 Tapper said Democratic officials have tried to spin this in many ways. They said President Biden just had a cold. They said it was just an off night, akin to when President Obama in 2012 was rusty and seemed a little huffy. Harvey went on to say, behind the scenes, make no mistake, most Democratic officials witnessed the same shocking spectacle that you did. The difficulty that the presumptive Democratic nominee, the current President of the United States, had just articulated his basic thoughts during the 90 minutes of the debate. The spinning is all very reminiscent.