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Bari Weiss: They Knew
Bari Weiss: They Knew
“What happened last night was heartbreaking,” writes Bari Weiss. “It debased Biden as a man.” (Stills from the presidential debate via cnn.com)
Biden is no longer fit to be president. Last night’s debate exposed the lies we’ve been told.
By Bari Weiss
06.28.24 — U.S. Politics
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Bari Weiss: They Knew

Rarely are so many lies dispelled in a single moment. Rarely are so many people exposed as liars and sycophants. Last night’s debate was a watershed on both counts.

The debate was not just a catastrophe for President Biden. And boy—oy—was it ever.

But it was more than that. It was a catastrophe for an entire class of experts, journalists, and pundits, who…

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Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine.
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