President Biden held a “rambling” Zoom call with dozens of moderate Democrats that was “even worse than the debate” — less than an hour before the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, a new report says.
The 81-year-old president repeatedly lost his train of thought throughout the call and was dismissive of concerns about his 2024 re-election campaign, Puck reported Wednesday, citing multiple sources.
“The call was even worse than the debate. He was rambling; he’d start an answer then lose his train of thought, then would just say ‘whatever.’ I lost a ton of respect for him,” one person on the call said.
The sniper attack on Trump at his campaign rally in Butler, Pa. essentially stopped the Democrats from leaking details of the call and coming out publicly against him, the sources added.
“Had the assassination attempt not occurred an hour later, I imagine 50 people on that Zoom were ready to come out publicly against him,” one member of Congress said.