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Coverage dated July 2, 2024

Biden's evolving reasons for his bad debate: A cold, too much prep, not feeling great and jet lag

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President Joe Biden has plenty of explanations for his terrible performance in last week’s presidential debate. None of them have done much to assuage Democrats’ concerns about Donald Trump returning to the White House. During the debate, his campaign said he had a cold.

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  1. Independent Journal Review

    Biden Blames Poor Debate Performance on Jet Lag (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    President Joe Biden said his dismissal performance at the presidential debate was due to one thing — jet lag. Biden

  2. KOB 4

    Biden's evolving reasons for his bad debate: A cold, too much prep, not feeling great and jet lag (opens KOB 4)

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    KOB 4's feed description

    President Joe Biden has plenty of explanations for his terrible performance in last week’s presidential debate. None of them have done much to assuage Democrats’ concerns about Donald Trump returning to the White House. During the debate, his campaign said he had a cold.

  3. Insider

    Biden and the Democrats can't decide what to blame the disastrous debate on (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    First a cold, then bad prep, and now jet lag. Here's a list of all the reasons that Democrats have given to explain Biden's bad debate performance.

  4. Breitbart News

    Biden Blames Debate Performance on Foreign Travel (opens Breitbart News)

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    President Joe Biden blamed his performance at the presidential debate Thursday on his travel schedule a week before the debate.

  5. Deseret News

    White House blames jet lag, busy schedule for Biden’s debate performance (opens Deseret News)

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    Deseret News's feed description

    White House blames jet lag, busy schedule for Biden’s debate performance

  6. Washington Times

    Shifting claims: Biden blames bad debate performance on international travel (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    President Biden used a private fundraiser on Tuesday evening to blame his disastrous debate performance on the amount of international traveling he did in June.

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