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76. There is no way they gave him an ambien before a debate.

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 06:25 PM

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There was an entire narrative amongst the right wing people that they were giving "sleepy Joe" cocaine to amp him up. They didn't give him ambien.

The entire jetlag story is suspect. I remember him being hunkered down in DE to prepare. Maybe it was MA. Either way, it is potently stupid to pop an ambien before a debate and the President shouldn't have taken it. He should've been informed enough not to take a sleeping pill to combat his perceived sleepiness.

Ambien also tends to cause disinhibition. Something along the lines of 2-3 (or 7) drinks. Biden was not disinhibited, he was vacant.

Edit -- It was Hunter that alleged the ambien. He is not exactly a reliable source.

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