It has been noted that NBC News anchor Lester Holt recently questioned President Joe Biden on Monday regarding his disastrous performance in CNN’s first presidential debate last month, telling the president he “appeared to be confused” via Mediaite.
“In your last TV interview, you were asked if you had watched the debate. Your answer was, ‘I don’t think so, no,’” noted Holt during an interview with Biden on Monday evening. “Have you since seen it?”
Biden replied, “I’ve seen pieces of it. I’ve not watched the whole debate.”
Holt then questioned, “I guess the question is, are you on the same page? Are you seeing what they saw, which was moments of, frankly, you appeared to be confused?”
“Lester, look. Why don’t you guys ever talk about the 18– the 28 lies he told?” shot back Biden. “Where are you on this? Why don’t the press ever talk about that? Twenty-eight times it’s confirmed he lied in that debate. I had a bad, bad night. I wasn’t feeling well at all. I screwed up.”
Holt responded, “I just ask the question because the idea that you may or may not have seen what some of these other folks have seen, you’re not on the same–”
“I didn’t have to see, I was there!” interrupted Biden, before bursting into laughter. “I didn’t have to see it, I was there, and by the way, seriously, you won’t answer the question, but why didn’t the press talk about all the lies he told?”
As Holt insisted, “We have reported many of the issues that came up in that debate,” Biden replied, “No you haven’t.”
“We’ll provide you with them,” Holt concluded.
