Reporter Asks How Karine Jean-Pierre Is Confident Biden Will Still Be Able To Serve In A Few Years
During a White House press briefing on Tuesday, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about a second debate between President Biden & former President Donald Trump and Biden’s performance.
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00:00You mentioned that sometimes the candidates have a bad first debate. There's been a lot of discussion going around, and of course no decision yet, but maybe there isn't a second debate.
00:14So I'm going to be super careful, that's something for the campaign to respond to, but I do believe they did respond to this, and I do believe they have responded to this, and they said that there's going to be another debate, but that's something for them to speak to.
00:28I will just quote what President Obama stressed, right? Bad debate nights happen, trust me, I know, and then he praised President Biden's leadership and his agenda of fighting for the middle class or freedoms and the rule of law, and you heard the President speak to the rule of law just last night, and so certainly that will continue, but you've heard from a former President about this particular issue. Go ahead, Michael.
00:50I kind of knew you would say that, but he's not the only one. It has happened in the past. First debates for incumbents, you know, sometimes it's not their best.
01:05I know you've said a couple times that you want to turn the page. The issue, I think, the core issue here is that you can't turn the page on age. Aging decline is a one-way street. So at the end of the day, if these are the questions you're getting now, what are the questions you're going to be getting in two years or three years?
01:27I don't know if you have thoughts about two years, three years from now.
01:31How can you or anyone say that you have confidence that he can be in this job at that time?
01:39Look, here's what I would say to that. We are not turning the page on age. That's not what we're doing. We understand. We get that, right? The President said, I am not a young man. He said that. We get that. We understand how the American people feel.
01:55What we want to continue to do is deliver for the American people. That's what we want to see. That's what the President wants to do. And that's the turning of page. Let's continue on the successes, on the unprecedented successes that this President has had.
02:13And on issues that majority of Americans care about, health care, economy, those are things that they care about. Democracy, freedom, fighting for the rights for women to make decisions on their bodies. That's what the President wants to continue to do. That's the turning of the page. But we get it.
02:30Look, I'm not taking away from that. I don't want to do that. I do not want to walk off this podium and that's what you all think. We're not doing that. And the President doesn't want you all to do that. But he can do the job.