CNN senior White House correspondent Kayla Tausche reported Friday that some rank and file Biden administration staffers are so devastated by the president’s performance in Thursday’s debate, they are unable to even show up to work.
President Biden’s debate demeanor sparked yet another national conversation about his ability to serve, and while his team is publicly standing by the president, some are privately panicking.
“The Biden campaign just believes they need a little bit of time for the dust to settle and to move forward,” Tausche told CNN host Kasie Hunt. “They plan for the president to stay in the race and to debate again in September.”
“But I‘ve been talking to a bunch of rank-and-file at the White House and the mood inside the building is not good,” she continued. “They described the tone of the groupchats …