Julian Epstein discussed on Friday President Joe Biden’s performance during this week’s presidential debate against Donald Trump.
Democratic strategist Julian Epstein said on Friday that the Democratic Party has two problems amid this year’s election after President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump’s debated each other earlier this week.
Trump and Biden became their respective party’s presumptive 2024 presidential candidates earlier this year following a string of primary victories, likely setting up a rematch of the fiercely contested 2020 election. On Thursday, the two participated in the first presidential debate of this year’s election cycle, which was hosted by CNN in Georgia.
As Biden and Trump sparred over key issues during the debate, both faced high stakes, with polls suggesting many voters are unhappy with their choices ahead of the election. In addition, Biden, 81, and Trump, 78, have faced concerns about their age. However, Biden failed to quell those concerns during the debate after he appeared to lose his train of thought at times and stumble in his responses. The president’s debate performance has led some members of the Democratic Party to consider replacing him as its nominee, however, there is no indication of who would be proposed as a candidate and Biden’s campaign has not signaled stepping down.
In an appearance on Fox News with host Brian Kilmeade, Epstein, who previously served as Democratic chief counsel to the House Judiciary Committee, discussed Biden and the current state of the Democratic Party.
“The party has two problems right now, one is that 70 or 80 percent of voters think that Biden should not be running for president for the reasons everyone saw last night. The fact that it is a surprise to the elites, is what the surprise is because they are so disconnected from where the sort of average everyday common sense voter is”, Epstein said on Friday.
