Lee Zeldin Predicts Biden Handlers Pulling Whatever They Can Out Of The Hat To Have President ‘More Alert Than Normal At Debate’

Former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) told The Daily Wire that President Joe Biden’s handlers will pull out all the stops to make the aging politician “more alert” than he usually is.

Zeldin’s statements came just hours before former President Donald Trump and Biden face off in the first presidential debate of the election cycle.

“There should be higher expectations for President Biden. He’s been debating for decades. He will likely be more alert than you normally see him,” Zeldin explained in an interview with Daily Wire Investigations Editor Brent Scher. “However, his team manages to be able to make him more alert, I’m sure that they will be pulling whatever they can out of the hat.”

Zeldin’s comments come as the former president has escalated calls for Biden to take a drug test ahead of the debate. “DRUG TEST FOR CROOKED JOE BIDEN??? I WOULD, ALSO, IMMEDIATELY AGREE TO ONE!!!” Trump wrote on his social media site, Truth Social.

“So, a little before debate time, he gets a shot in the a** — they want to strengthen him up so he comes out, he’ll come out, okay, I say he’ll come out all jacked up, right?” Trump also said while addressing a crowd in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Trump was accused of using drugs, particularly cocaine, after one of his debate performances during the 2016 election. “Notice Trump sniffing all the time. Coke user?” former Democrat Governor of Vermont and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean tweeted during a 2016 presidential debate.

Zeldin went on to explain why he thinks some people are setting their expectations of Biden unreasonably low. “When you’re talking policy, these are issues that he has been talking about for a long time. And, you know, memorizing a line or two for particular topics, it’s not hard,” he added. “I’m sure … President Biden’s going to be focusing hard on debate prep. So I think that it’s important not to set expectations too low on President Biden.”

The former Congressman from New York also addressed how the rules and format of the debate could tip the scales in Biden’s favor, pointing out that “the hosts are two CNN moderators who favor President Biden and the Democrats.” So the situation is geared in President Biden’s favor as well. President Biden didn’t want an audience. Okay. So there won’t be an audience,” Zeldin went on to add. “The terms were set in a way where one might think, well, there’s just no way that President Trump’s going to agree to this.”

“I’m confident that he’s going to be ready. I’m also confident that President Biden, when he shows up, is going to be a lot more alert than some people think,” Zeldin added.