The First Presidential Debate of 2024

The presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden did not meet media expectations. This is somewhat surprising given Joe Biden's decline, but many pundits thought he would do better. Democrats are freaking out now that the American people as a whole got to see Biden's mental constraints on the national stage. Donald Trump outperformed Biden, but what does this mean? Was this a ploy by Democrats who want to replace Biden at the convention? What about Trump's answers on abortion. Should they concern anti-abortion voters? Jon talks about all this and more.

[@kathyhart2309]

Dr. Jill, worst kindergarten teacher EVER!

[@solideomusical]

Hospice Nurse Jill is a disgrace!

[@psalm2forliberty577]

We had 1 hospital birth. It was a disaster. Next we did a Birth Center with midwives. MUCH better ! (At less than half the cost - $3100 vs $7000 !) With that confidence of using midwives established, next 3 births were at home with midwives who travel. Best experience ever ! (At the same reasonsble cost) Congrats Jon !

[@johntobey1558]

1607 project, how do we submit request fir it to be shown here in Princeton at tge Wilberforce School. Better yet, would you accept a formal request to speak at our Classic Christian School here in tge Delaware Valley ?

[@WKGWOMANINTN]

Congratulations on your new daughter.... and thanks to God for a safe delivery at home. (Which not that long ago was the standard practice). Blessings!

[@psalm2forliberty577]

@@WKGWOMANINTN IKR ? Our standard non-snarky reply to the skeptics was always: Do you realize modern hospitals & births therein are only a recent 100 year development ? For 6,000 years of recorded verified history - the prior 5,900 years, virtually 98% of births were "home births" ?

[@kellyhiller3977]

After tonight? It's not like he was lucid the day before.

[@solideomusical]

Thank you- this point is being missed (or avoided) altogether. At what point did Biden become unfit to govern? Certainly they don't think it was only as of last night!

[@kellyhiller3977]

@@solideomusical right! That's why it's all rigged the media is behind it. Making way for their replacement.

[@eurekahope5310]

MSM and WH had the non-political American thinking his freezes, states, mumbling, and shuffling were "cheap fakes." Even this morning people were commenting on a non-political doctor's video that it was reflective of his stuttering. People are so gullible!!!

[@kaylan2083]

​@@solideomusical it seems like Dems really didn't pay attention or care. Joe's nickname has been "sleepy Joe" for years for a reason! The denial from Democrats is astounding. It's hard to believe they really thought he was in his right mind the past several years. He clearly has dementia and Jill/Biden family should be ashamed of themselves.

[@KateWils1]

Congratulations and welcome to the great adventure! Blessings to you and your precious family.

[@kellyhiller3977]

Congratulations 🎉

[@brianmiller3287]

Congratulations to you and wife and baby!!!

[@loganholdaway769]

Home birth is the way to go! Loved it with my son. We were in a birthing center with my daughter. That was awesome too!

[@andreadavis9341]

Congratulations to you and your wife John 🙏

[@tomhitchcock8195]

Why haven’t they panicked months and years ago?

[@spartakos3178]

They are not actually panicking. This may well be planned.

[@Yesica1993]

@@spartakos3178 THIS! Good grief, do we really think they are this stupid? Or that they didn't know Biden is impaired? Of course they knew and have known. They're up to something. We are so naive! That's why I didn't bother watching the "debate." It's a joke!

[@douglasehrhardt8319]

Loved the 1607 Project and shared it with my Pastor and other. Well done.

[@rockycomet4587]

THE PATRIOTS' PLEDGE I pledge allegiance to our President-in-Exile And to the Great MAGA Nation That stands by Him One people, united in our resolve To bring America forward Into a glorious new Era Bright shining as the sun!

[@changedavis4306]

The relationship between Biden and almost the entire media apparatus reminds one of "Weekend at Bernie's."

[@chrisjohnson9542]

Oh my goodness. That is the most astute and clear comparison I've ever heard in my life.

[@elainelight9286]

She’s beautiful! Congratulations to you and your wife, John!

[@NeanderthalWoman-ou8ev]

Thank you, Anna, for making your daddy do his podcast in the yard!

[@cindymonk6994]

Jon,I humbly suggest you watch the first 45minutes of the debate. That’s where Biden was the weakest. Downright feeble.

[@ConversationsThatMatterpodcast]

I listened to it.

[@eurekahope5310]

​@@ConversationsThatMatterpodcast I, too, recommend you watch. He stared blankly and even mouth breathed like a child. It was disturbing. By 45 minutes in, his drugs had kicked in and he wasn't quite as shocking. Also, he shuffled onto the stage like a weak old man.

[@Yesica1993]

@@eurekahope5310 How disgusting. The fact that his own WIFE is doing this to him leaves me stunned. What kind of person does that to their spouse?!

[@TheNewports]

When i saw Jill Biden, i saw a woman trying to hold on the power. Who's power??? I think her own sense of power

[@darrelljackson6175]

It is reported today that 48 million watched the debate. The most of any CNN broadcast in history. Who is not interested?

[@ConversationsThatMatterpodcast]

I guess the question I have is, did they watch to see a spectacle or because they cared about issues and who would win the presidency? Idk if there’s any polling on that. Also, I almost laughed at the most of any “CNN” broadcast. lol

[@Yesica1993]

Me. Why would I watch that doddering, impaired, and wicked man in the White House blabbering and stumbling his way around a fake "debate"?

[@Yesica1993]

@@ConversationsThatMatterpodcast As evil as Biden is, I can't laugh. My mother died of dementia a year ago. What they are doing to this man is sickening.

[@kevinelvington9569]

We've had 6 home births. It is so much better than the hospital, by far!

[@2024nehemiah]

Awesome. We did it for our first and plan on doing it for all the other children we hope God will bless us with

[@derekanderson51]

We have 5 children but had our first home birth last November. We would recommend 10/10

[@joeprice6483]

Congratulations on your growing family. We had a home birth with our son and it was incredible. Much better experience than in the hospital with our daughter.

[@johntobey1558]

Congratulations Rev. J.Harris.

[@pammorgan706]

Congratulations on your precious new baby girl. I'm so happy your wife had a smooth delivery. May God bless you and your wife as you raise your daughter to know and embrace the Lord. 🙏 🤲 ❤

[@lulurobinson8109]

Congratulations on your new addition!

[@Southern_Agrarian1930]

Thanks for your hard work on the 1607 project

[@alisonrittener5606]

its all theatrics!

[@renofmen]

Awesome analysis, Jon

[@hecatr]

We had our first 2 kids at the midwife's office, 3rd at our house with the same midwife. Each birth experience was good, but the home birth was the most comfortable. I highly recommend it!

[@-RM-]

We did 4 hospital births and 1 home birth w/midwife. The home birth was, by far, the best experience.

[@misswinnie4.8]

Congratulations Harris Family! Welcome baby Anna.🎉

[@user-uf6yb6ez6h]

At least Trump demonstrated that being a great debater is not a prerequisite to being an effective leader.

[@patriciagrant6687]

Very helpful!!

[@bc5441]

Congratulations to you and your wife, Jon! The debate was very hard to watch. First thought about age: I was surprised at how old Jake Tapper looked. I’m not sure that I’d seen him since he went to CNN in 2012. Then I saw the president, and I saw him in the past week. He was not ready for his close-up. Yet he seemed to be less-heavily medicated than he was for the State of the Union-which is not to say that that helped him at all. Permanent Democrat majorities in both Houses could also lead to a packing of the Supreme Court. It is heartbreaking to imagine what the Biden family must be like. Dr. Jill’s rally for Joe after the debate was embarrassing! How can his family not want to protect him?

[@jesusgomez8177]

Thanks!

[@gregb6469]

Since murder is a state crime, not a Federal crime, and since abortion is murder, leaving the matter to the states is the better policy. The best thing Christians can do to be against abortion is, when possible, have lots of kids.

[@johnhunter7386]

Congratulations on the birth of your daughter! Good for you choosing a home birth! Nine of our ten( yes, ten!) children were born naturally at home with the assistance of a wonderful midwife. Home births were practically unheard of back when we started in the ninety's. People literally thought we were crazy and unresponsible.

[@kaylan2083]

Congratulations to you and your family! I'm 6 months pregnant and am fortunate enough that the hospital I'm going to give birth at has a state-of-the-art birth center with midwives and a very natural birth experience. Of course OBs are employed and called in if needed, but I will be able to have the option to not be on my back for labor as well as have aromatherapy, a tub, natural pain relief, etc. It's nice to see that more hospitals are opening birth centers that cater to a more holistic birth rather than an overly medical/pathologized birth.

[@Eric_Lichtenberg]

Glad you had a good experience! Personally there is no way I would ever trust myself to do that. My wife and I have had enough complications at the hospital let alone if we were trying to do it at home.

[@jerilowehowell6015]

What you have described as the real America does still exist...in the deep South.

[@kimmarierussell3802]

First, blessings to you & your wife on your home birth! Two of my four kids were home births! Dana Bash was the other person w/Jake Tapper…

[@patriciagrant6687]

Congratulations Jon and your wife on your baby girl 😊

[@Ransetsu]

You must have in-group preference to survive.

[@Sheraleeable]

🗣️Congratulations!🎉 👶🎀🧸🙏🏻

[@callawaycass5148]

Actually, I don't think Trump could have done better. Sure, some positions were not what i would hold (esp. re: abortion pill), but the best Trump showed up. He was calm, collected, and didn't get sucked into petty banter (okay, the golf thing was close but he bailed out of that before it devolved too far.)

[@Jordankulbeck]

"Jesus trumps the president." - Shai Linne

[@nodramamomma2777]

My grandbabies have all been birthed at home.❤

[@LastFirstSecond]

I don’t think you’re using the word ‘senility’ correctly, if someone is senile it’s not a good thing.

[@kathyhart2309]

I was kind of sickened by the whole debate. Unlike 2020. I was super excited then. PTL! Jesus is King!!!

[@joyceelmer131]

Congratulations 🎉Jon and new Mama and baby. TRUMP 2024🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸. But Jesus is still KING 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻✝️❤

[@nancywenger2025]

Jon A kid? Or a child? Anna Elizabeth is beautiful !

[@ConversationsThatMatterpodcast]

What’s the difference

[@kathyhart2309]

@@ConversationsThatMatterpodcast one is a baby goat;-P

[@Yesica1993]

@@kathyhart2309 Ha! (Which are also adorable.)

[@jmwSeattle]

We are self governing and get the country our elected leaders give us. “Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.” -ROMANS 14:22 “Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.” EPHESIANS 5 :2 “We should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting.” -- EPHESIANS 4:14 “You should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God.” - EPHESIANS 4:17 “But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the LORD; and be sure your sin will find you out.” - NUMBERS 32:23

[@benjaminsummers6868]

My brother’s wife had 3 home births.

[@banemaler]

Congrats on the new baby and the successful birth! Of our 4 the home birth was simply the best experience. The women who do it are a blessing from God.

[@cindymonk6994]

I prayed all the way through your journey to parenthood. I’m so happy for you and your wife. Treasure every minute. They grow fast!

[@kathyhart2309]

Hi again @banemaler! We seem to travel in the same beautiful circle;-)

[@jmwSeattle]

This is what Americans get when they throw out their religion and their cultural heritage with it. “They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.” - JESUS CHRIST “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD.” - PSALMS 33 “Blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.” - JESUS CHRIST “Without Me you can do nothing.” - JESUS CHRIST