CNNs Laura Coates Find Solidarity With Biden Via On-Air Coughing Fit [Video]

Following a mediocre press conference by President Biden, CNN’s Laura Coates took to her eponymous show on Thursday night to applaud a brilliant answer where there was none, to complain of “elementary” questions regarding his health, and to make an example of her own live mishap, as an example that “that’s sometimes what happens.”

At the top of the hour, Coates began her segment, speaking about Biden’s conference and the critics he was facing. However, after her voice gave out, the host had this to say in solidarity with Biden:

[Cough] Hold on, excuse me. [Cough] Now see, if I were running for president right now and this happened to my voice, would you say that I was no longer qualified. If this were happening and I was a candidate for office, would I be completely inept? Would you judge me differently than every other anchor who may have sneezed …