CNN Audience Questions Seemed Tailor Made for Biden But He Still Had Trouble

As we previously reported, Joe Biden did a town hall on CNN with Don Lemon on Wednesday night.

We covered his earlier comments with Lemon, as well as his most breathtaking lie of the night.

But he also answered questions from 11 members of the audience. Seven of them were from declared Democrats, three from alleged Republicans, and one from an undeclared person who attacked Republicans and the filibuster. I wouldn’t bet on those Republicans all being Republicans, based on the questions.

Like this Republican for example.

Second question came from a Republican and pediatrician who in part asked: “So what I want to know is what is the White House doing to combat medical misinformation and to restore America’s faith in science?” #BidenTownHall pic.twitter.com/QeDA4oQhYe

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 22, 2021

She later claimed that she was a “registered Republican” but voted for Joe Biden. Of course.

I am a registered Republican – but that doesn’t mean I agree with everything that party stands for, nor does it indicate who I voted for.
I’m PROUD to say I voted for @JoeBiden
They asked the question, so I had to answer honestly.

— Nicole Baldwin, MD, FAAP (@NicoleB_MD) July 22, 2021

The guests appeared oriented to make certain points that the Biden Administration wants to make: about vaccine hesitancy in the black community, disregarding bipartisanship, gun violence, and “voting rights.”

Third question came from a Democrat newlywed who works in the insurance industry, who made the mistake of bringing his wife along as Biden then promptly checked her out and gave that creepy smile.

They asked about vaccine hesitancy in the Black community. #BidenTownHall pic.twitter.com/NxggibT4gz

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 22, 2021

Fifth question of the #BidenTownhall came from a Democrat who said she was “dismayed at how often Democratic plans…are held hostage by the utopian need to gain bipartisan support” and argued “abandon[ing] the need for bipartisan” is “the right answer.” pic.twitter.com/DKgdsZEvIW

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 22, 2021

Ninth question at CNN’s #BidenTownhall came from a Democrat and paralegal advocate who asked about guns: “How will you address gun violence from a federal point of view to actually bring about change and make our local cities safer?” pic.twitter.com/P29qZ9RSdL

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 22, 2021

Eighth question — while no party ID, this recent college grad was definitely a Democrat since he asked Biden to “get rid of the filibuster so we can protect our democracy and secure the right to vote.” #BidenTownHall pic.twitter.com/7zgc7v8KqL

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 22, 2021

I’m not sure there was a really hard question among any of the questions.

But the one that did give him the most trouble was the sixth question, from a Republican restauranteur, John Lanni. Biden basically showed he’s been in government practically his whole life. Biden made it clear that he knew nothing about how to run a business and or how to keep up a payroll, as he lectured to this restauranteur. Biden also completely failed to understand how his own policies relative to unemployment benefits were killing this restauranteur’s ability to find people willing to work. The workers just are finding other opportunities, he tells Lanni.

Joe Biden tells a small business owner that his industry is "really going to be in a bind for a little while," and goes on to say that if he wants to hire workers, he'll just have to pay a $15/hr minimum wage: pic.twitter.com/d2uoDsLaVo

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 22, 2021

This went on for a few minutes as Biden continued to trash the restaurant industry as a place where fewer and fewer people want to work because they aren’t paid enough, telling John Lanni that he better start paying employees at least $15/hr (pre-tip) or else #BidenTownHall pic.twitter.com/ZmvJoa1Wmz

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 22, 2021

When Lemon asked Biden if his unemployment benefits action had delayed people going back to work, Biden stammers, trying to spin that question, saying no, he really didn’t think it’s that. Sorry Joe, but it’s exactly that. A Morning Consult poll verified that was indeed part of the problem, with 1.8 million people saying that’s why they weren’t going back to work. But Joe’s in denial of reality.

You could tell that Lanni was trying to be polite. But the look on his face said it for all of us.