Yes, but not in the manner one might think. Joe Biden has certainly gone angry in the wake of his humiliating debate performance, raging on Morning Joe and everywhere else, apparently to demonstrate passion. It comes across as Cranky Old Man instead, as it did yesterday morning while Biden sputtered on the phone to Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski about being fit for office:
Biden is rambling like a cognitively declining madman — yikes! pic.twitter.com/m7DCK7DFZt
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 8, 2024
There’s more at Twitchy, too. However, Angry Joe is not a new act. Biden’s used that persona for most of his career, authentically on those occasions where the hoi polloi dare to contradict him. It’s becoming the only act left in his bag of tricks, and several times during the debate Biden attempted and largely failed to launch it.
When Benjy Sarlin writes about Biden going…
