
Axios senior media reporter Sara Fischer provided more details about President Biden’s upcoming interview with ABC and argued that it won’t be able to repair his image in the eyes of the public after what happened during last week’s debate.
Just the other day, Biden’s response to a rather bad performance he had in the CNN Presidential Debate had Democrats fearing for his odds against Trump this November.
Fischer argued that much more needs to be done to reassure voters, possibly a “televised event” like the one held by President Trump with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos after he tested positive for coronavirus.
“So one of the things that the president is trying to argue is ‘Don‘t look at this 90 minute debate. Look at my 3.5 years,'” Fischer said. “Well, the challenge also works on the flipside, if you don‘t want us to believe what we saw, then give us multiple examples of you being able to do a live, unscripted interview, so we can see that this was just a one-off, if that‘s what you claim.”
“So, the challenge that they now face is the ABC News interview isn‘t gonna be enough. They‘re going to have to show and demonstrate that he can do this, repeatedly, and by the way, in an unscripted format,” Fischer said. “I can‘t stress that enough.”
She pointed to a range of Biden appearances that also will not suffice to bolster his reputation among the American political class.
“You know, him doing rallies in Raleigh is not going to convince the American people that he‘s got a hold on this. Him doing press conferences where he has a teleprompter is not going to convince the American people,” she said. “He needs to be in an interview where he‘s being pressed live in a spontaneous moment, so people can see whether or not he can really be quick on his feet.”