2020 hopeful Joe Biden snaps at a reporter who asked him if he took a cognitive test; former White House press secretary and Fox News contributor Sarah Sanders reacts.
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Please clarify specifically,
please clarify specifically,
have you taken a
no, I havent taken a test.
Why the hell would I take a
test
come on man
thats, like saying you know
before you got on this program,
did you take a test where,
whether you are taking cocaine
or not?
What do you think?
Are you a junky?
I know you are trying to goad
me
im so forward, looking to have
an opportunity to sit with the
president or stand with the
president in debates
plenty of time,
im very wig to let the american
public judge my physical and
mental, my physical, as well
as my mental fitness, and you
know to make a judgment about
who I am
PETE. That was the latest
installment of Joe Biden from
his basement
here to react. Sarah Sanders Fox
NEWS, contributor and former
White House press secretary.
Sarah thanks for being here,
there is two parts to this: our
own Doug Mckelway asked. If he
take cognitive test in June, he
says I take it all the time.
The second part is, if asked a
hard question Joe Biden, either
cant answer it or yells at the
reporter.
I mean at least he didnt call
him a dog faced pony soldier
whats, your your take away from
this. First, these arent even
hard questions.
Hard questions are dealing with
the problems he would faces a
president,
the things that are coming at
him right now, particularly
questions from reporters when he
actually shows up to take a few,
are softball questions,
the ability, rather the
inability for him to answer any
of these questions. I think,
give everybody a lot of pause
before voting for him,
but one of the things that I
find so shocking is how quiet
the media is when he comes up
with all of these crazy answers.
Can you imagine if Donald Trump
said gave that answer to a
reporter about whether or not he
was mentally fit to be
president?
They would go absolutely crazy.
Every time the president says
one word off, they lose their
minds. They spend the next twelve
hours running it on a loop
talking about how he shouldnt
be President
Joe Biden cant get through a
single interview, put one
coherent sentence together, and
yet they sit quietly.
I find it absolutely amazes Amaz
little you hear about this,
particularly on an answer where
he asked a reporter if he was a
junky,
its truly mind, blowing
Brian at least four times that
I have seen when he was on the
campaign trail trying to earn
this nomination. That was just
handed to him by James Clyburn.
He has told those questioners or
those asking a question in Niece
Town Hall settings. You better
vote for somebody else
called another guy fat
all right.
So this is the man uncle Joe.
That everybody says is such a
great guy.
He might be.
I have not seen it yet or was
and Sarah how many times would
you want to turn around on that
reporter when you were getting
blistered on a daily basis to
keep your calm?
I dont know if you have a
punching bag or heavy bag at
home. I never saw you sweat
Joe Biden sweating in his
basement and he has got the air
conditioning on.
Meanwhile, the Biden campaign
said this to Fox.
It was a preposterous question
deserving of a response that
showed the be a suffered at this
of it. All
listen to his answer.
It backed up the need for that
question,
not only that its the same
question that they have asked
Donald Trump, a million times.
Where was the Biden campaign
saying it was preposterous to
ask Donald Trump that very same
question.
I mean again the idea that he
cant field a basic question on
whether or not he is capable of
doing the job as president, I
think, shows he is incapable of
doing the job as president.
We have big challenges that our
country faces
and he is going to have to be
able to handle a lot of
difficult things
if he cant handle basic
questions, I cant imagine how
he handels rebuilding the
economy, defending against some
of the toughest adversaries our
country may face
fighting back against China and
Russia
and a number of other things. If
he cant handle a couple of
softball questions from
reporters without losing his
you know cool every single time
he gets a little bit of push
back.
I think thats, one of the big
reasons that Donald Trump is
going to do very well in
November, because people at the
end of the day know that Joe
Biden is not ready to lead this
country and certainly not ready
to take on the challenges that
we face ahead.
Ainsley, you bring up a good
point. We would never ask someone
at a dinner party that, but you
can ask the President of the
United States, someone who wants
to have that position
commander in chief who makes
decisions about our military,
putting our men and womens
lives on the lines. I think its
a fair question
lets talk about the campaign
strategies of both camps.
You have politico writing. This
is their headline Trump campaign
knocks on a million doors a
week
Biden knocks on zero.
Then the headline for New York,
Post, Op Ed, says Joe Bidens
basement strategy will backfire,
compare the two campaigns and
how think is doing a better job.
I guess I know what your answer
is going to be.
I think its really simple.
There is enthusiasm for
President Trump, where there
isnt for President Biden
campaign.
People just arent excited about
seeing Joe Biden win the
nomination in the way that
people are ready to do just
about anything to see Donald
Trump Reelected.
This country has done infinitely
better under his leadership, and
people want to see more of that
and they love that he is
somebody who fights back. Who
stands up for our country and,
frankly, doesnt apologize for
the greatness of America.
Joe Biden cant put a sentence
together.
There is no wonder his campaign.
Doesnt want him out more.
Would you if you were his
campaign manager? If you were
the one making decisions,
would you want him going out and
making blunders after blunder?
I dont think so.
You would want to tuck him away.
Have other people put out
responses and talking points on
his behalf and hope for the
best
Donald Trump has been out every
single day.
He takes hard questions.
He talks about his record.
He talks about what he is going
to do
and frankly he has proven
himself as a capable leader.
I think the contrast could not
be clearer.
I think that November will show
that I think voters are very
smart.
Much smarter than Democrats give
them credit for and its the
reasonable that Donald Trump won
in twenty sixteen and the reason he is
going to win again in November
of twenty twenty
PETE. Joe Biden is on tour of
Ohio right now, virtually a big
bet being made by the Biden
campaign. They can do it
digitally
in an era voter registration
might matter where they are
pushing out politics.
This politics door to door could
end up very important in key
states
again. I think it shows the
lack of enthusiasm.
Nobody is voting for a President
Biden,
even when they talk about what
reason they have for him. You
know becoming president has
nothing to do with Joe Biden and
everything is about attacking
Donald Trump
Donald Trump Surrogates, on the
other hand, have a lot of great
things to talk about,
have a record of three and a
half years of accomplishments
that they can tout when
campaigning for the president.
I think that is a huge
difference and I think thats,
one of the reasons you dont see
those volunteers.
You dont see those massive
voter registration efforts. The
way that you are seeing from the
Trump campaign,
I think its going to make a big
difference
again. I think that enthusiasm
gap was something that people
missed in twenty sixteen, and I think they
are missing it again. In twenty twenty
Brian, they did outraise the
Biden Camp breaking their one
month streak.
They did raise more than them.
Last month,
one hundred and sixty five million for Trump last
month,
Ivanka Trump raise you had
four dollars million. Just this week,
virtually
thats more than Joe Biden can
raise as a candidate himself.
I think that shows the
difference in the power of the
people supporting this president
versus those supporting the vice.
Transcript generated on 2020-08-06.