Jon Stewart and others are reacting to Joe Biden and Donald Trump's first presidential debate of 2024. 'The Daily Show' host dived right in roasting the performances of both candidates, which aired on CNN on Thursday night. Stewart was particularly concerned by Biden's performance, with the president seeming shaky on stage during CNN's 90-minute telecast. The host rolled clips of conservatives claiming Biden would use performance-enhancing drugs to be charged-up during the debate.
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00:00They should be taking whatever magical drugs can kick their brains into gear because this
00:06ain't Olympic swimming.
00:08Jon Stewart and others are reacting to Joe Biden and Donald Trump's first presidential
00:12debate of 2024.
00:14The Daily Show host dived right into roasting the performances of both candidates, which
00:18aired on CNN on Thursday night.
00:20Both men came out and, oh, yes, OK.
00:24And then, of course, both men are ambulatory.
00:27They are both upright.
00:28Stewart was particularly concerned by Biden's performance, with the president seeming shaky
00:33on stage during CNN's 90-minute telecast.
00:36The host rolled clips of conservatives claiming Biden would use performance-enhancing drugs
00:40to be charged up during the debate.
00:43Both of these men should be using performance-enhancing drugs.
00:47The host played a clip of Biden seemingly blanking out and losing his train of thought
00:51about 10 minutes into the debate.
00:55Stewart also ripped Trump for saying a great many things that were obviously false.
01:18CNN analysts also weighed in criticizing Biden's performance, with former White House communications
01:23director Alyssa Farrah Griffin concluding,
01:25"'I'm someone who believes the former president is a threat to democracy.
01:29I think he's a threat to the America, and we know he wants to fundamentally change our
01:32institutions.
01:34He has laid out what his plan is.
01:35I am not confident that Biden is the man to take him on."
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