CNN’s ultra-liberal Van Jones couldn’t hide his disappointment with Joe Biden for his weak, lethargic and “painful” performance in his debate with Donald Trump.
Jones, a former special adviser to Barack Obama, has long been concerned about the president.
In January, Jones said Biden should stay out of the spotlight if he hopes to win the next election because “he doesn’t inspire confidence.”
Even last year, the left-wing commentator said that re-electing Biden would be like giving “grandpa a very stressful job for six more years.”
However, he appeared to have completely lost patience with the president after a performance that has his fellow Democrats in a panic.
CNN’s ultra-liberal Van Jones couldn’t hide his disappointment with Joe Biden for his weak, lethargic and “painful” performance in his debate with Donald Trump.
Jones said the moment Biden lost the debate came in “the first three minutes,” when Biden appeared weak and hoarse on camera.
“It was painful. I love Joe Biden, I worked with Joe Biden, he did not do well at all, he did not do well at all,” she said, adding that Biden lost the debate in the first three minutes.
Biden froze in the first 12 minutes of the debate, leaving Democrats panicking over the status of their nominee. It was a terrible start for the 81-year-old president, who needs to convince voters he is physically and mentally fit for a second term.
Jones called the debate “the old man versus the hustler” and tried to, as he put it, speak to his heart about a “good man, who loves his country, who’s doing the best he can.”
“He had a test tonight to restore the confidence of the country, of the base, and he failed.”
Jones said there is now a belief among Democrats that “they want to see him consider taking a different course now” and said the party had to “find a different way forward” in time for the August convention.
“There is time for this party to find a different way forward, if he allows us to do so, but that was not what we needed from Joe Biden and it is personally painful for a lot of people,” he continued.
“It’s not just panic, it’s pain for what we saw tonight.”
Jones, a former special adviser to Barack Obama, has long had concerns about the president.
Jones called the debate “the old man versus the hustler” on Trump (pictured) and tried, as he put it, to speak to the heart about a “good man, who loves his country, who is doing the best he can “.
Jones worked with Obama, but met with Trump during his presidency to discuss criminal justice initiatives.
It was a terrible start for the president, who needs to overcome voters’ concerns that he is too old for a second term.
The debate was a car crash for Joe Biden.
The 81-year-old sounded hoarse and repeatedly cleared his throat as he slurred his words, stuttered and repeatedly apologized as he struggled to make himself understood at multiple points. He is also said to be suffering from a cold.
In response to a question about Medicare, Biden had a hesitant, clumsy moment that will likely be repeated throughout the campaign: “We’ve been making sure we can make every person eligible, which I’ve been able to do with Covid, sorry , everything we have to do with… look… I finally beat Medicare…” he trailed off.
Moderator Jake Tapper stepped in, said “thank you,” and turned to Donald Trump to let him speak.
Trump immediately responded: “That’s right, he defeated Medicare, he destroyed it to death. And he is destroying Medicare.”
Another serious error occurred when he spoke about the number of billionaires in the United States and the situation on the border.
Trump repeatedly managed to forcefully counterattack the 81-year-old after his repeated turnovers.
The 81-year-old sounded hoarse and cleared his throat repeatedly as he mixed up his words, stuttering and repeatedly apologizing as he struggled to make himself understood at various points. It was reported that he also had a cold.
“I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said either,” the former president said at one point.
Biden struggled to make up ground after his surprising start.
He attempted to criticize Trump for the report in which the former president called dead American soldiers “stupid and losers” and for his felony conviction in New York.
But Biden has been using those lines of attack for months, and Trump was again ready for them, barely batting an eye as he waited to see Hunter Biden’s felony conviction and repeating that he was just the victim of a highly politicized persecution.