Following his train wreck of a debate with former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden sat for what was widely viewed as a “make-or-break” interview with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos. The 22-minute exchange, recorded on Friday afternoon in Madison, Wisconsin, and aired that night, did not go well. Although it didn’t create quite the stir that his performance in Atlanta did, it nevertheless fell short of its goal, which was to restore voters’ confidence in Biden’s ability to lead the country for another four years. 

Knowing this, the Democrats’ response to Biden’s failure has been to amp up their fearmongering about Trump. It is clear that, regardless of whether Biden decides to step aside for a more youthful candidate, the Democratic Party will continue running on the canard that Trump poses the greatest existential threat to America’s democracy. This accusation has become the party’s mantra and is spouted as if it’s a proven fact by liberal pundits and politicians in nearly every cable news segment and article written about the 2024 election.