ABC airs excerpt of Biden interview: ‘I had a bad night’
ABC has aired an excerpt from its interview with Joe Biden with George Stephanopoulos, which will air in full at 8pm EST. The excerpt featured Stephanopoulos asking the president about his poor debate performance and whether it was a “bad episode or a sign of a more serious condition”. Biden responded:
It was a bad episode [not] a serious condition … I was exhausted. I didn’t listen to my instincts in terms of preparing … I had a bad night .. I was sick, I was feeling terrible … The doctor did a test to see whether or not I had some infection or virus, I didn’t. I just had a really bad cold.”
Biden also pointed out that Trump repeatedly lied during the debate. After Stephanopoulos pointed out that Biden seemed to do poorly from the very start of the debate, the president said, “I just had a bad night.”