Rich Thau, The Bulwark: “Sometimes people say really dumb things during focus groups. As a moderator for nearly 20 years, I’m used to it. The other night I was conducting a focus group following the Cleveland presidential debate, and a woman in Ohio claimed that Joe Biden is a socialist because ‘he socializes with the public better than Trump does.’ She was neither joking nor being ironic.”
“I came across a couple theories that [Biden] was wired up, and they showed some evidence [at] that debate. Also, somebody pointed out, possibly he was wearing contact lenses that were projecting things for him.”