Former Vice President and 2020 presidential Democrat candidate Joe Biden stumbled during the fifth Democratic primary debate.
Considering his blunders from previous debates this year, Biden was doing fine for most of the debate but slipped badly toward the end of the contest.
Social media and Democrats noted his collapse.
In a bizarre response to a question about violence against women Biden said, “we have to keep punching at.”
BIDEN ON FIGHTING SEXUAL VIOLENCE TOWARD WOMEN:
“Keep punching at it, Keep punching at it” pic.twitter.com/YWh6bjpeH6
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 21, 2019
Biden’s bad night didn’t stop there.
When talking about black voters supporting his candidacy, Biden said he was endorsed by the “only African American woman ever elected to the Senate,” referring to the first black former female senator Carol Moseley Braun (D-IL), totally ignoring Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA).
As a competitor to Biden for the Democrat nomination, Harris was on the debate stage.
Biden claims he’s endorsed by the only African American woman elected to Senatehttps://t.co/jQfW2rESmk pic.twitter.com/2eJpvP9GBK
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 21, 2019
Democrat hosts and analysts criticized Biden for his debate performance.
MSNBC’s O'Donnell: Biden gaffe is a “gaffe unlike any other I’ve seen in a debate performance”https://t.co/OVOAqn07yS pic.twitter.com/ZQys7tuguN
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 21, 2019
In a devastating comment, former senior advisor to President Obama and CNN senior political commentator David Axelrod described Biden as “Mr. Magoo-ing his way through the evening.”
https://twitter.com/TCPigott/status/1197374852484796421?s=20
Biden’s bad debate outing is going to escalate concerns about his ability to get the Democratic presidential nomination and compete against President Trump next November.
