DONKEY: Jill Biden Admits She Thought Joe Biden Had A Stroke During 2024 Presidential Debate

Summary

Donkey of the Day Podcast Summary

Episode: Jill Biden Admits She Thought Joe Biden Had A Stroke During 2024 Presidential Debate
Host: Charlamagne Tha God (Power 105.1 FM)
Date: May 28, 2026

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Main Theme

This episode of "Donkey of the Day" centers on First Lady Jill Biden’s recent candid admission that she feared President Joe Biden was having a stroke during the 2024 presidential debate. Charlamagne Tha God takes aim not only at Jill Biden but the entire Democratic inner circle, criticizing their lack of honesty regarding Biden’s health and the resulting erosion of public trust. The discussion unpacks how political denial and gaslighting led to broader disillusionment within the Democratic base and contributed to their loss in 2024.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Donkey of the Day: Jill Biden and the Democratic Establishment

• Charlamagne opens by stating this "Donkey of the Day" should go not just to Jill Biden, but also to the Democratic Party, Biden’s staff, and everyone who told Americans “not to believe their own eyes.”
  • "What Jill Biden did is part of the reason that Democrats lost in 2024." (03:40)

2. Jill Biden’s TV Admission

• Jill Biden’s interview on CBS Sunday Morning is previewed, where she admits fearing her husband was having a stroke during the 2024 debate.
  • Clip: "I thought, oh my God, he’s having a stroke. And it scared me to death." (04:26, Jill Biden via ABC News)

3. Critique of Post-Debate Spin

• Charlamagne highlights how, after the shaky debate performance, Jill Biden and the Democratic team praised Joe Biden publicly, ignoring visible issues.

  • Clip of Jill Biden: "Joe, you did such a great job. You answered every question. You knew all the facts." (08:11)

• Charlamagne's reaction:

  • "This is what frustrates voters… We can handle difficult truths. What we can’t handle is obvious lies and people playing in our face." (08:28)

4. Party’s Failure to Be Honest About Biden’s Health

• The focus shifts from Biden's age to the party's failure to address well-founded public concerns:
  • Cites polling that showed voters worried about Biden’s health and sharpness "long before the debate" and how those worries were brushed off as “jet lag” or a “cold.” (06:47)
  • "You dismissed voters concerns about Biden's age and health for years instead of addressing them honestly." (06:49)

5. Missed Opportunities and Consequences for Democracy

• Charlamagne argues that the Democrats' lack of strategy and transparency hurt their ability to "protect democracy."
  • "President Biden should have been a one term president from the beginning." (05:57)
  • "They could have… gotten rid of the filibuster, expand the Supreme Court, and pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, the Freedom to Vote Act… but guess what? They didn’t happen. Now we’re here." (06:13)

6. Gaslighting, Trust Issues, and Fallout

• Strong accusation that the party gaslit the public, and that this led to deep mistrust in American institutions.
  • "If voters feel like they're being gaslit, lied to, they stop trusting not just the politicians, but… the whole system." (10:09)
  • "Not because leaders get old. That’s life. People lose faith when parties act like acknowledging reality is somehow betrayal." (10:24)
• Charlamagne uses humor but keeps tone serious about the lost faith and anger in the electorate.

7. Praise for Kamala Harris Amidst the Aftermath

• Reflects on the difficult situation Vice President Kamala Harris was left to handle after Biden stepped aside:
  • "Kamala Harris did the best she had with the cards she was dealt…Still raised over a billion dollars, still had over 75 million votes." (09:55)

8. Commentary from Co-hosts

• Co-hosts discuss how their own warnings about Biden's health were ignored or ridiculed until Jill Biden confirmed the concerns.
  • "They critiqued and criticized us like crazy when I said it looked like Joe Biden had pre-dementia… Now when she said it, it's okay." (11:13, Co-host)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Charlamagne: "The Democratic Party… spent years telling Americans not to believe their own eyes." (03:44)
• Jill Biden (via ABC): "As I watched it, I thought, oh my God, he’s having a stroke. And it scared me to death." (04:43)
• Charlamagne: "You gaslight me, I'll fart on you. Okay?… I need a big, big, big one. Fart all over Joe Biden’s comments." (08:56) [humorous moment]
• Charlamagne: "The perception became y’all weren’t being transparent. And that hurt Democrats in 2024. Because once Biden stepped aside, it was too late, okay?" (09:25)
• Co-host: "What you need to be trying to do is build trust with people right now, okay? Cause she was saying it the whole time." (11:29)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:40 — Donkey of the Day awarded: Set-up, targeting Jill Biden and the Democratic circle
• 04:26 — Jill Biden’s televised admission, ABC News report
• 05:29 — Charlamagne’s critique begins: "Not right now, okay, Jill…"
• 06:13–06:49 — Discussion of missed Democratic opportunities and ignored concerns
• 08:11 — Clip: Jill Biden praising Joe after the debate
• 08:28 — Charlamagne: "This is what frustrates voters…"
• 09:25–10:24 — On gaslighting, trust, and institutional fallout
• 09:55 — Praise for Kamala Harris’ efforts post-Biden
• 11:13–11:29 — Co-hosts reflect on being ignored for speaking truth about Biden’s health

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Summary Flow & Tone

Charlamagne approaches the subject with his characteristic blend of humor, honesty, and pointed social critique. He expresses deep frustration with the Democratic Party's unwillingness to acknowledge and transparently address President Biden's health, arguing that this “gaslighting” led to the party’s losses and undermined public trust in broader institutions. The show stresses that Americans can handle uncomfortable truths but not obvious lies, and that the fallout from party spin extends beyond politics to the health of democracy itself.

The episode is both a moment of “I told you so” and a call for genuine accountability among political leaders, brought to life through candid, direct language and memorable one-liners.

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Well, donkey, Today for Thursday, May 28th goes the former first lady of the United States of America, Jill Biden. You know, I am a citizen, citizen of America, okay? I just want the best for this country at all times. I could care less about political parties. I have voted nothing but Democrat all my life though. But what Jill Biden did is part of the reason that Democrats lost in 2024. Okay? Literally donkey today should go to Jill Bide. The Democratic Party, Biden's in the circle, the staff, the record label, the mother effing crew and everybody who spent years telling Americans not to believe their own eyes. Okay, see, Jill Biden will be appearing on CBS News Sunday Morning, I believe this weekend. And she decided to tell us that when she watched the 2024 debate she thought President Biden was having a stroke. Let's go to ABC News for the report, please.

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This morning, Jill Biden opening up about her husband's infamous 2024 debate performance. I was frightened because I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since. She says she feared her then 81 year old husband was experiencing a medical condition. I don't know what happened. I mean when I, as I watched it, I thought, oh my God, he's having a stroke. And it scared me to death. During the debate. Biden often paused, stuttered and spoke incoherently,

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Not right now, okay, Jill. Not right now, all right? Inflation is through the roof. The price of gas and groceries is extremely high. Think about all the government workers who lost their jobs because of Doge envy, scared he might get deported. It's just too much going on right now for you to be confirming what so many of us already knew and said, but got crucified for it. Okay? Now I'm letting you know right now, this isn't about aging, okay? I'm not making fun of aging. Aging is human, okay? Health scares are human. This is about honesty and jail. Biden and Democrats weren't honest. And that's one of the main reasons we are currently in the situation we are in right now. Okay? This is just another example of Democrats not doing what they needed to do from 2020 to 2024 in order to protect democracy. Oh, it's a long list, okay? President Biden should have been a one term president from the beginning, all right? They should have announced it as soon as he won. He was there for a good time, not a long time. He could have set them up for the future. And you know what else he could have done? Hired an attorney general that was willing to hold President Trump and the Trump administration account for the role he played in the January 6th insurrection. Merrick Garland wasn't the person for that. Okay? You know what else they they should have did? Made every Democrat get on the same page in the Senate, which is always an impossible task because it's always a mansion and a cinema and a Fetterman blocking progress. But if you could have gotten cinema and mansion on the same page, you could have had 50 votes in the Senate. BP at the time, Kamala Harris had the tiebreaker. And you could have voted to get rid of the filibuster. Then you could properly govern. Then you can do things like expand the Supreme Court and pass the John Lewis Voting Rights act, the Freedom to Vote Act. Those were the things that needed to be done to protect democracy. But guess what? They didn't happen. Now we're here. Okay? Add the lie sold to the American people about President Biden to that list. All Right. This is why Americans have trust issues with politicians. Okay? You tell us we don't feel what we feel and we don't see what we see. Once again, this wasn't about Biden being old, okay? It wasn't even about this debate. It was a trust issue. All right? You dismissed voters concerns about Biden's age and health for years instead of addressing them honestly. Poll after poll showed you voters worried about his health and mental sharpness long before the debate. And y' all told us he was just jet lagged. He had a cold. Okay? All of y' all treated the truthful, honest criticism like it was disloyalty. No, it was reality. And because of the reality that so many Americans are facing right now because of that lie. Okay, okay. Because of that lie. That's why we're here. We don't want to hear what you got to say on the manager, okay? No, it does nothing for us but prove that politicians and in their political circles are liars. Okay? Jill Biden, do you remember what you said after the debate about your husband? Let's listen.

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I can't thank you all enough for staying and for being here and for all your support. Joe, you did such a great job. You. You answered every question. You knew all the facts.

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This is what frustrates voters. Okay? Americans, we can handle difficult truths. What we can't handle is obvious lies and people playing in our face. Same thing happening right now. Okay? Nothing about that debate was an isolated incident. All right? I remember when special counsel Robert Hurd described Biden as an elderly man with a poor memory, what did Democrats do? Dismissed it as political. Then the debate happened. Then came reports about AIDS limiting access, shielding him from scrutiny. For what? Okay, Jake Tappa's book, the Original Sin told us everything we already knew, just like Jill Biden is telling us everything we already knew now. But all we got from Democrats during that time was gaslighting and denial about Biden's conditions. That's why I be going gas for gas. Okay? You gaslight me, I'll fart on you. Okay? All right. I need a big. Nah. I need a big, big, big one. Okay? Fart all over Joe Biden's comments. There you go. Listen, it doesn't matter what. Yes. All right, all right, all right. Oh, man. God dang. When you gotta let it rip, you're gonna let it rip. Listen, it doesn't matter whether every claim about Biden was fair or not. The perception became y' all weren't being transparent. And that hurt Democrats in 2024. Because once Biden stepped aside, it was too late, okay? Kamala Harris did the best she had with the cards she was dealt. And she did a damn good job, too. Dropping the clues bombs for Vice President Kamala Harris inherited all that chaos with barely any Runway before the election. Still raised over a billion dollars, still had over 75 million votes. But the moral of the story is, this is why people lose faith in institutions, okay? Not because leaders get old. That's life. People lose faith when parties act like acknowledging reality is somehow betrayal, okay? If voters feel like they're being gaslit, lied to, they stop trusting not just the politicians, but they stop trusting the whole system. Please give Jill Biden the sweet sounds of the Hamiltones. Of the day. You are the Dogg of the day. Got envy walking around here in a red hat right now just to try to, you know, blend in. He's so afraid. It's a lot I used to pop out at any moment. This is. This is a lox hat, by the way. I know. I know what it is, but I just. Secondly, yes, they. They critiqued us and criticized us like crazy. When I said it looked like Joe Biden had pre dementia, they said it was funny. And no, it's not. And how the hell are you gonna say that? And I was acidic. My mother in law had the same signs. I can see it. I can see it in them. But now when she said, it's okay, it's like, oh, we knew it's not okay. And we don't want to hear it right now. Not at a time like this. Sit down and be quiet, because all you're doing is reminding people of what they were right and they were right, but also what they felt and how they feel about being gaslit and lied to. And what you need to be trying to do is build trust with people right now, okay? That's what you need to be trying to do, because she was saying it the whole time. All right, well, thank you for that, donkey. Why every time I say something, why do y' all not say nothing? Because that's true. Jill was saying it the whole time. She lived with this man, but Jill. Oh, Jill. Only because I just spent, like, six, seven minutes saying that same thing, so, you know, that's all. You just reiterated what I just said for seven minutes. All right, that's all. That's it. Bye. Donkey of the Day is sponsored by renowned personal injury attorney Michael the Bull. Lame. Soft. Don't be a donkey when you need a fighter on your side. If you're ever injured, go to michaeldebull.com that's michletheboul.com and when you mess with the bull, you get the horns.

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