Biden’s Disastrous Debate Prep Included ‘Lots of Naps,’ Aides Prayed He’d Be a ‘Game-Day Performer’
Rusty Weiss
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Joe Biden's preparation for the June presidential debate, which ultimately derailed his re-election campaign, left his top aides "disappointed" and hoping beyond hope that he could simply turn it on when the cameras started rolling.
According to a new book by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson, former White House chief of staff Ron Klain was seemingly shocked that Biden hadn't been studying materials given to him to practice for the pivotal contest against Donald Trump.
“He’d been assured that Biden had been reviewing his prep materials before he arrived at Camp David, but he hadn’t," the authors wrote, according to the New York Post.
How did Biden prepare once arriving at Camp David? With a rigorous training regimen to get him in peak mental condition. Well, maybe not so much.
“He was rusty and exhausted when he arrived, essentially sleeping that whole first day. And even after that, taking lots of naps,” the book reveals.
During mock debates, Biden was reportedly "all over the place" and his mouth was "agape" so often that his advisers had to tell him to close it.
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