Biden staff denies freaking out over Biden's poor debate performance. Campaign imploding?

The Week: Biden campaign denies they're 'freaking out' about his debate performance.

The Democratic presidential debate wasn't even over yet on Thursday before former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign was denying a report that they're "freaking out" about his performance.

Biden took fire from numerous Democratic opponents during the second round of debates on Thursday, most notably from Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who in a pointed exchange challenged Biden's civil rights record and his "hurtful" comments about having worked with segregationists.

New York Magazine's Olivia Nuzzi subsequently reported that Biden's campaign is "freaking out," citing a source close to the campaign as saying debate watch parties have been playing poorly and bemoaning the fact that he didn't listen to debate prep because he's "set in his ways."

    A source close to the Biden campaign tells me his staff is “freaking out” about his poor performance tonight.

    — Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) June 28, 2019

    The source said that internally, field staff says the campaign-organized debate watch parties in early voting states have been “awkward” and that Biden isn’t playing well to those who attended.

    — Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) June 28, 2019

Uncle Joe