there will be a non-zero number of people watching this who will come away from this believing that this might be true and you can lay it directly at tapper and bash’s feet
It's substance vs. style.
Trump is a firehose of lies and half-cooked ideas but he talks convincingly.
Biden has mostly been solid on style but he's talking fast, almost scripted, and stumbling. He simply can't effectively counter all of Trump's lies.
Right, he doesn't sound great, and he's been stuttering more than usual but if you look at the actual content he's a hell of a lot more rational than Trump!
Trump is literally spewing bullshit but he says it convincingly.
Biden would have benefited tonight from a less is more strategy I think. As he's gone on his answers have become a little tighter, which is why I think he's improved.
He was never going to be able to combat the firehose of Trump lies. But in the last 30 minutes or so he's landed some good punches back and made some concise policy arguments.
He's gotten better, but he hasn't done nearly enough to fight back against the misinformation from Trump imo. He's also just sounded tired and stumbled a lot. It's been rough. It is what it is I guess.
Almost impossible though! You just heard 10 lies from Trump. You have a minute to respond. How do you do that? There's maybe a handful of politicians who could do that. Biden has been better lately by picking 1 or 2 lies and punching back.
You can't, nor should you try to, rebut every lie. That makes it all about him & his agenda. Rebut 1 or 2, then make your own points.
He does sound sick; apparently he is, he has a cold.
Yup. I'm not in a position to criticize his comms team and strategy, but it seemed like he was reaching/struggling to hit the talking points he was prepped for.
