CNN Panel Stunned by Jill Biden Boasting That Biden Was Himself at Debate: ‘I Don’t Know That’s What She Meant’

A CNN panel was stunned by First Lady Jill Biden’s declaration that her husband, President Joe Biden, was himself on the debate stage Thursday night.

Reacting to the First Lady’s remarks at a rally in North Carolina on Friday, the network’s Erica Hill called her “the president’s biggest champion” and “one of two people” who could “have that tough conversation with him that we’re hearing a number of people would like her to have with him.”

“She said what we saw “‘last night on the debate stage was Joe Biden,'” continued Hill, prompting The Boston Globe‘s Jackie Kucinich to react.

“I mean, it’s not a false statement,” replied a bewildered Kucinich. “But I think that she also said, you know, someone who was telling truth while former President Trump told lies. This is a very positive spin on what we saw last night. And the idea that that is who Joe Biden is, I don’t know that’s what she meant.”

“Are you surprised at all that there is not more of an effort to try to change, perhaps, people’s minds about what they did see last night. She glossed over that. Could she have done that here?” inquired Hill.

“Not at a rally. I don’t think at a rally you can have the kind of nuance that you would need to explain this, but you saw the campaign try to do it last night,” said Kucinich. “And, you know, midway through the debate, they were saying he had a cold. Which again, okay, fine, but this is the president of the United States. The stakes were so high last night, and you can gloss over it as much as you want. You can’t tell people to see something that they did not see.”

“Yeah, and a lot of people will not unsee and unhear what they experienced watching that debate,” added Brianna Keilar.

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