Following his disaster of a debate performance on CNN last week, Joe Biden is going to sit for an interview with former Bill Clinton staffer George Stephanopoulos, who is now the political director of ABC News for some reason.
The last time we checked in on Stephanopoulos, he was offering CNN advice on how to ‘get’ Trump in the debate. Now he is doing clean-up duty for Joe Biden.
FOX News reports:
Biden to grant first post-debate interview to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos FridayPresident Biden will be granting his first post-debate interview to ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, the network announced Tuesday.According to ABC News, a “first look” from the interview, set to be recorded Friday, will air on that night’s edition of “World News Tonight,” with other segments airing on Saturday and Sunday’s broadcasts of “Good Morning America.” The “extended interview” will air on Sunday’s installment of “This Week” as well as Monday’s “Good Morning America.”Fox News Digital asked ABC News whether a full unedited transcript of the interview would be released and whether Stephanopoulos would comment to viewers on Biden’s demeanor both on and off the camera. ABC News did not immediately respond.Stephanopoulos joins a small group of journalists who have clinched the rare second interview with Biden, who has granted far fewer interviews in comparison to his predecessors.The ABC News anchor previously sat down with Biden for his first interview following the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.
Why do you suppose Stephanopoulos was chosen for this task? It’s a real mystery, isn’t it?
Townhall editor and FOX News contributor Guy Benson is taking a different view of this.
The text of that last tweet is here:
What they may be setting up (whether they execute it is another story):1) George S bleeds POTUS in Friday interview2) Dem/media hive mind goes to work, harshly scrutinizing Biden’s performance like @RNCResearch has been doing for years3) Dam breaks with coordinated calls for withdrawal4) Biden finally agrees to step aside (this is still a — or THE — big X factor)5) No choice but Kamala, with new running mate to balance ticket6) *Extraordinary* PR blitz from Dem/media hive mind to “reintroduce”/rehabilitate Kamala7) Hope for the best / count on superior ballot operation to pull this thing out in NovNot very confident of this, but it’s increasingly plausible & R’s should be ready…
Guy may be onto something here. No one would be surprised if Stephanopoulos is being employed here to plunge the political knife into Biden’s back, but the more obvious reason for all of this is that he is making a last-ditch effort to help the man still most likely to get the Democrat nomination.
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