Anderson Cooper asked Vice President Kamala Harris, "Is that how he is every day?" after President Joe Biden's debate performance.
Democrats went openly into panic mode following the debate after Biden mumbled and gaffed his way through it.
The tense interview began with Harris admitting that the president had "a slow start."
"It was a slow start, that's obvious to everyone. I'm not going to debate that point. I'm talking about the choice of November." VP: It was a slow start, I’m not going to debate that.. I’m talking about the choice in November. I’m talking about one of the most elections in our lifetime… pic.twitter.com/KZ9K5E6fwC
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Harris stressed that she was not really interested in talking about the debate — despite it being a post-debate interview.
"I understand why everyone wants to talk about it," Harris said. "But I think it's also important to recognize that the choice in November between these two people that were on the debate stage involves extraordinary stakes."
At the end of the interview, Cooper asked if Biden's behavior on the debate stage is "how he is every day."
“I know we have to go. The person we saw tonight, the president we saw tonight on that stage: Is that how he is every day?” Cooper asked. "Can you say that you are not concerned at all, having watched the president's performance tonight?" Anderson Cooper to VP Kamala Harris: "The person we saw tonight, the president on that stage. Is that how he is every day? ... Can you say that you are not concerned at all, having watched the president's performance tonight?" pic.twitter.com/YR6GSSb7fn
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"The Joe Biden that I work with every day is someone who, as I have said, has performed in a way that has been about bringing people into the Oval Office, Republicans and Democrats, to compromise in a way that is extraordinary these days, because it just doesn’t happen, but Joe Biden can make it happen," Harris replied.
Harris continued, "The Joe Biden I see is someone who goes to our allies around the world and strengthens NATO to the point that there are two new members of NATO who, just about four years ago, people said, “Is NATO even have a reason for existing?” The Joe Biden I know is someone who has delivered 800,000 new manufacturing jobs and bringing manufacturing back to the United States, not shipping jobs out like Donald Trump did. So that’s the Joe Biden I know."
