Slow Joe screws up reading his teleprompter during interview with local TV station

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‘Topline Message’: Trump Campaign Accuses Joe Biden of Reading Script Notes Aloud from Teleprompter

Former Vice President Joe Biden is facing scrutiny for an odd moment during a one-on-one interview with a South Florida news station, with the Trump campaign accusing him of reading a line from his teleprompter that was only meant as an instructional note.

Biden discussed Latin American politics with NBC 6 anchor Jackie Nespral in an interview which will air on Sunday. The station offered a preview of the one-on-one interview this week, which featured Biden driving home the “topline message,” quite literally.

“Would you go back to the Obama policy with Cuba and what is your plan dealing with Venezuela?” Nespral asked the presidential candidate.

Biden appeared flustered from the start.

“Number one. This president reversed the –” Biden began before starting over. “I’d try to reverse the failed Trump policies that have inflicted harm on Cubans and their families. He’s done nothing to advance democracy and human rights.”

Later in the interview, Biden shifted to Venezuela, where he mistakenly read the words “topline message” before describing President Trump’s existing policy as an “abject failure.”

“I understand that Cuba along with Russia and China has contributed to the political impasse in Venezuela as well. What’s the president doing? Look, Venezuela topline message is President Trump’s policy is an abject failure,” Biden said

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