ABC Panel Defends Biden Gaffes

ABC News political director Rick Klein: “It’s him [Joe Biden] connecting and telling a really compelling story....People have made the comparison to President Trump with his misleading statements is on another scale....I think from Biden’s perspective, though, and Biden supporters, they could say: ‘Look, when the Vice President does it, it is to make a point in a more artful way perhaps and to connect with people in a genuine way. When Donald Trump does it, it’s often to demean and belittle.’”...
NPR reporter Asma Khalid: “There’s a sense that these qualities are almost endearing to voters. There’s a sense that they find him more believable because he makes missteps every so often.”
— Discussion about Vice President Joe Biden peddling a false war story at campaign events as aired on ABC’s This Week, September 1, 2019.