Columnists at The New York Times overwhelmingly turned on President Joe Biden following his disastrous performance during the first presidential debate on Thursday night.
The two-hour event on CNN was filled with moments of Biden losing his train of thought, freezing on live television, slurring his words, and making incoherent remarks to the point where former President Donald Trump quipped that Biden didn’t even know what he had said.
Reaction was overwhelmingly negative for Biden on television and social media. He did not do any better when it came to print journalism as not a single opinion writer at The New York Times said Biden won the debate.
The newspaper asked 12 of its columnists and contributors to assess who won the debate. Ten said that Trump won, while the remaining two said that it was a “draw” and no one won.
The New York Times opinion writers on who they think won…
