Joe Biden admitted he does not"debate as well as I used to" after his stumbling performance in the first face-off with Donald Trump of the 2024 US presidential election triggered concerns about his candidacy.
But despite the claims online, Bash was not instructing a confused Biden where to focus his gaze -- the clip is cut deceptively short to omit the context behind her gesture.
Bash also appears in the clip to be looking left toward Trump, who was positioned to Biden's left on the stage.CNN journalists Jake Tapper and Dana Bash moderate the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections between Joe Biden and Donald Trump at the CNN's studios in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/embed/5wLtcTitMjQ