Read previewFormer President Donald Trump, 78, may have lied throughout the first presidential debate of the 2024 election, but the evening still may have provided a lift for his campaign as President Joe Biden, 81, struggled to find his footing during the debate.
Trump and Biden had their first face-off on Thursday evening, breaking with election norms by holding a debate months before voters head to the polls in November.
CNN's fact-checker, Daniel Dale, estimated that Trump said false or misleading statements 30 times during the debate.
Throughout the Thursday debate, Biden's voice sounded raspy as the president struggled at moments to hold in a cough.
"That's a question we can't answer because we've never had a debate this early," Siegfried told BI.
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