Biden refuses cognitive test, denies poll slump in ABC interview

https://www.axios.com/2024/07/06/abc-biden-cognitive-test-denies-polls

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  1. There’s only one reason why you would refuse to do a full cognitive test.

  2. Why out of all people does Biden have to be one of the most stubborn, selfish, and delusional people on the planet at this pivotal time?

  3. This man went from lovable grandpa to insufferable selfish prick in a week. STEP DOWN

  5. He came off as really in denial and arrogant in the interview to me

  6. >Refuses cognitive test

    >Mentions the Almighty as the only force capable of stopping him.

    This is just ego and hubris at this point.

  7. If this interview was meant to help him, it didn’t work.

    He came across as an old, arrogant condescending person

  8. When he tells us with a straight face that he has not become more frail, despite it being blatantly obvious to everyone watching, he loses all credibility.

  9. George Stephanopoulos asked good, tough questions.

    Biden just didn’t do that great and some of his answers were unfortunate.

    He is denying polls, he’s surrounded by people who are telling him to stay in the race and that everything will be ok, and then that comment along the lines of “god would have to tell him not to run” was just bad.

    This interview only sealed his fate with the American public, but unfortunately, he seems in total denial and defiant of what other Dems are saying.

    This is going to be painful.

  10. If we take him at his word, he’s not stepping down despite it being obvious that he’s not fit to be president for the next 4 years.

    His legacy is becoming clear now. He’s on the verge of destroying his party and that’s all people will remember.

  11. Well, it’s time to quietly take his car keys and tell him the unfortunate news that his car was stolen.

  12. “They aren’t booing, they’re saying “Booo-urns”‘ energy right here

  13. Biden is Mr. Burns after spitting out the three-eyed fish at this point.

  14. I think the question of a cognitive test is a moot point. Even if he did take it and pass with flyer colors, it would not quell the worry over whether he can beat Trump.

    This is about appearances and Biden’s affectation standing head to head against Trump.

    This looks really bad.

  16. >Mr. President, I’ve never seen a president with a 36% approval rating get reelected.

    >Well I don’t believe that’s my approval rating, that’s not what our polls show.

    It’s the last days of the Biden administration and Jill is lying to his face while Hunter guards the door to the residence from other members of *his own party*, equipped with nothing but a White House bathrobe and two pistols. Basically everything he said about polling is nonsense cope and the extent to which the polls were “wrong” in recent Presidential elections is that they underestimated Trump both times he was on the ballot.

    He also claimed he was down in the polls in 2020 which is a *complete* lie. As I said, he was ahead by a fair margin in popular vote polling averages (more than Hillary was in 2016) and ended up with a noticeably smaller margin (538’s popular vote average was +8 Biden and the final result was around +4.5 Biden, in 2016 Hillary was at +4 and actually got +2). People love to shit on 538 and Nate Silver but I remember in 2016 he was giving Trump a ~30% chance of winning (alarmingly high) while everyone else was giving him ~1%. It got to the point that people (including one of his competitors, can’t remember if it was PEC or someone else) were accusing him of artificially inflating Trump’s chances to drive more clicks to his site. He talked before the election about how Trump’s path to victory would rely in a collapse in Hillary support in the upper midwest, which is *exactly* what happened.

    Dismissing polling (especially in aggregate) continues to be very stupid, but Biden is doing worse than that: believing the numbers, but the numbers are imaginary.

    The question immediately after that exchange is also concerning:

    > And if you stay in, and Trump is elected, and everything you’re warning about comes to pass, how will you feel in January?

    > I’ll feel as long as I gave it my all, and I did the goodest job as I know I can do, that’s what this is about.

  17. All the polls are fake, apparently. I seem to remember someone else who claimed everything was “fake news” when he didn’t like it.

  18. Watching Biden deny that he’s down in the polls and claim that he hasn’t lost a step in 4 years in the same breath as calling Trump a pathological liar was something else. There’s still a significant portion of people buying into this shit and it’s terrifying

  19. *Hillary Clinton: Why aren’t I 50 points ahead of Trump?*

  20. I’m mad at the Democratic Party lawmakers and other leaders that don’t speak up. I can accept that one person loses sight of reality. But I can’t accept that the entire party is so feckless, except a handful of brave ones that spoke up.

  21. There were moments when he looked profoundly sad. I think he truly believes everything he says, even though it’s clearly denial. I think he is offended and hurt by the pressure to step aside, and feels bewildered that no one seems to care about his very real accomplishments, honorable character and vision.

    If you’re this old and this far into decline, I can have empathy for how difficult it must be to face reality. No one feels as old as they are, and no one wants to let go of their dreams and their agency in their own life. I feel deeply sad for him.

    BUT it’s maddening to the point of desperation and anguish that we will all be brought helplessly to ruin by the situation we’re put in now, where the only person who can right the ship is clutching the steering wheel in his sleep while a capable rescue crew is turned away. Something must be done, immediately.

  22. I do think Biden can do the job but clearly many have lost confidence. The polls shouldn’t even be close with a guy like trump. If there is a better candidate then get him up there, If not, then say it and get behind Biden and stop fucking around with the future of this country.

  23. “[I]f the Lord Almighty comes down and tells me [to stand down], I might do that.”

    We all laugh at people who think God chose Trump, but our President is out here like, “Well, God didn’t say stop, so…”

    What the fuck. I’m not suggesting President Biden thinks he’s the chosen one, but acting like “The *Not* *Not* Chosen One” is just disappointing.

  24. The cognitive test request is a loaded ask. The results wouldn’t convince anybody of anything, people would simply accept or reject the outcome based on their narrative.

  25. You’re not just voting for biden or trump. You’re voting for the hundreds if not thousands of appointees who do all of the work in the background. Trump appointed the absolute worst of the worst and his intuition was dead wrong every time.

  26. Biden’ antics the last week have been a great gift to MAGA land and right-wing media.

    They’re giddy with the endless gift of being proven “right all along”.

  27. Dude has successfully made all of the discourse focus on how old and out of touch he is, shifting attention away from Trump being a rapist, fascist, racist, traitorous, felonious shitbag.

    Trump is the worst candidate ever, how can the Democrats not be able to beat him?!

  28. I’m losing confidence in Biden, but I’ll sooner vote for his corpse than standby and letting the SC and Trump have their way.

  29. Maybe a cognitive test will be the October surprise.

  30. Just like the debate: I’m not happy, but it changes nothing. If he’s the nominee, nobody’s vote will change.

  31. Big “Grandpa refuses to give up car keys” energy from Biden.

  32. Just fucking lie about it, nobody seems to give a shit if the other guy does it

  33. We live in a simulation and someone has cranked up the “malarkey” dial. This nonsense is baked into our reality. Nothing else makes any sense at how we seem more and more screwed at every juncture.

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