White House builds up Biden’s make-or-break interview with ABC’s Stephanopoulos

The White House underscored President Joe Biden‘s first post-debate interview as an opportunity to make his case directly to the public as members of the Democratic Party reconsider him as their 2024 nominee.

“The president is preparing for this interview like he does with any other interview,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Friday. “He’s done more than 40 interviews this year already. He did two radio interviews yesterday. You heard give a compelling argument for the case for his administration.”

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“He’s looking forward to not just the interview, but certainly talking directly to the American people,” she said. “We’re expecting millions of Americans are going to watch.”

The interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos was added to Biden’s schedule this week as he seeks to reassure Democrats he can be president for another 4 1/2 years. The sit-down will be recorded after the president’s event in the afternoon in Wisconsin, and it will air in full Friday night.

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Democrats, including Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), have called on Biden to step down as the party’s standard-bearer after his poor performance during the first presidential debate against former President Donald Trump.

Other Democrats have advocated for Biden to make more unscripted public appearances, including interviews, as part of an effort to increase trust in him after he lost his train of thought and made other errors during his 90-minute off-teleprompter debate. The president has also had meetings with congressional Democrats and Democratic governors, as well as held phone calls with his campaign and the Democratic National Committee.