President Joe Biden is in a fight for his life to retain the White House and a former senator said he needs to “come out like a junkyard dog” when debating his rival later this week.
Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said Biden “has to absolutely be willing to get down and fight with this guy in a way that shows people he’s strong. What he says is not as important as how he says it.”
McCaskill made those comments on MSNBC’s “The Weekend.”
The reason Biden needs to go on the offensive, McCaskill said, is that Biden’s foe — former President Donald Trump —have tried to depict Bidena though “he can’t walk or talk,” per the HuffPost.
Recently, Trump’s campaign and other Republicans have suggested Biden may use drugs to boost his performance at the debate.
“They’ve gone way out of their way to make this man look incompetent,” McCaskill said.
Biden, she said, has “got to leave the presidential, dignified Joe Biden at the door and he’s got to appear at that podium as scrappy Joe from Scranton that’s willing to take on big guys that are not there for the little guys.”
She said 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.”
Thursday‘s debate will be hosted by CNN in Atlanta.
