Biden gets very combative with NBC's Lester Holt for saying he 'looked confused' during debate

President Joe Biden repeatedly pushed backmost astatine NBC's Lester Holt successful an interview, bristling erstwhile taking yet different information of questions astir his statement disaster. 

Their sometimes caustic speech including Holt relaying concerns by congressional Democrats who said of his performance: 'frankly ... you appeared to beryllium confused.'

'Why don’t you guys ever talk astir nan 18 – 28 lies he told? Twenty-eight times it’s confirmed he lied successful that debate,' Biden told Holt.

'I had a bad bad night. I wasn’t emotion good astatine all. I screwed up.'

It was 1 of respective times he took connected his interviewer, successful a sit-down arranged by his squad earlier Saturday's assassination effort connected Donald Trump. 

Holt pressed him connected his different admittance astatine a property convention that he hadn't seen nan statement that caused a flood of Democratic defection. He said he had seen pieces of his performance.

'I didn’t person to spot it – I was there,' he said, challenging Holt again.

'And by nan way, seriously, you won’t reply nan question, but why doesn’t nan property talk astir each nan lies he told? 

Nor would he judge Holt's posture erstwhile nan anchor asked him astir Trump's proposition that they statement again earlier their adjacent scheduled engagement successful September to 'get backmost connected nan horse.'

'I’m connected nan horse. Where you been? I’ve done 22 awesome events' since nan debate, he said, interacting pinch 'thousands of people. I’m connected nan horse.'

He besides took connected Holt and nan media erstwhile asked astir Trump's action of Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance arsenic his moving mate. Holt wanted to inquire astir what Vance has said astir Biden. Biden wanted to talk astir nan things Vance said bashing Trump backmost successful 2016. 

'See what he said astir Trump. What’s pinch you guys? Come connected man!'

Biden besides spoke astir nan probe he has asked for into nan Trump shooting. 

'I consciousness safe pinch nan Secret Service,' he said.

'Sometime travel and talk to maine astir what we should beryllium talking about, okay? The issues.'

After being slow to effort to attraction his attacks connected Trump successful nan debate, Biden made clear his calls for 'unity' and turning down nan somesthesia won't mean backing disconnected connected things Trump has said and done.

'I’m not nan feline that said I want to beryllium a dictator connected time one. I’m not nan feline that refused to judge nan result of nan election. I’m not nan feline who said that wouldn’t judge nan result of this predetermination automatically. You can’t only emotion your state erstwhile you win. And truthful nan attraction was connected what he’s saying and, I mean, nan idea,' said Biden, connected a time erstwhile Trump's normal successful Milwaukee played an advertisement of Biden many times stumbling while boarding Air Force One.