Biden flubs lines, meanders and makes excruciating gaffe in 'big boy' press conference with help from a teleprompter and a cheat sheet of reporters that leaves him fighting for his political life President Joe Biden appeared for a survive-or-die press conference Thursday He did enough to fight another day despite flubbed lines and a raspy voice READ MORE: Follow all the days developments with our politics live blog By Rob Crilly, Chief U.S. Political Correspondent For Dailymail.
Com At The Nato Summit Published: 02:43, 12 July 2024 | Updated: 03:11, 12 July 2024 e-mail 24 View comments This is what a 'big boy' press conference looks like: Two teleprompt screens, a list of vetted journalists and press aides with microphones, ready to silence tricky questions. The White House had leaned into the term, first used by a reporter, to signify that President Joe Biden would offer a no-holds-barred demonstration of his ability to parry tough questions. Yet even with the guard rails of screens, fussing aides and an opening statement, Biden struggled at times with a raspy throat, botched lines and meandering answers.
He was asked whether Kamala Harris could beat Donald Trump if she was top of the ticket, and answered in excruciating fashion. 'Look, I wouldn't have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president if I didn't think she was not qualified to be vice president,' he said, triggering a Republican meme avalanche, with mashups of Harris and Trump appearing rapidly online. Preside.
