A Democratic lawmaker slapped back Friday morning at CNN media pundits he blames for a "feeding frenzy" that could imperil President Joe Biden's reelection campaign.
Wolf Blitzer triggered the heated debate with Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) when he chose to ask about calls for Biden to resign rather than the president's recent press conference, which the California Democrat called a "tour de force."
"What's wrong here?" Garamendi asked Blitzer. "What's wrong is that we have a feeding frenzy underway."
Garamendi admitted Biden's debate performance against Trump on June 27 was "very poor" but argued the president has not faltered when it comes to governing the nation.
"He can and has governed and he will be able to govern in the future," Garamendi said. "We've got a great team and as Democrats, we ought to get behind that team."
He also noted the "stark difference" between Biden and Trump, as demonstrated by Biden's performance at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Washington D.C.
Biden received much praise from world leaders after he announced Ukraine would receive four new Patriot missile defense systems and the U.S. — along with Denmark and the Netherlands — announced 85 F-16 fighters are being transferred to Ukraine.
Meanwhile Trump earned scorn from Sen. Mitch McConnell for hosting Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orbán at Mar-a-Lago, despite the authoritarian's recent meetings with President Vladimir Putin.
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"There is a stark difference between these two," Garamendi said. "One has an understanding of what it takes to be secure in this world...On the other hand, you have Trump, who understands none of this, who wants to destroy our alliances."
Garamendi argued Democrats need to put an end to the debate and focus instead on their target in November.
"We need to rally," Garamendi said. "We need to understand that we have an individual, the current president, that knows the issues inside and out."
In his final case for Biden, Garamendi pointed to recent decreases inflation, increases in employment and job growth and the bipartisan infrastructure deal that invested $110 billion to repair roads and bridges and support new building projects.
"What does Trump want to do?" Garamendi said. "Take every piece of that apart, including giving the corporate America an additional tax cut...that's outrageous, outrageous policy."
