The progressive media outlet Politico sent a reporter to watch the nursing home debate, and senior citizens criticized Biden's poor performance.
You can't make this up. Look:
We sent a reporter to watch the debate from an assisted living facility in very green Maryland, and figured if any voters were going to be sympathetic to Biden on an age basis, they would.
It wasn't a good thing for the president. https://t.co/T4iJ8TSf64
— Sam Stein (@samstein) June 28, 2024
The Politico article is behind a paywall, but FOX News has some details.
Seniors Express Concerns About Biden Debate: 'Biden Won't Do Well': Report
Several seniors and residents of a shelter in Chevy Chase, Maryland, told Politico they felt uncomfortable with the appearance of President Biden's debate with former President Trump on Thursday night.
In a lengthy statement about the U.S. health care system, Biden declared during the debate: “We finally beat Medicare.”
Following the statement, 81-year-old Barbara Goldberg watched the event unfold “with her head in her hands” and repeated Biden’s words, Politico reported.
“Have we finally defeated Medicare?” She said.
“I don’t like to see [Biden’s] “I hate seeing Trump make mistakes, but I also hate seeing him do stupid, outrageous things,” Goldberg said.
“He’s in a rush and he doesn’t look at the camera most of the time,” Meg Maguire, 81, told Politico. Maguire visited the assisted living facility during Thursday night’s debate.
How is this real?
Haha …
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) June 28, 2024
The media very quickly went from “videos claiming to show a frail Biden are cheap fakes” to “sending reporters into nursing homes to see what they think of the president who has to live with them.” https://t.co/g07IdnwoQl
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) June 28, 2024
This might have been the funniest subplot from last night. Flying criminally without being caught by the radar https://t.co/E1AZfDHCmg
— Greg Parks (@Parksabouts) June 28, 2024
It's like something out of the Babylon Bee, but it actually happened.