for him to be replaced and even for the 25th Amendment to be invoked
Biden says he’s the only president in modern history that ‘doesn’t have any troops dying’
‘I really don’t know what he just said:’ Trump slams Biden’s bumbling response on border security
Why Biden should keep the conversation on abortion
Biden and Trump go head-to-head on abortion rights
Biden appeared to try to respond to Trump but his mic was muted
CNN debate opens with Biden and Trump defending their economic records
What I’m going to do is fix the tax system. For example, we have a thousand trillionaires in America – I mean billionaires in America. And what’s happening? They’re in a situation where they in fact pay 8.2 percent in taxes. If they just paid 24 percent, 25 percent – either of those numbers – they’d raise $500 million – billion.
Everything was rocking good but the thing we never got the credit for – and we should have – is getting inside of that COVID mess.
Biden’s first answer reveals his strategy
We got to take a look at what I was left when I became president, what Mr Trump left me. We had an economy that was in free fall. The pandemic was so badly handled, many people were dying.
A reminder of the rules for the debate
Breaking: Biden and Trump take stage for first presidential debate
Melania Mystery Continues
Biden mocks Trump’s allegation he’ll take performance enhancers ahead of debate
‘I don’t know what they’ve got in these performance enhancers, but I’m feeling pretty jacked up. Try it yourselves, folks,’ he wrote on his X account.
‘The secret to a good debate performance? Staying hydrated. Get yourself the same performance enhancers Joe Biden took before going on stage. 100% water, 0% malarkey,’ the description reads.
Pro-Palestine protestors outside CNN debate shout ‘Joe Biden is a murderer’
How Biden was hit with what could be his most damning swing state poll yet before the debate
A gathering of Trump VP contenders
Newsom says clip of Biden freezing onstage at LA fundraiser was ‘weaponized’ and the president had ‘barely slept’ right before
So the weaponization of these clips, it was ridiculous.
That’s for hours and hours on the photo line with President Obama. He had just found back from the G7…he had barely slept. No one could have kept that schedule.
He did a wonderful job in private with all the donors, with surrogates, did an amazing job on stage.
Supporters of Trump and Biden make themselves heard in Atlanta
Trump supporters line up along the highway to greet the former president
Pro-Palestinian protests erupt outside the CNN debate venue
Where is RFK Jr. tonight?
Biden uses debate lead up to rake in record amount of campaign cash
Anything short of a ‘game-changing moment’ is a loss for Biden, GOP strategist warns ahead of debate
Ex-Obama adviser predicts Biden will LOSE in 2024 if he spends first debate bragging about his record
I actually admire the president’s record, but if he spends the whole night extolling his own record and it doesn’t take the case to Trump, he will lose this debate and he may lose this election.
Joe Biden’s popularity at lowest ebb in 17 years
Muted mics could hurt Biden by protecting Trump from his own worst impulses
Will the candidates shake hands before debate?
Joe Biden is not the legitimate president of the United States. You should only shake hands with the legitimate president of the United States. He’s not it.
Jill Biden reassures top donors ‘Joe’s ready to go’
Biden has had a huge ad advantage leading up to the first debate of the 2024 general election
Chris Wallace says he’d be open to moderating a future debate after refereeing 2020 chaotic Cleveland showdown
Exclusive: Gov. Gavin Newsom shoots down rumors he could fill-in for Biden on 2024 Democratic ticket in interview with DailyMail.com
It’s a non sequitur. I don’t even understand the context of that. This is a President of the United States running for reelection. He’s our guy.
And that’s part of the diversion tactic of the right – to continue to sort of muddy the waters on all of that and that nonsensical speculation. It’s just like the absurdity of who’s going to get an injection shot. I mean this is farcical.
It’s serious stuff – democracy, freedom, liberty, rights. And to see it trivialized as we’re trivializing it even having these conversations is really distressing to me as an American citizen, not just as a Democrat.
James Carville suggests ‘zinger’ for Biden to bat away age issue
It’s no doubt that I’ll be 82. By the way, I want to wish my opponent Happy Birthday. He recently made 78!
There are certain rules that they always forget. The camera is always f***ing on you. Don’t grimace, don’t wince, don’t shake your head.
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