Joe Biden Frustrates Supporters With Debate Comment Writing Off New Hampshire

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Former Vice President Joe Biden took the stage at the presidential debate here Friday night, and the very first question he received was about his poor performance in the Iowa caucuses. Instead of reassuring his supporters that the situation would get better, Biden told them to expect it to continue to look bad for a bit longer.

“It’s a long race,” he said. “I took a hit in Iowa and I’ll probably take a hit here. Traditionally, Bernie won by 20 points last time. And usually it’s the neighboring senators that do well.” In other words, in the first line of the debate, he seemed to essentially write off the state of New Hampshire. And to voters here, it was confusing and discouraging.

“I was kind of discouraged when I saw him writing off New Hampshire,” said Alexandra Argasinsky, a Windham resident leaning toward Biden. “He needs to keep campaigning, keep meeting voters and keep trying to get his message out. So I would encourage him not to give up on New Hampshire yet.”

Barry Nestor, a Milford resident who is backing Biden, said he wished he hadn’t made that remark, but it wasn’t going to change his mind. “This is a race. You want to be upbeat,” he said. “You don’t want to be ― he’s the leader. He’s the one. He needs to put on a brave face for all of us.”

Biden spokeswoman Symone Sanders insisted that Biden planned to compete in the state and was “absolutely not” writing it off. “We know it’s going to be a fight, we know it might be an uphill battle, but the reality is we are still in this race,” Sanders told reporters Friday night after the debate.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-new-hampshire_n_5e3f594dc5b6b70887014432

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1. I found it refreshing.

Wish our candidates were allowed to speak the truth more often.

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2. Some of them are

People just have to understand when the truth isnt what they want to hear.