Joe Biden

Appearing on MSNBC's "The Weekend " on Saturday morning, former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) had some advice for President Joe Biden as he heads into his debate with disgraced ex-president Donald Trump and then she hinted the former president has additional issues of his own that go beyond questions about his mental competence.

Speaking with co-host Alicia Menendez, McCaskill stated Biden needs to go for the jugular when he confronts what is expected to be a combative Trump.

"I mean, they've [Trumps' camp] gone way out of their way to make this man [Biden] look incompetent," she pointed out. "When Joe Biden shows up — and not only will — he doesn't respect Donald Trump. I don't think he's going to be afraid to say 'Hey shut up man, again,' or even maybe more like 'Do you ever quit lying?'"

"I mean, he's got to do that, he's got to leave the presidential dignified Joe Biden at the door and he's got to appear as scrappy Joe from Scranton who's willing to take on big guys that are not there for the little guy," she continued. "And if he does that — you know, Donald Trump has his own cognitive issues and frankly he's got things that are more serious. But the point is that Joe Biden has an opportunity here, he has an opportunity to clear the air about whether or not he's strong enough to be commander-in-chief for another four years."

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Reacting to a clip of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) labeling President Joe Biden a "felon," former RNC chair and current MSNBC host Michael Steele laid into the South Carolina Republican for debasing himself even more in the service of Donald Trump.

As Steele put it Republicans are ramping up their attacks on Biden as Trump starts to slip in the polls, with Graham taking the new level up on that, " and the MSNBC host setting up the clip with, "Let's take a listen to what he has to say about Joe Biden as the real felon. "

Speaking with Fox personality Jesse Watters, a furious Graham sneered, "Next time you hear the word 'felon' in this election, I think the felon in this election is Joe Biden. What he's doing to the country is criminal."

"It is just mindnumbingly stupid what he just said," Steele commented as the clip concluded.

"Because, what you're saying ... I have a difference with his policies that's somehow criminal and therefore he's a felon," he continued. "Donald Trump was convicted by 12 of his peers in a New York courtroom 34 times. Help us narratively explain to folks why they should take the fog out of their eyes and understand the difference between these two when they are looking at assessing which of these two men, not is a felon, but who should be president of the United States."

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