House Democrats agree Biden had a ‘bad night’ but cannot be replaced, urging people to vote for the aides who ‘will help govern’

The usually united Democrats in the House of Representatives got their biggest breakthrough yet from the president in a painful re-examination of Joe Biden’s performance during Thursday night’s debate.

Nearly everyone agreed that Biden had a “bad night.”

“He’s a great president, he got off to a bad start,” said former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “Integrity versus dishonesty on the worst night comes to the fore.”

Other liberal lawmakers were more candid about their disappointment with the president’s performance.

“I think we all know it wasn’t what we wanted,” said Progressive Caucus co-chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash. “He had a bad night.”

“But he is the president, along with the Democrats, who has made the biggest investment in addressing climate change,” she added.

Some are in total panic, fearing that Biden lost the election to himself in those fateful ninety minutes and wondering whether it would be possible to replace him.

“It’s fancy dance thinking to talk about other people,” Jayapal said. ‘He is our candidate. He is our president.’

Rep. Ro Khanna (California Democrat), one of Biden’s top deputies, said he will ask voters to vote for the people in the president’s inner circle who are pulling the strings.

“We have a great team of people who will help govern. That is what I will continue to be committed to.”

“He had a bad night. He’s a good person. He’s got a great record,” said Rep. Steny Hoyer, the longtime House Democratic leader and a friend of Biden’s. “Some of us have bad nights sometimes.”

Rep. Angie Craig, a vulnerable Democrat from Minnesota, called it a “terrible debate” and said Biden “couldn’t communicate.” Asked if he should step aside, she said she was going home to Minnesota to discuss it with voters.

‘Did Joe Biden have a bad night? In my opinion? Yes, absolutely,” said Democratic State Rep. Gregory Meeks.

He said Biden needs to do damage control.

“He needs to get out there and talk to the American people, answer the questions that need to be answered and not get defensive,” Meeks said. “Hold town hall meetings, even talk to you in the press, and then talk to you directly, answer all the tough questions. Don’t run from them.”

Nearly everyone agreed that Biden had a “bad night.” “He’s a great president, but he got off to a bad start,” said former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. ‘Integrity versus dishonesty on its worst night shines’

Democrats unimpressed by Biden’s performance in debates

“I thought the debate last night had a number of shortcomings,” said Rep. Jim Clyburn, the influential Democrat who helped Biden win the Democratic nomination in 2020.

“How many times has infrastructure been brought up? … it’s never been brought up,” the South Carolina lawmaker continued. “I think he’s got a great record. I just think he needs to share that record with the public.”

The president had a slow start to his appearance, coming out in a soft, hoarse voice. His team insisted he was recovering from a cold.

He then launched into a series of incomprehensible rants, including one in which he talked about defeating Medicare.

“We could wipe out (Trump’s) debt,” Biden said. “We could help make sure that all those things that we need to do: child care, elder care, make sure that we continue to strengthen our health care system.”

“Making sure that we can get every single person eligible for what I’ve been able to do with the…with COVID, excuse me, with um, with everything that we have to take care of, um…” he continued. “Look, if we finally beat Medicare….”

At one point, Trump mocked Biden’s confusing answer to a question about immigration.

‘What’s happened since I changed the law? “I turned it around in a way that now you’re in a situation where 40 percent fewer people are crossing the border illegally, it’s better than when (Trump) resigned,” the president said.

“And I’m going to continue doing it until we get a total ban on … the total initiative as to what we’re going to do with more border patrol and more asylum workers.”

Trump responded with the following: “I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said either.’

And in a moment on abortion, Biden left viewers stunned when he said Roe v. Wade had “three trimesters.”

“I supported Roe v Wade, which had three trimesters. The first trimester is between a woman and a doctor. The second trimester is between the doctor and an extreme situation. And the third trimester is between the doctor — I mean, it would be between the woman and the state,” Biden said. “The idea that the politicians — that the Founding Fathers wanted the politicians to be the ones making decisions about women’s health is ridiculous. That’s the last — no politician should be making that decision.”

He continued, “A doctor should be making these decisions. That’s how it should be run. That’s what you’re going to do.’

Roe v. Wade legalized abortion up to 20 weeks. It was overturned two years ago.