User:Valjean/2024 debates fact check

2024 United States presidential debates needs a section about fact-checking.
The debate moderators did not fact-check the candidates, but that did not prevent Biden from repeatedly complaining about Trump's lies and calling him a liar, and numerous other sources also mentioning lies and fact-checking the candidates.

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the Post also described Trump as using a "fire hose of falsehoods" during the debate and indirectly answering questions, but also contrasted it with Biden's voice and struggle to be succinct and understandable in delivering his points.

Maeve Reston of The Washington Post expressed bafflement over why Democrats advocated so strongly for the debate, commenting that it's likely they wouldn't want him to do another one. The New York Times reporter Reid Epstein claimed that Biden's poor performance was unsurprising, and questioned if voters would see him as someone physically able to run the country, even if voters saw his policies as better than Trump's.

Susan Glasser of The New Yorker described it as the worst presidential debate ever, with Biden's weak performance overshadowing Trump's falsehoods.

Biden stumbles in fiery debate as Trump spreads falsehoods

The New York Times reported that Trump made many "misleading attacks" and false statements and that Biden struggled to respond and appeared shaky.

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Biden-Trump 2024 debate live updates: Biden stumbles while Trump fires off falsehoods

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not strong enough to resist Trump's attacks or lies.

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President Biden stated to reporters at a Waffle House after the debate: "I think we did well" and said he did not have any concerns about his performance or calls for him to drop out of the presidential race, stating that it was difficult to debate "a liar".