Stephanopoulos asks again if he's had more lapses in the last six months. If he's frail. Biden keeps telling him it's not true. Says his doctor told him after the debate that he was exhausted.
"Have you had a full neurological and cognitive evaluation?"
Biden lists all the tests he's had.
"No one said I had to, I'm good."
(Biden's voice is a bit hoarse. Perhaps this is after the Madison rally.)
Stephanopoulos asks how he can convince people he will be capable for his second term. Biden lists yet again all his accomplishments, including international relations.
"Do you have the mental and physical capacity to do this for another four years?"
"I wouldn't be running if I didn't think I could."
Stephanopoulos says "you're falling further behind." Biden replies that polling isn't as reliable as it used to be, which Stephanopoulos acknowledges, but notes polls in battleground states. "I carried a lot of Democrats the last time I ran in 2020." Also recalls the so-called "red wave" in 2022 that never materialized.
Biden says the "discontent" is coming from the press, not Democrats. Says that Schumer, Jeffries, Pelosi support him; they talk all the time, they've never expressed any concern.
Stephanopoulos keeps throwing hypotheticals at him; Biden finally has enough and says "I'm not going to answer that."
Overall, I thought Biden did a solid job. Stephanopoulos did all he could to trip him up, but he didn't.
Biden kept coming back to his accomplishments and his intimate friendships with world leaders. Trump doesn't have that.
Stephanopoulos kept coming back to, "You're old." Biden kept coming back to his track record, what he stands for, and what Trump represents. That's it in a nutshell.
