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2024 CNN Presidential Debate

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Overview

The 2024 CNN Presidential Debate refers to the first debate that took place during the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election between the preliminary Republican and Democratic Presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Joe Biden, which was aired on CNN in late June 2024. Following the event, many Republican and Democrat voters questioned President Joe Biden's mental aptitude in the aftermath of the debate as concerns over his age spread widely online, as well as in reporting by the media. Memes (such as I Really Don't Know What He Said at the End of That Sentence), discourse and other reactions also emerged en masse shortly after, with many Americans expressing their apathy for the upcoming election and their annoyance at the candidate options for president.

Background

On June 27th, 2024, CNN held the first official presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, the tentative Republican and Democratic candidates for the 2024 U.S. Presidential Elections. The debate, located in Atlanta, Georgia, was streamed live on CNN's YouTube[1] channel, where it gathered over 7 million views in five hours (seen below).



Online Reactions

Reactions Ahead Of The Debate

In the days leading up to the debate, "resistance" liberal and vocal anti-Trumper Jeff Tiedrich[2] made posts in support of Biden, writing, "Joe Biden bicycles into the debate hall, dismounts, runs up a ramp to his podium, one-handedly chugs a bottle of water, slams the empty bottle down onto the lectern and turns to Trump and says "sup, fuckface" (seen below). Tiedrich posted this line on May 15th, 2024, and again before the debate on June 27th.



Meanwhile, X[3] user @highprogressive posted a meme edit of Trump and Biden calling each other "soyjaks" on June 27th, gathering over 43,000 likes in a day (seen below).


Reactions Following The Debate

Reddit's /r/politics[5] hosted a discussion thread following the debate on June 27th, 2024, gathering over 2,000 upvotes in a day. Meanwhile, Redditor /u/FiftiiMakesMusic[6] posted a meme about Trump "mewing" to the subreddit /r/196, gathering over 1,000 upvotes in a day (seen below, left). Redditor[7] /u/ControlCAD posted a picture of Biden holding a "Dark Brandon's Secret Sauce" can ahead of the debate to /r/pics, gathering over 20,000 upvotes in a day (seen below, right).



On June 27th, X[4] user @mazzypopstar posted a clip of Joe Biden finishing a statement incoherently, with Trump responding by saying, "I don't know what he said at the end of that sentence, and I don't think he knows either." The post gathered over 3.7 million views and 80,000 likes in a day (seen below).


Also on June 27th, X[9] user @fraudhaired posted a clip of Biden responding to Trump by saying, "The only person on stage who is a convicted felon is the man I'm looking at right now," to which Trump shrugs and nods. The post gathered over 70,000 likes in a day (seen below).


On June 27th, 2024, X[8] user @DaveMcNamee3000 posted an image showing a highly Facetuned Trump and Biden, gathering over 70,000 likes in a day (seen below, left). Meanwhile X[10] user @CLAGGGGY posted an IShowSpeed Smiling meme read that, "Joe Biden I'm Watching The Debate Right Now Why You Trying Not To Laugh That's Disrespectful As Shit Bruh," gathering over 35,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).



I Really Don't Know What He Said at the End of That Sentence

I Really Don't Know What He Said at the End of That Sentence and I Don't Think He Knows That Either is a remark said by preliminary Presidential candidate Donald Trump in response to his opponent Joe Biden during the 2024 CNN Presidential Debate. The clip of Trump replying to Biden went viral online in late June 2024, inspiring various memes and references.


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[2] X – itsJeffTiedrich

[3] X – highprogressive

[4] Β X – mazzypopstar

[5] Reddit – /r/politics

[6] Reddit – /r/196

[7] Reddit – /r/pics

[8] X – DaveMcNamee3000

[9] X – fraudhaired

[10] X – CLAGGGGY

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Geigh Science
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I'm too burnt out to actually care about the implications of this debate all but handing the win to Trump. It was just too fucking funny to watch. How in the hell did Biden think it was a good idea to segue from abortion to an illegal immigrant raping and murdering someone on his watch. Why did he think it was a good idea to bring up the exit from Afghanistan as an achievement to be proud of. How did he fail to nail Trump to the wall on J6, or the mass deportation scheme, or his very clear refusal to say anything negative about Putin. Why did we hear more about who would be better at golf than about Trump being a convicted felon embroiled in a whole plethora of legal battles.

And for the love of god, why did Biden not at least take a drink of water at any point during the proceedings because his voice sounded like a creaking door and at many points he could hardly put together a coherent sentence. This is the guy that everyone on reddit is telling me I'm a bad person if I don't bend over and vote for him? Really? This is who you've chosen as the "last line of defense for our democracy"? No, this is just too ridiculous. If these are the choices we're being presented with and we don't get any say in them, then we've already lost. Mu, as the Buddhist would say: The question itself is wrong.

I can't support either of these parties in good conscience. Asking us to pick either of these candidates comes off as a demented joke more than anything else.

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I've seen the politics subreddit. The industrial amounts of copium they're huffing right now is extreme. The new argument now has transformed into "i'm voting for Biden not because of him but because he has a competent team around him" yeah the same competent team that saw the guy's current condition and said "yes, Joe is definitely ready for a debate".

Granted, incompetent is still better than Trump's team being actively malicious, but it's hilariously baffling to see the democrats go all in on the "he's not Trump and that should be enough" strategy, because that certainly worked for them in 2016 (and don't give me the "she won the popular vote" soundbite please, talk to me about that when the popular vote matters in your country).

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