"I need more sleep."

[George K]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/politics/biden-governors-sleep/index.html

President Joe Biden told Democratic governors during a meeting at the White House on Wednesday that part of his plan going forward is to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m. so that he can get more sleep, according to three sources briefed on his comments.

The remarks, first reported by The New York Times, came as the 81-year-old Biden sought to reassure a group of more than 20 state leaders about his ability to defeat former President Donald Trump in November and govern effectively for another four years.

'That's inappropriate': Jean-Pierre reacts to comment during White House briefing

Biden’s comment left several of the governors in the room frustrated, sources told CNN, and is one of the reasons that some of the participants have been rankled by the statement of loyalty and enthusiasm from them distributed by the Biden campaign on Thursday.

The White House did not immediately comment about what the president said. A Biden campaign aide argued that, as well as doing debate prep in the week after his two trips to Europe, Biden was engaged in hours of official work in addition to the hours of campaign work.

“President (George W.) Bush went to bed at 9, and President (Barack) Obama made dinner at 6:30,” said Biden campaign spokesperson Kevin Munoz. “Normal presidents strike a balance, and so does Joe Biden. Hardly the same rigor as Donald Trump, who spends half of his day ranting on Truth Social about plans that would cause a recession and the other half golfing.”

Biden also made a joke to the governors that didn’t go over well: “I’m fine — I don’t know about my brain, though.” Jen O’Malley Dillon, Biden’s campaign chairwoman, said the president was “clearly making a joke and then said, ‘All kidding aside.’”

W was in the office at 06:45.

[Mik]

Sundowning.

[Horace]

My dad loved his afternoon siestas and his early bed times in his last few years.

[Copper]

Will they have the fireworks on the Mall if the president is asleep?

[kluurs]

Mick Jagger is just about the same age - as is Keith Richards. Watching Jagger on stage, he's still prancing.

[Mik]

@Horace said in "I need more sleep.":

My dad loved his afternoon siestas and his early bed times in his last few years.

I already do. I go to the gym in the afternoon so not many naps. Bedtime is 10 usually.

[LuFins Dad]

Wait, did the President just admit to being Sleepy Joe?

[George K]

I would love to see what the White House cocaine Provigil tab is.

[89th]

@Copper and @LuFins-Dad asking the good questions!

[Horace]

KJP today indicated that the reports of Biden so much as considering dropping out are false.

[LuFins Dad]

Let’s see how tonight goes. Personally, I feel like the decision was made long ago, and now we are just watching the show they built around it.