Biden’s latest attempt to convince everyone he has what it takes to stay in the race will air at 6:30 PM Eastern / 3:30 PM Pacific.

More on where and how to watch here:

https://apnews.com/article/how-to-watch-biden-press-conference-a70590e7574fc9680229b6b6289f6a02

My expectation is that it will be on all the usual sources. CNN, MSNBC, etc. etc. with in depth coverage on the talking head shows later tonight.

Edit Conference is running 20+ 50+ minutes late after already being pushed back 1 hour from 5:30 to 6:30.

Not sure if that’s good news or bad news.

Here we go! 58 minutes late, but he’s on a roll talking about NATO.

Oh, snap! Reminding everyone that Article 5 has only been used once… 9/11.

Speech ran less than 10 minutes, but was a strong speech, now the questions.

Fumbles on the first answer, calling out “Vice President Trump”. :(

Ended after almost an hour with one final question on “Vice President Trump” - Biden’s answer “Listen to him.” End conference.

Overall, I’m pretty happy with how it went!

  • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    The guy asking the first question flubbed some words. And had his facts wrong about the UAW. Maybe he’s crazy and shouldn’t be a journalist?

    I want to see a top story on this on every website: Reuters-guy-gate

  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Jesus, Joe. That last statement you gave the Republicans the sound bite for the ages:

    “Listen to him.”

    Fucking dumbass. Dumb dumb dumb dumb.

    • HomerianSymphony@lemmy.world
      01·
      4 months ago

      “Listen to him.”

      He meant “If you think I sound incoherent sometimes, you should listen to how bad he (Trump) sounds.”

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPM
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    4 months ago

    I really want to see Biden as the last man standing… let the conference run 3 hours.

    “C’mon, man! Ask me your questions! Ohhhh are you all getting ‘too tired’? Do you need to go home for naps?”

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      It was all teleprompter then “vp trump”.

      The next question was asking about that. But didn’t mention vo trump?

      I think they had to get them approved. And Biden isn’t mentioning it in his answer

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPM
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    4 months ago

    The #1 thing I was looking for is Biden’s face when someone is talking to him.

    During the debate and the interview with Stephanopoulos, he had this vacant, slack jawed look like he didn’t know where he was or what was going on.

    So far, he has completely avoided that. He looks active and engaged.

    • pjwestin@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Not a great sign that this praise sounds like the doctor’s notes from my toddler’s last check-up.

          • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
            01·
            4 months ago

            Yep. Like when Biden ordered every federal agency back to the office

            For pretty much no reason. He just thought he knew better than every agency head and apparently this was what he wanted to actually put effort behind.

            It’s weird, one of the few things he really did on his own, and it never gets brought up

    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      During the debate and the interview with Stephanopoulos, he had this vacant, slack jawed look like he didn’t know where he was or what was going on.

      Its a much better performance. Can it move the needle though?

      Its not us, the wonk’s of the wonk’s who need to be moved. Its Average Voter who needs to be moved. Biden needs big W’s to get back in this, not slightly smaller L’s. Also, he called Zelnzkiy Putin, and Kamela Harris with Trump, thats whats trending at the moment. Gonna be much harder to get “industrial policy regarding defensive capabilities” trending.

      Is this enough?

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      4 months ago

      fewest news conferences since Ronald Reagan

      Weird…

      I wonder what else we find out Joe and Ronnie had in common…

      Edit:

      Right before he came out, they said first in 8 months.

      Also, Biden just fucking ran out there and immediately went off on a speech…

      I’ve never seen man’s walk that fast in my life.

  • The dogspaw @midwest.socialEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Biden looked ok he made joke got mad about gun violence took shots at trump still needs to do more but this is a decent first step to show he can actually win

    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
      01·
      4 months ago

      Sound bytes are that first fumble, and the final fumble.

      Had he just not taken that last question… this would have been a lower case w for Biden. That last question. It sunk the whole thing.

  • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Media is seething rn. They wanted Biden to break down and start sobbing on stage. He basically told them they were stupid for running a major story about a minor flub this afternoon.

    They are mad that Biden turned their accusations into a boring press conference about NATO and his accomplishments.

    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
      01·
      4 months ago

      Its not a L like his interview or his debate. Its also not a W, its… questions about industrial policy and NATO.

      It looks like he’s having a good day. But can it resolve issues around Biden on a bad day?

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    He did alright. Alright isn’t enough. He needed a homerun to unfuck this, and he hit a single. I think from here on out, Biden is a detriment to the party ticket. If he stays in, our fight becomes much harder.

    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      He did alright. Alright isn’t enough. He needed a homerun to unfuck this, and he hit a single. I think from here on out, Biden is a detriment to the party ticket. If he stays in, our fight becomes much harder.

      I would have agreed with that analogy up until that last question. He seems to have this thing about not knowing when to quit…

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    This is like, actually the worst answer he’s given in the conference. Like, dude, you are polling in the 30s. Don’t bring up the polling if you are trying to make your case. Whatever you do pretend the polling doesn’t exist.

    Biden: No ones saying that.

    Bruh. Everyones saying that. Fuck he fumbled ENTIRELY on the final question. That went from minor win/ good to… fucking disaster in that last minute.

      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Yeah I had it as a slight win even with the first couple major gaffes.

        It doesn’t matter that he had several good, if spoken slowly, cogent answers on Ukraine, Europe, defensive production and budget, etc…

        That last question: “Talk to him” and “The campaign hasn’t started”.

        Bruh.

        BRUH

        That puts more weight on the first few gaffes. Like jesus christ dude just take the fucking W and walk off the god damned stage.