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He was supposed to have the primetime slot…

President Biden’s “passing of the torch” might not have been watched by many Americans on Monday night as the outgoing Commander-in-Chief’s remarks were pushed out of the primetime slot on Day One of the Democratic National Convention.

Joe’s speech didn’t conclude until well after midnight.

“America, I love you!” said Biden, 81, after being introduced by daughter Ashley.

But does America love him back? How about top Democratic Party elites?

“If Biden is pushed back past prime time, it will be treated as a) a major story of the first night and b) a serious slight to the President,” said ABC News political analyst Jeff Greenfield.

Former CBS News White House corresponded Mark Knoller posted: “They took the nomination away from him and now booted him out of prime time.”

“They should have gone straight from Hillary to Biden,” said TIME reporter Charlotte Alter. “Pushing Biden out of primetime is a huge mistake.”

“It’s unconscionable to have President Biden’s address occur at midnight ET,” said Democrat Christopher Hale. “We should postpone some upcoming folks and put the president up there soon.”

“It’s been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president. And I love the job, but I love my country more,” Biden told the DNC crowd. “And all this talk about how I’m angry at all those people who said I should step down, it’s not true.”

Really, Joe?

Convention officials defended the decision to push Biden out of primetime, saying “Because of the raucous applause interrupting speaker after speaker, we ultimately skipped elements of our program to ensure we could get to President Biden as quickly as possible so that he could speak directly to the American people. We are proud of the electric atmosphere in our convention hall and proud that our convention is showcasing the broad and diverse coalition behind the Harris-Walz ticket throughout the week on and off the stage.”

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