r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 • 6d ago

'Chill The F**k Out': John Fetterman Urges Democrats To Stick With Joe Biden | The Pennsylvania senator reminded panicked Democrats on Friday that he too had a bad debate once, yet he went on to win his Senate seat.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-debate-john-fetterman_n_667ea850e4b0415858d6a2f1
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u/pinkfartlek 6d ago edited 6d ago

Did you see this video from like 20 min after the debate?

https://twitter.com/BidenHQ/status/1806527484982112420

The difference is crazy

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u/MasterofPandas1 6d ago

Where the fuck was this guy during the debate? I mean he still wasn’t SOTU Joe, but if he was like this it would have softened the criticism by a lot.

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u/Taran_Ulas New York 6d ago

Trying not to cough super loudly and wishing he brought a water and some throat lozenges on stage.

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u/Hyndis 6d ago

As per the debate rules, each candidate was given a bottle of water. It was in the podium, along with a pen and some paper.