The first debate of the presidential election cycle had barely started when the pundits of X/Twitter were at it on the keyboard. They had plenty of material to work with, as President Joe Biden fumbled, mumbled, and was mostly incoherent.
The debate was hosted by CNN in Atlanta and there was no studio audience. Pollsters reported that 70% or more of the audience for the debate were Trump supporters, while Biden voters generally chose not to watch.
Here were some of the best lines from the X pundits as the spectacle unfurled on CNN:
Jesse Kelly: We all thought Joe Biden was a Camp David resting but clearly he spent the last week in Vegas with Charlie Sheen.
Rick Whitbeck: Our Commander in Chief. They totally screwed up his meds tonight…
Jeremy Boreing: So… It’s Michelle, right?
Bill Ackman: I have to say this is embarrassing not just for @POTUS Biden but also for our country.
Ann Coulter: Even CNN can’t save Biden from this performance.
Charlie Kirk: Gavin Newsom is skyrocketing on PredictIt right now.
Greg Gutfeld: Holy sh*t.
Tim Murtaugh: Any media want to take a stab at calling Biden’s performance a “cheap fake” this time?
Jesse Kelly: This might be it for Joe. Man. This is brutal.
Matt Maćkowiak: Senior Dem lobbyist to me just now: “There are going to be multiple members of congress that come out tomorrow and say Biden needs to step aside. For the good of the country.”
Scott Adams: I’ve never see Biden worse. Bad time to find his bottom.
Charles C Cook: Robert Hur deserves an apology.
Russell Brand: We’re 17 minutes in, and Joe Biden is discussing the problem of people being raped by their brothers and sisters, which is quite an extraordinary yet niche topic to discuss.
Sarah Isgur: Forget the election, this is heading into 25th amendment territory.
Kayleigh McEnany: How in the world did 16 people sit at Camp David with Biden for a week and think this was a good idea? Political malpractice.
Ann Coulter: CNN moderators are surprisingly great. Not wildly unfair, as I expected. Good questions. LOVE the mic cut, LOVE no audience.
Michael Steele: This is painful. Trump full of sh!t and Biden can’t find his.
Tim Murtaugh: This is as bad a blowout as any debate I’ve ever seen. The first 30 minutes are key for catching the most viewers and Biden has just been a muttering ghost of his former self. It’s really, really bad. Trump is calm, firm, and in command. The contrast is undeniable.
BIDEN: *rambles incoherently about his failure to secure the border*
TRUMP: “I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said either.”
Amy Walter: Odds of a September 10 debate are close to zero about now.
Matt Walsh: That was it. The debate is over. Biden can’t even finish his sentence. Trails off into nonsense. Never seen a presidential candidate freeze like that. A moment that will be remembered forever. And it’s only going to get worse for Biden from here.
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