‘Biden Has A Cold’ Narrative Emerges Amid Rough Debate Performance

 Less than an hour into a rocky debate performance for President Joe Biden on Thursday evening, a new report suggested the Democrat incumbent was suffering from illness.

“NEW: Two sources familiar with the situation say ‘President Biden has a cold,” NBC News senior White House correspondent Kelly O’Donnell saidin a post to X at 9:50 p.m. ET.

Some commenters quickly scoffed at the idea.

“The entire Biden campaign team committed malpractice by not being out there for a week resetting expectations. This is not spinable now,” said ABC News contributor Sarah Isgur, who is a former Trump Department of Justice spokesperson.

“I didn’t realize that a cold caused mumbling, stuttering, or staring at nothing for extended periods of time…” quipped Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ).

Fox News contributor Joe Concha said, “Oh Kelly, this is why zero people trust your news organization.” 

O’Donnell followed up with another post that said, “More: multiple sources say the president was given COVID test and is negative for COVID.”

The Associated Press reported that Biden was sounding “raspy” and made “several verbal missteps” during the first half hour of the face-off hosted by CNN.

Former President Donald Trump, it added, “countered with falsehoods.”

Biden spent a week at Camp David to prepare for the debate