Toluse Olorunnipa is the White House bureau chief for The Washington Post. He previously reported on politics for Bloomberg News and is the co-author of His Name is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice.
The following interview was conducted by the Kirk Documentary Group’s Michael Kirk for FRONTLINE on July 24, 2024. It has been edited for clarity and length.
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In other words Biden couldn’t hide behind Covid this time.
americans deserved a real primary…those in the media that defended biden's cognative decline throughout the first 3 years of his presidency should bear a good chunk of the blame
Old Biden should be in hospice care. That guy is too Dilapidated.
HE… Is a sell out president w/40 years in office of nothing but SELLING AMERICA OUT TO HIGHEST BIDDER!
Especially if you are of minority you have zero education if you don't already know Bidens history in the serious and dangerous racists groups from the old south – DO YOUR RESEARCH PPL PLEASE
“poorly†was the wrong word he used. the correct word is “disaster.â€
I wonder if Biden would have dropped out had it not been for a failed assassination attempt.
Let Biden go to hell
They changed the rules, Biden was prepared to talk what he’d do going forward/ the other was just guttural and went off in a different direction that was not conducive for his agenda!
The mendacity of this "journalist" is beyond reckoning. Revising history as he goes.
Just another Liberal political activist being interviewed by a Liberal political activist for a project of pure political activism. Which is to say: sheer propaganda, all of this.
What is really astonishing is that a country like the USA has a huge population and yet has no chance but to choose between these 2 idiots.
🤡 smh
Amazing how 1 day for 90 minutes the only time the media couldn’t cover for Biden his entire presidency collapsed.
It's Amazing how much you disrespect Biden with these videos and enable trump to continue with his plans for an autocracy. I've already stopped watching PBS except for Frontline, but now I have to unsubscribe. You are just another cog in the Corporate Media machine that is overwhelmingly biased.
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT/TRUMP FOR PRISON!ðŸ‘ðŸ»ðŸ‡ºðŸ‡²
I suspect that the Democratic leaders scheduled a debate early for precisely the result that happened–if he DIDN't perform there was still possibly some time to recalibrate. It worked.
Why the f is he still president
The interviewer was laughing and just wanted gossip. The journalist did a great job.
Biden showed signs in 2020. I understand why people don’t like trump but he is not the dufus Biden has always been..this upcoming election matters.
Great interview. Biden needed forgiveness for sure, for his mistakes & injuries to the Black population. But he ended up doing real things to demonstrate his true contrition.
Don't try to make it so much suspenseful, just provide the facts and leave. We don't come here for entertainment, we come here for information.
Look like back to 70's
FJB & DOUBLE F-KH…..she SO much worse than Biden 👎
the last speech he gave was the best I've ever heard..a great man! Wait till u people get old!
O look how cute uncle token is making excuses for his master joe candy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Love that he doesn’t use words like “like†and “umâ€. He chooses his words carefully and meticulously. Intelligence!!
WHAT has Biden done exactly???
Name one thing, that was actually GOOD for the country…
And Go:
I really enjoyed every minute of this interview!
Said it once, and I’ll state it again… once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.
When politicians speak, be they Democrats or Republican, they use the language of Patriots. Make no mistake, their goal is the same as the Russians and Chinese: world dominance at the expense of the American middle-class. What we think, what we are taught, what we are paid for our work, when and where we go to war, and who wins political office have all been staged by men and women we have never heard of. These stealthy elites have long waged clandestine battles for control of the American mind. Behavior modification wasn’t developed just for school-aged children. For those who actually control America, they trade in deceit and sleight of hand.
When exposed, their exploits reveal a hideous hidden agenda designed to impoverish most Americans. America has become a covert partnerships created by unfamiliar ideologues designed to acquire most of the nation’s wealth and power. The American people have allowed by vote or absence of mind, and complacency, a small few to place greed, power, and profits above the interests of the American citizen and the pursuit of the American Dream.
Politics, the economy, the educational system, trade, the stock market, and foreign policies are all controlled by small undisclosed groups. And they don’t work for the interests of the everyday American citizen.
Biden was pushed to the curb by his own party. The ultimate backstabbing LOL
1:25 – if this guy was asked the same questions BEFORE the debate he would have said Joe Biden was in great health and solid.
Grest video
Thank you Joe for your service even while facing so many hardships
Was it necessary to make this a 200 part series with such a misleading title in each individual video? We all know it wasn’t his decision. Nobody spends 50 years with a family business, large company, political party, union etc… to go out in such a weak manner.
What a refreshing interview. This man speaks clearly & isn't holding back. He speaks the truth – 100%!!!
Our President Donald J Trump is by far different FJB. FJB is not in the business .he does not how to negotiate what FJB does know is to corrupt and the business is done. FJB IS been the politics as a dirty politician. While our President Donald J Trump is a businessman with a lot of achievements. Politics is just a secondary. OF COURSE YOU CAN NOT DO BUSINESS WITH POLITICS. BUT PRESIDENT'S THEY KNOW HOW TO NEGOTIATE ITS EITHER A FAILURE OR LOSER.
Potus Harris NOW.
The worst president ever. Obama 2nd worse and Carter 3rd worse.
This brother sounds like a DEI hire.
Trump 2024. Everything liberals touch turns to mold..
Why isn’t the same thing happening to Trump?