Presidential candidate Joe Biden visibly checked his watch during Thursday night’s presidential debate.
As moderator Kristen Welker began to ask the candidates a question about climate change, Biden shifted his shirt sleeve up and checked his watch for a moment.
WATCH:
Joe Biden looks at his watch during the debate pic.twitter.com/qxThObra4G
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 23, 2020
Twitter users compared the move to a similar moment in 1992 when former President George Bush Sr. checked his own watch during a debate with former President Bill Clinton and Texas billionaire Ross Perot. When Bush checked his watch, the move was criticized as demonstrating impatience with the debate.
“Was I glad when the damn thing was over?” Bush later said to PBS Newshour‘s Jim Lehrer. “Yeah.”
WATCH:
“Why did Joe Biden just check his watch,” asked Republican Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar.
Biden repeats the 1992 mistake of George H.W. Bush in debate – looking at his watch while the camera is on. Trump has made mistakes, but Biden.should have known not to bring a watch on stage.
— John Fund (@johnfund) October 23, 2020
Joe Biden just stared at his watch during the debate. He’s done. #Debates
— Danielle D’Souza Gill (@danielledsouzag) October 23, 2020
. @JoeBiden just looked at his watch – for a long stare.
He’s tired.
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) October 23, 2020
Biden checks watch towards the end of the debate… It’s getting late: pic.twitter.com/zECgfnnjsO
— Henry Rodgers (@henryrodgersdc) October 23, 2020
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