In the wake of President Joe Biden's embarrassing, disastrous debate with former President Donald Trump last month, the fallout for his campaign and the White House is growing by the day.
An unexpected but definitely unsurprising scandal to emerge since the debate involves a radio host who said she received pre-written questions to ask the president in a post-debate interview.
According to Fox News, Andrea Lawful-Sanders, host of “The Source” in Philadelphia, admitted during a CNN interview that Biden's team sent a pre-approved list of questions for her to ask.
The radio host said she "approved" of four of the questions.
Fox News explained what the questions involved:
The questions centered around Biden's accomplishments, debate performance, progress in both Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, what's at stake in the election, and what he would say to voters who are considering not voting in the presidential election.
The admission by the radio host ultimately led to her no longer having a job with WURD, a Philadelphia-based Black-owned radio station.
"On July 3, the first post-debate interview with President Joe Biden was arranged and negotiated independently by WURD Radio host Andrea Lawful-Sanders without knowledge, consultation or collaboration with WURD management," WURD president and CEO, Sara M. Lomax, said in a statement.
She emphasized that the station was not a "mouthpiece" for the Biden administration or any other campaign.
Lomax explained in the statement that the host and the company "mutually agreed" to part ways.
"The interview featured pre-determined questions provided by the White House, which violates our practice of remaining an independent media outlet accountable to our listeners. As a result, Ms. Lawful-Sanders and WURD Radio have mutually agreed to part ways, effective immediately," the statement read.
Lawful-Sanders's situation wasn't the only one, as another radio host admitted shortly after that debacle that he, too, had received a pre-approved list of questions to ask the president.
Fox News noted:
Wisconsin radio station host Earl Ingram confirmed that he was given five questions to ask Biden during their recent chat and wasn’t able to get through all of them before the interview ended.
The White House defended the practice of sending the pre-approved questions.
However, the excuse was laughable, as the interviews were supposed to show concerned voters that Biden is able to take tough questions on the fly and prove he's not cognitively challenged. Oops.
