President Biden faced intense scrutiny for his “old” appearance and “weak” sounding voice throughout Thursday’s CNN Presidential Debate.
Various media figures, conservative commentators and politicians took to social media throughout the event, describing Biden’s state as “deeply alarming” and “embarrassing.”
“Biden looks old. Halting. He just lost his train of thought. His voice is weak. Bad bad bad,” former CNN commentator Chris Cilizza wrote on X, while conservative commentator Clay Travis wrote, “Joe Biden looks like he might die on stage tonight. He’s way worse than I thought he would be. Holy crap.”
“It’s deeply alarming that Joe Biden needs to be secluded for seven days so he can speak coherently for 90 minutes,” wrote Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton.
“Remember, Joe Biden set the rules for this debate. He then spent a full week preparing. …