ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos was caught on camera admitting he doesn’t think President Biden can manage another term.
“I don’t think he can serve four more years,” Mr. Stephanopoulos said in a video taken by a person who stopped him in New York City.
The video, shared by TMZ on Tuesday, shows Mr. Stephanopoulos walking on the sidewalk before he’s approached and asked for his thoughts on Mr. Biden.
“Earlier today I responded to a passerby. I shouldn’t have,” Mr. Stephanopoulos said in a statement through a network spokesperson Tuesday night.
In a separate statement, ABC said, “George expressed his own point of view and not the position of ABC News.”
The anchor sat down with Mr. Biden for an interview released last week — the first after the president’s incoherent debate performance June 27 in Atlanta.
During the ABC interview, Mr. Biden called the debate “a bad night” and said only God could convince him to step aside in the presidential race.
Mr. Biden has maintained he’s not dropping out despite growing calls for him to do so.
He said Monday that he “wouldn’t be running again if I did not absolutely believe I was the best person to beat Donald Trump in 2024.”
• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.
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