Should Biden step down? Kasich says Democrats are in 'panic mode' after debate

President Biden struggled in last night's debate as former President Trump delivered falsehoods. Now, some are calling for Biden to step down. MSNBC's Symone Sanders-Townsend and former Gov. John Kasich join Chris Jansing to share their reaction.
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#Biden #Democrats #Debate

[@12345678919251]

It was the worst debate performance in presidential history

[@davidwelsh8026]

That is correct.

[@francynelane9253]

It was the worst Biden stuttered and couldn't remember numbers and dates ,and Trump lied for 90 minutes and even took credit for Obama's Veterans bill Obama got passed and the people asking the questions were not fact checking Trump lies they only were checking time limits . The entire debate was a failure. I'm still VOTING BIDEN/ HARRIS though to save our country.

[@alquinn3562]

Dementia is a handicap that no man can plan, study, bluff their way through in a debate of any nature much less a Presidential debate where the pressure and stakes are so high.

[@letsleepingdogslie2492]

It wasn't a debate when everything that came out of trumps mouth was an insult or a lie! not one accomplishment , not an honest one anyway!

[@francynelane9253]

@@letsleepingdogslie2492 true and Trump even took credit for passing a bill that Obama got passed shortly before he left office . The Veterans Care Act Bill.

[@brownredxx]

The question is , who is really running the country right now?

[@richardhoner7842]

Exactly. Can you imagine Biden at the G7 conference? What did he mumble and sputter about? Was he even aware of what was going on? Could he keep up at all? Time to retire was a long time ago.

[@Fac_T247]

Keeping making up💩MAGA! Makes sense that you do because you support crap!

[@seethingsclearlyawaken3424]

President Biden runs this country, thank God!

[@andreysilva8418]

Presidents mostly listen to their advisors and ministers anyway

[@Fac_T247]

If you do not know move to Canada or overseas.

[@cfisher11]

Biden sounded pretty incoherent

[@darnellbrown2198]

I totally agree with you

[@ioniajones2069]

About telling the truth? WTH!!! Stutting but answering questions and not lying is a problem for you?!?😮!

[@trevor8307]

@@ioniajones2069Biden didn’t lie when he said no troops died during his presidency?

[@heinzruedi648]

I always wondered why CNN and MSNBC have more employees than Viewers.

[@LongTomH]

The worst time to make a decision is when you're in 'panic mode.'

[@sunshine9717]

I would agree if it was an unknown person. But its Governor Gavin Newsom. He would destroy Trump in a debate and easily win the presidency.

[@bosshogg95SLT]

@@sunshine9717 newsome is one of the worst people to have ever been let into office

[@blackout07blue]

Yes, run the dementia candidate who loses to Trump.

[@blackout07blue]

@@sunshine9717 Newsom is unelectable. Governors Beshear and Walz would landslide Trump.

[@ridgemanron]

At his age, do you think he's going to get better or worse with 4 more years of tension filled pressure?

[@karmaisreal111]

People need to chill out.

[@buixote]

This is what the *Primary* was supposed to be about; the DNC would rather choose the Candidate *for us*. Some cemocracy.

[@richardhoner7842]

Biden should have retired well before 2020. He has been a wreck for a decade.

[@KleWdSide]

I prefer to vote for the lost old man w/ a solid administration than the mendacious old man w/ nutjob sycophants & Project 2025.

[@mattrondeau7466]

So, you hate America. Got it.

[@KravMagoo]

Given his performance, you won't get your wish.

[@KleWdSide]

@@mattrondeau7466 Gaslight elsewhere, troll

[@13bustah]

neither exist in reality.

[@mikebrigs1218]

My money is on The SO CALLED LIAR who did GREAT things when he was in Office. TRUMP2024!!!

[@healingprotectioncreation7117]

I'm no Trump supporter but to hear people go on about him you would think that he had invented lying and that all other politicians are relatively truthful. Which is laughable.

[@sfdosoca]

Give Joe a break, he had a bad night he would be a lot better for the next debate, JB should be the one who decides whether he stays in or bows out. 😂😂😂

[@billricheter5678]

There will be no other debate. Trump won’t do it. It’s over if bide doesn’t bow out.

[@Jukeboxster]

i disagree, the DNC should've told him that he would not be allowed to run, let someone else that can complete a sentence run.

[@gordoncheswick4169]

I’m afraid - this is OVER……..

[@microbe_rz37-rn1dk]

You'll get your lousy tax cut, okay? Be careful what you wish for...

[@R.Shackleford]

How is he gonna decide when he doesn't even know where he is?

[@lucypeedles4476]

nobody is in a panic. you are critical of bidens stage performance and ignoring his accomplishments. So, you want to rock the boat and ignore trump being a pathological liar? exactly what are your intentions?

[@TheOleHermit]

Raskin/AOC 2024 to carry on the BBB agenda. Only fools ride faithful old workhorses all the way into the ground. Time for Biden to pass the baton, before the Dem convention.

[@honahwikeepa2115]

Wrong software in Joe. Windows 95 died

[@lastdaycults]

LOL!

[@neilsmith9066]

Where was this guy coughing all over people at Waffle House? 3 years ago he would have been arrested under his policy

[@powellpatterson4928]

"Where was this Xo Biden on the debate stage ???".... still in the syringe .

[@Areaoverload]

Now imagine everybody with a rational brain that has been in panic mode for 4 years lol

[@purplespiritzone]

Joe Biden showed substance while Trump just lied as usual.

[@judyharragin5145]

Lobbying means thieving just like the Aipac Isreal lobbyists in Washington

[@mortimortheNEWF]

Substance ... ha ha ok

[@supersnakeforlife]

What were the lies ?

[@mattrondeau7466]

Substance? What kind of substance? Pudding, like his after-cartoons snack?

[@josephgraziano2139]

⁠there were 30+ lies!!!!

[@markmckee7877]

Biden needs to be told the party is OVER. Have an open convention and get a Democrat that can use Donald Trump to wipe the floor with.

[@Fac_T247]

I’m telling you what Dark Brandon told Trump. “Shut up man”!

[@bzb500]

I saw the debate and Biden needs to retire. I also see my surroundings and I feel unsafe under Biden"s watch. He is very careless leaving an open border and doesn't care about safety. He's failed his country drastically. 🇺🇲

[@vikingsreach]

I don't think Democrats are worried about Biden, he told the truth, and that's what matters. Still voting Blue 💙, this is about rights, freedoms, and Democracy, not who can tell the biggest lies.

[@LilJerg]

He wasn't completely comatose. That's what matters to you all.

[@MB-FJB]

Rights? It's my right to speak proper English, but if I toss out a wrong "pronoun" I might get slapped with a hate crime. I don't like useless lockdowns, kids schools shutting down, Millions flooding in each year. I have the right to choose what gets jabbed into my arms, not have it mandated.

[@colelolol237]

Joe biden doesnt lie??

[@kb_100]

​@@LilJerg this comment section is wild. MSNBC viewers are living in an alternate universe. Just as bad as the Fox people.

[@davidwelsh8026]

Biden was the biggest liar on the stage. Besides that he has dementia.

[@mr.e432]

They're right to panic. Reality just came crashing down for some people, due to untruthful rhetoric, just like this agency is currently propagating

[@brockroberts4258]

Bot

[@Redactstrength]

​@brockroberts4258 imagine just typing bot without arguing any kind of point and feeling good about yourself 😂 then again you are probably a bot calling the kettle black

[@irisschneider4058]

HE HAS TO GO!!!!!!

[@InesElm-dj9tn]

BIDEN IS TOO SENILE THEY COULD HAVE PUSHED FOR KAMALA HARRIS OR SOMEONE ELSE

[@EleaticStranger]

I don't agree that Biden "got better" over time. To the extent that's true, it misses the point. His best answers were still relatively bad. It made no sense for Biden to run in the first place. Now it's obvious he should step aside.

[@dianaagnoli9377]

4 GREAT years versus 1 bad debate. Vote Biden!!

[@talktothehandreviews]

@@davidhammer9283 How so?

[@supersnakeforlife]

Hahahahaha 4 terrible years 😂

[@talktothehandreviews]

@@supersnakeforlife Hahahaha, delusional you.🤣😂🤣😂😜 BIDEN HARRIS 2024!!

[@davidhammer9283]

HE'S MADE ONE BAD DECISION AFTER ANOTHER... THE HILL,, WASHINGTON POST AND AUSTRALIAN NEWS ALL AGREE THAT HE'S NOT RUNNING THE COUNTRY.....

[@paytonpryor]

The difference between today and yesterday is the use of a teleprompter. Something Biden didn't have at the debate.

[@davidwelsh8026]

He shouldn’t need a teleprompter.

[@LDZ13]

@@davidwelsh8026neither should the tangerine toddler

[@robinwood4360]

Can't human beings have a bad night hello

[@epickpopshorts]

My family are trump supporters, they see Gavin Newsom as a democrat, they see Jon Stewart as an ally, we live in a crazy world and this information seems critical to me.

[@toddjacksonpoetry]

How do they see Gretchen Whitmer?

[@Joseph-fw6xx]

If these two guy's are America's best then were in trouble

[@unknownartist47]

This is not a beauty contest. Joe is still fit to be president ,he may have stumbled but he did not fall.

[@st4331]

I only saw the end of the debate. If that was Biden getting better, how bad was he earlier!?

[@polarbearsrus6980]

watch it... he has a cold and his voice was weak. Plus, Trump was allowed to spew crap.

[@trevor8307]

@@polarbearsrus6980Only person in history to get dementia from a cold.

[@st4331]

​@polarbearsrus6980 then Biden should have postponed the debate. The margins are so slim that a weak performance wasn't acceptable. I like Biden and think he has done a great job, but he is deteriorating and another 4 years is a huge risk, as is Trump being elected

[@teedamartoccia6075]

President Biden is 81, time is not going to help improve his mental faculties. If Democrats really cared about preserving democracy, choose another candidate… a younger one.

[@MrWhitmen1981]

Anyone could have seen this in 2019. I thought Biden would be steadying the ship president to get out of the Trump Covid mess. That there would be a plan to have a good handoff. But no Biden’s ego and the people in the democrats have gone all in on this failure. It’s insane.

[@billydandthehoodoos]

It's different bc of who he's facing.. Neither Trump nor Fetterman was 81 years old ..

[@tonycollazorappo]

💙🌊I'm with Biden and Democracy! Vote!💙🌊🌊🌊

[@miriamrios8587]

I with you on that Biden all the way

[@munkeenevahrong239]

Good luck

[@MB-FJB]

You do know there is no threat to democracy right? It's a shill to poke at mob mentality. The left is far more likely to end the republic and make the country a tyrannical rule.

[@portiawilcox3120]

Lol,not even a chance!!!

[@frankcarone6]

FJB!!FJB!! VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP 2024

[@jillmarshall4718]

DEMOCRATS, WE SHOULD ALL STAND BEHIND, JOE BIDEN. WE CANNOT LET THE DEBATE SWAY US OTHERWISE. JOE BIDEN HAVE DONE A LOT, FOR THIS COUNTRY, AND WILL CONTINUED TO DO SO. YES I'M VOTING FOR BIDEN, 2024. WE ARE BEHIND, JOE BIDEN 💯

[@Merriwether-w8k]

No - he should step aside - his stupid old man ego - if he loves his country give the keys to Mayor Pete or Gavin Newsom

[@dabeage]

It's not the Democrats you need. You need the Independents and old guard Republicans. Even young Democrats will not vote for him.

[@kb_100]

It's amazing how low people's standards have become. If you demand a better candidate, then you won't receive better.

[@jillmarshall4718]

@@dabeage I AGREE ABOUT YOUR RESPONSE, BUT I STILL BELIEVED BIDEN WILL WIN. TRUMP CERTAINLY DOESN'T HAVE THE CAPABILITIES TO BECOME PRESIDENT AGAIN, WE SEEN HIM IN ACTION TIME AFTER TIME WITH HIS MENTAL NESS, GO BIDEN!

[@kpopthrowbacks1134]

🚨🚨🚨 Please listen to me, my family are Trump supporter's, and they love Jon Stewart, they say if he ran for president, they would vote for him, they know he is "the original drain the swamp guy" this could be the most critical information, for our democracy, the Dnc needs to know this!!!

[@loveoneanother881]

So what, one bad debate. He was sick. The only big deal is the big deal being made out of one debate. It's truly Good vs Evil.

[@Smidgen-x4i]

Election ballots need to include an option, "NONE OF THE ABOVE."

[@Kevin-oc2jb]

You know it's bad when MSDNC is debating if Biden should drop out. If that's what you're debating on this channel, the answer is resounding YES!!!

[@talktothehandreviews]

NEVER STEP DOWN PRES BIDEN, WE LOVE YOU!!!

[@davidhammer9283]

I SEE YOU NEED HELP FROM A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST. I'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU..

[@talktothehandreviews]

@@davidhammer9283 How so?

[@welcometobooksplugged8538]

@@talktothehandreviews Dr. David specializes in TDS. You are confusing your love for Biden with your hatred of Trump. There is a cure.

[@cowetascore8476]

Were you dropped on your head as a child?

[@davidhammer9283]

3 WEEK FROM WAR INTEL SAY SO

[@Bauks]

Elder Abuse...

[@VaskiiiBuff]

One is a pathological liar, the other one is senile… USA USA ….

[@rogerbrownreacts8528]

Fun fact new candidate does not qualify for the ballots in critical state's.

[@madhabitz]

Every single black news host I've seen since last night has been spewing this same "panic" theme, right out of the same playbook -- exactly the same thing that the magat people do. It's their playbook, now beginning to be picked up by mainstream news. C'mon Abby, Joy, and Simone -- now is not the time to push your agenda. Oh wait -- Michael Steele hasn't played their game -- on the contrary, he has a load of perfect common sense advice. He needs to be seen on air a whole lot more.

[@doranvee5944]

Keep Joe, he has done so much

[@oksooner405]

My VP just had to shut Anderson Cooper down. Look at the last 3 years. Not an hour debate with no fact check or push back from moderators.... could got a 4th grader to read the questions in that case.

[@dianequist835]

No. He's fine right where he is. You aren't only voting for Biden, but also for who he has chosen to work in positions around him, and Vice President Harris is totally supportive. It was one debate, not great for either of them, but it was just one sad night. The media is making this harsher than it needs to be.

[@Naomi-ev2oh]

I'm a liberal Democrat and I strongly believe Biden needs to step aside. This isn't a bad debate day... this is an elderly gentleman declining before our eyes. He is physically weak, this i knew, but i now see from the debate that he is cognitively frail too. Please step aside and lets bring in someone new who can do this. He is simply not up for the job. Biden, someone else can bring your principles forward; listen and take your ego out of this. It's over. Be strong. Give back to your country one last time, by allowing someone else to take it from here.

[@craigmason5148]

Biden looked on death's door, you can't unring that bell

[@pruneybat]

People calling for Biden to step down are ridiculous- one bad night. Watch his NC speech today. It's the Joe we want!

[@kevinchen7403]

Stop trying to spin Simone. It wasn't just elected Dems who were dismayed and concerned last night. It was all of us in living rooms and on our phones, horrified at Biden's performance at the debate, who are dismayed and concerned.

[@MPMMPM-vy9cu]

I'm sticking with Biden. Vote totally BLUE down-ballot to save our democracy! 💙🇺🇸💙

[@williamryan5756]

Biden must go

[@ArtistYellow]

This is 24 news at it’s worst.

[@cynthiasellers5778]

After one debate he should step down. Crazy

[@nancyferrier8609]

Here's the thing. We are in the same state of affairs that the country was in when they voted for Trump, just because they wanted someone else. That proved to be disastrous. But the DNC should get a clue and understand that this is an opportunity to honor Biden but choose someone who can inspire the nation like when another "unknown" Obama won over the country with his message of hope.

[@lastdaycults]

The dems wont do that though. Remember Pelosi/Feinstein etc. were already dead but somehow were in office.

[@anthonypanneton923]

This is different because Biden is not going to start getting younger and more vibrant as time goes on.

[@EFNaylor]

Kasich is not the guy I would ask. Joe got back on the horse in NC. He was strong. He looked different. His voice was confident. He is fine. He has got this. Kasich can go back to wherever he came from. VOTE BLUE

[@bandi7845]

American media, it's 2024 , come on , you telling me you all don't have the technology to tell the listeners about facts in a debate up to now, everyone knows politicians lies especially this one

[@jeangray948]

This is why I stopped watching these networks. ( rating)Trump people stay with 34 felonies . Biden people abandon him in one debate. The loyalty?

[@abelardogonzales8283]

This Debate Won't Even Bother Me! I Am Voting Blue 💙🔵 All The Way!!

[@michaelblodgett4704]

Of course they didn't tell you they were going to replace him. They're not going to share that information unto the time is right.

[@msarchieve1749]

A lot of people who complain about things are people who don't vote. If you don't vote then don't complain.

[@hustlecrowe9440]

Dems in denial - this is RBG all over again.

[@CreaticityIsLife]

Except we know who will take his place. It's not up for grabs.

[@KateLopez-wr6nx]

Everyone has done it for him already. May God hold accountable all of those involved in abominable acts against the President

[@ZachTheMaker]

Biden has to step down for the good of the country. It's not like he's going to age backwards.

[@petergwolf9538]

The dems should have scheduled the debate at an earlier time. It was late in the day for Biden. Trump's a night owl.

[@leschab]

We Democrats have been called spineless and wishy washy for decades. I guess some are.

[@NinnaFrank]

😂😂😂😂 is she still gaslighting 😂😂😂

[@richardthomas1531]

"Not a good Debate for Biden" Biden Fumbled the ball and Trump picked it up and ran. This game is too important. Take one for the Team and take yourself out.

[@markjohnson1933]

Now.... at the end of June 2024 "some" democrats decide Joe might be too old? Where was this idea when there was time to do something about and not turn out looking like total backstabbing idiots??

[@lesliezammit3456]

Am I the only one who thinks Biden might have been slipped a mickey:?

[@gen_xecutioner]

C’mon man! It was an obvious cheap fake, correct? What’s KJP’s answer? 🤣

[@ramasreekantham4586]

Why , don’t believe in these debate in first place , everyone has their opinion… voting blue 💙💙💙

[@Dont.Call.Me.Tall.]

Hakeem Jeffries would be my pick. He has been fantastic so far, and is great at speaking.

[@johncampbell1243]

It was a slow start and a slow finish. As a debate, he did not win. Not so bad in itself. But he showed himself to be confused and unable to follow and project a narrative. Is this person capable of governing? Really?

[@wolfsas001]

The Debate was a "CheapFake!" HeHEHEHEHE!

[@journalistedisoncarter]

In my opinion, you have two options. 1) Run Newsom for pres with Bernie VP and win with something new, or, do something really radical; a swap ticket where Biden swaps for VP and Kamala Pres. I prefer Newsom and Bernie because that seems a double win, but there's a way to get Joe moving and to be moral, ethical and kind with a tremendous president who served in the impossible who is exhausted from all the work. Also, his debate advisors made ALL the wrong moves.

[@AmandaMack-ok1uv]

😂

[@koalasez1200]

Go watch his rally in Raleigh NC. Totally different man. I do wish they would find new blood for BOTH parties though. We can’t have a third reich in this country.

[@reginakelly1783]

Trump not only lied a lot during debate he also poop his pants. Caught on his microphone! Yikes!

[@hopespringseternal2624]

I voted for Biden 4 years ago. I will not vote for him again.

[@TimmahST]

Put Jamie Raskins up. He's an amazing person

[@YorkYork-y7v]

"not a good debate night for Biden" that's delusional. he sputtered like a dying car. time to call for a tow and off to the junk yard for Joe--Kamala needs to be @ the top of the ticket with Obama as V.P. nominee.

[@thomashood5973]

If he got progressively better during the debate, why did he need a nurse to get off the stage?

[@reneelibby4885]

oh give it a rest with the lies

[@thomashood5973]

@@reneelibby4885 Hurts dont it? To HAVE to admit it now. Knowing NOW what others knew 5 and 10yrs ago. Cognative disonance. Look it up

[@D3Sshooter]

convince Liz Cheney to come in or jeffries...

[@sheribellagee9998]

Yes...let's wait til he gets to be like Feinstein.

[@kathrinekerns8398]

To Ms Symone -- this is not Showtime at the Apollo and the sandman is not going to come sweep Biden off the stage. Maybe you can try to debate someone when you are fighting a cold!!! Biden is still my choice and way better than Trump.

[@rp338]

What is Al Gore doing these days? Asking for a friend

[@lastdaycults]

Divorced and flying his personal jet around. Generating tons of unnecessary pollution on the Earth.

[@MrBENTON78]

I'm not panicked.

[@straycats6]

It was a big finish because he didn't fall off the stage

[@KeepingUpWithChanel]

Joe was different because he was able to read off his teleprompter

[@sunwonders]

He should step down before he passes out and gets arrested for sleeping in public.

[@DerekMcglasson]

He needs to quit

[@Antonia-yr8dp]

No he can fight. His studdeder was in the way. To restrictive. And fact checking.

[@Antonia-yr8dp]

Sorry about auto check

[@kit2564]

TOO MUCH EGO AND JILL WONT HELP.....

[@edwardrobinson7608]

Democratic have you forgotten how Pres Obama performance easb at his first debate. Don't count out Pres Biden.

[@jameslaplant5077]

You either want democracy or dictatorship

[@michamador7632]

He is the right guy at the right moment and this time he's elderly with ambitious plans. 2024

[@morganghetti]

"He was a totally different person after". Lol of course he was, liar.

[@jimhanle2971]

Biden is fine ! Keep him in the race! Please

[@AnthonyRappa-hm1no]

If they don’t replace him I don’t know if I could vote Democrat anymore and I have only voted democrat and the republicans are even worse they truly are not giving us any choices all I could do is vote 3rd party like it or not you have to let it be known someway or another you are with the system top to bottom they let us know. We are the bottom.