Biden's hit on Trump over 'suckers' and 'losers' report backfires with independents: focus group

President Biden's attempts to onslaught erstwhile President Donald Trump implicit allegations helium called subject members "suckers and losers" appeared to backfire connected the president, with autarkic voters portion of a Fox News Digital absorption radical disapproving of what was said. 

Biden slammed Trump implicit an Atlantic study that Trump had called subject members who had died successful conflict "suckers" and "losers." Trump has repeatedly denied the report.

In the debate, Biden responded to claims by Trump that veterans were being near connected the thoroughfare portion migrants are being allowed to enactment successful luxury hotels. Biden deed backmost astatine Trump implicit his remarks.

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during the CNN Presidential Debate astatine the CNN Studios connected June 27, 2024 successful Atlanta, Georgia. (Getty Images)

"Every azygous happening helium said is simply a lie. Every azygous one. For example, veterans are a hellhole of a batch amended disconnected since I passed the PACT Act. One cardinal of them present person security and their families person it. Because what happened, whether it was Agent Orange oregon pain pits, they're each being covered now. And his radical opposed that," Biden said.

"We're besides successful a concern wherever we person large respect for veterans. My lad spent a twelvemonth successful Iraq surviving adjacent to 1 of those pain pits, came backmost with signifier 4 glioblastoma. I was precocious successful France from D-Day, and I spoke astir those heroes that died. I went to the World War Two cemetery, World War I cemetery helium refused to spell to. He was lasting with his four-star general, and [Trump] said, I don't privation to spell successful determination due to the fact that they're a clump of losers and suckers."

"My lad was not a loser, was not a sucker. You're the sucker. You're the loser," helium told Trump.

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But arsenic Biden was speaking, the real-time support from Fox News' Digital's absorption radical bottomed retired from Republicans and independents, portion remaining precocious for Democrats.

Trump said the operation was not accurate.

"First of all, determination was a made-up quote, suckers and losers. They made it up. It was successful a third-rate mag that's failing, similar galore of these magazines. He made that up. He enactment it successful commercials. We've notified him. We had 19 radical that said I didn't accidental it," helium said.

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As Trump spoke, support from Republicans and Independents changeable backmost up, portion dropping for Democrats.