It was the biggest stage yet for his effort to rewrite the story of Jan. 6. [nytimes.com](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoYrCeP0SvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU2JmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuXzIwMjQwNjI5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNzUxNyZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTcwOTE0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmdJ4rgGa0FFDeUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoYrCeP0SjaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYyMjExJmxpPUNOJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1DTl8yMDI0MDYyOSZzdHBlPWRlZmF1bHQmdGU9MSZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDI0MDYyOVcDbnl0QgpmdJ4rgGa0FFDeUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [On Politics](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoYrCeP0S_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vc2VjdGlvbi9wb2xpdGljcz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDI0MDYyOSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjc1MTcmbmw9b24tcG9saXRpY3MmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MDkxNCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZnSeK4BmtBRQ3lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) June 28, 2024 [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoYrCeP0SkaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTA4MDcwNCZsaT1DTiZtPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnA9Q05fMjAyNDA2Mjkmc3RwZT1kZWZhdWx0JnRlPTEmbmw9b24tcG9saXRpY3MmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAyNDA2MjlXA255dEIKZnSeK4BmtBRQ3lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) During Thursdayâs debate, former President Donald Trump again downplayed the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Kenny Holston/The New York Times
For Trump, the debate was another chapter in the rewriting of Jan. 6 [Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoYrCeP0S-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvamVzcy1iaWRnb29kP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU2JmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuXzIwMjQwNjI5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNzUxNyZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTcwOTE0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmdJ4rgGa0FFDeUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) By [Jess Bidgood](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoYrCeP0S-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvamVzcy1iaWRnb29kP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU2JmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuXzIwMjQwNjI5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNzUxNyZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTcwOTE0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmdJ4rgGa0FFDeUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) About halfway through Thursday nightâs presidential debate, the moderators asked former President Donald Trump about Jan. 6. Amid all the focus on President Bidenâs unsteady performance, it might have been easy to miss Trumpâs answer. Trump seized the moment to turn the debate stage â with the biggest audience heâs enjoyed since his presidency â into the latest theater for his yearslong effort to rewrite the story of Jan. 6, 2021. And he twice ignored questions about whether he would accept the results of the next election before agreeing to do so only under certain conditions. Over the course of several exchanges with Biden and the moderators, CNNâs Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, Trump downplayed the most damaging attack on the Capitol since the War of 1812, falsely blamed the security lapses that day on former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and defended the more than 1,000 people who have been charged with participating in the deadly violence. It was the latest step in Trumpâs attempt to see if his continuing lies about Jan. 6 â an alternate story he tells about the day that was once mostly fodder for far-right audiences â can persuade mainstream voters as well. And the former presidentâs critics say that, as unnerving as Bidenâs performance might have been, Trumpâs embrace of Jan. 6 and his refusal to agree to unqualified acceptance of a democratic election were worse. âItâs a concerted effort to try to de-weaponize Jan. 6,â said former Representative Adam Kinzinger, a Republican who served on the House select committee that investigated the events of that day and who endorsed Biden this week. âItâs part of creating this utter confusion where the average person is, like, âI know what I saw on Jan. 6, but maybe I didnât see what I saw.ââ âYou could feel itâ Trump has called Jan. 6, when rioters angry over his election loss attacked the Capitol, a beautiful day. He has frequently leaned on his House Republican allies to [defend and re-litigate his actions that day](~/AAAAAQA~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~~), for which he was impeached. In recent months, Trump has offered increasingly vocal support to the people charged in connection with the dayâs events â a group he has taken to calling âwarriorsâ and âhostages.â He scored another victory on that front on Friday when the Supreme Court ruled that the Justice Department had [improperly used an obstruction law](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoYrCeP0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNi8yOC91cy9zdXByZW1lLWNvdXJ0LWphbi02LW9ic3RydWN0aW9uLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAyNDA2MjkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI3NTE3Jm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzA5MTQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmZ0niuAZrQUUN5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) when charging some of the Jan. 6 defendants. âBig news!â Trump posted on his social media site, while amplifying another post that called the case a major win for âJ6 political prisoners.â On Thursday night, it was Tapper, not Biden, who first raised the issue onstage, by asking Trump what he would say to voters who believe he violated his constitutional oath when he urged his supporters to head toward the Capitol â and sat by silently for hours when the mob turned violent. [Ad]
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The John Fetterman guide to surviving a bad debate Earlier today, my colleagues [reported that Bidenâs rocky debate performance](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoYrCeP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNi8yOC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9iaWRlbi1kZW1vY3JhdHMtbm9taW5lZS0yMDI0LWVsZWN0aW9uLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAyNDA2MjkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI3NTE3Jm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzA5MTQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmZ0niuAZrQUUN5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) has some Democrats â including some longtime Biden allies â openly wondering if they can, or should, [replace him atop the ticket](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoYrCeP0TYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNi8yOC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9yZXBsYWNlLWJpZGVuLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAyNDA2MjkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI3NTE3Jm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzA5MTQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmZ0niuAZrQUUN5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, is not among them. Fetterman, you might remember, had his own [disastrous debate](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoYrCeP0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMC8yNi91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9mZXR0ZXJtYW4tZGViYXRlLXBlbm5zeWx2YW5pYS1kZW1vY3JhdHMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDI0MDYyOSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjc1MTcmbmw9b24tcG9saXRpY3MmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MDkxNCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZnSeK4BmtBRQ3lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) against the Republican Mehmet Oz in the fall of 2022. At the time, he was still recovering from a stroke, and his halting and unsteady debate performance sent Democrats into a tailspin, worrying that one bad night in Harrisburg would cost them the Senate. âIâve been there," Fetterman told me over FaceTime this morning. âPeople lost their mind after my debate. Maybe thereâs something we could learn from that.â Fetterman said that, at the time, he knew the debate was not going well. And the backlash was painful. But he ultimately won by nearly 5 percentage points. âJust got back on the saddle, and just kept out there. Just put yourself out there â thatâs what I did, and leaned in on it, as well,â Fetterman said. Biden seemed to be following that playbook on Friday when he appeared at a rally in Raleigh, N.C., and delivered a far stronger performance than he had on Thursday night â albeit with a teleprompter and a lot fewer people watching. âI donât speak as smoothly as I used to. I donât debate as well as I used to. But I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong,â Biden said. It was a defiant performance that seemed to signal he has no plans to drop out. A social media post of support from former President Barack Obama bolstered the image of party unity. Itâs not clear if the freakout will end here. But Fetterman says it should. âI am unwilling,â he said, âto abandon a great president after one bad debate, any more than I wouldnât want to be abandoned after a rough debate.â MORE POLITICS NEWS AND ANALYSIS [[President Biden, seen in profile, stands in a dark room with another person whose back is to the camera.] Kenny Holston/The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoYrCeP0TYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNi8yOC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9yZXBsYWNlLWJpZGVuLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAyNDA2MjkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI3NTE3Jm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzA5MTQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmZ0niuAZrQUUN5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [Could Democrats Replace Biden at the Top of the Presidential Ticket? While it is possible, it would most likely lead to political upheaval in the party unless the president decides to step aside on his own terms. 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