Biden Insists He Had a ‘Bad Night’ When Pressed By George Stephanopoulos on Debate Disaster

President Joe Biden insisted his disastrous performance in CNN’s first presidential debate was just a “bad episode” after being interrogated by ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Friday.

“Let’s start with the debate. You and your team have said you had a bad night, but your friend Nancy Pelosi actually framed the question I think is on the minds of millions of Americans,” said Stephanopoulos during an interview with Biden. “Was this a bad episode with a sign of a more serious condition?”

Biden replied, “It was a bad episode. No indication of any serious condition. I was exhausted, I didn’t listen to my instincts.”

“You say you were exhausted, and I know you’ve said that before as well, and you did have a tough month, but you came home from Europe about 11 or 12 days before the debate, spent six days in Camp David,” Stephanopoulos noted. “Why wasn’t that enough rest time, enough recovery time?”

Biden answered, “Because I was sick. I was feeling terrible,” before adding, “I did a test to see whether or not I had some infection, you know, a virus. I didn’t. I just had a really bad cold.”

After Biden suggested that the way the debate was set up made it difficult for him to adequately respond to former President Donald Trump’s “lies,” Stephanopoulos noted, “But it seemed like you were having trouble from the first question in, even before he spoke.”

“Well, I just had a bad night,” Biden concluded.

Watch above via ABC News.