‘I can do the job’: Joe Biden tried to silence the music on Friday about possibly withdrawing his presidential bid after a disastrous debate against Donald Trump that deeply shook his supporters.
“I don’t speak as easily as I used to, I don’t speak as easily as I used to, I don’t debate as well as I used to,” the 81-year-old Democrat admitted at a meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina.
“I give you Biden’s word. “I wouldn’t run again if I didn’t believe with all my heart and soul that I could get the job done,” the US president added, declaring his “intention to win” the disputed southern eastern state.
“Bad debates happen”
So there can be no question of withdrawal for a president who was almost unrecognizable on Friday after 90 painful minutes he spent Thursday night in front of his 78-year-old Republican rival, between choked words, unfinished sentences and a haggard expression.
The leader subsequently received strong support from Barack Obama, who remains one of the most respected voices in the Democratic Party. “Bad debates happen,” the former president dismissed, insisting that this election “remained a choice” between a man “who spent his life fighting for ordinary people” and Donald Trump, “who cares about more than just himself. »
In Raleigh, Joe Biden, who, unlike the previous day, was aided by a teleprompter, repeated all the attacks that had failed during the debate, praised his record and his ideas, and even took a few running steps as he took the stage.
Donald Trump “is a crime wave in and of himself,” he said of the first former U.S. president to be convicted of felonies and prosecuted in a series of cases.
Trump’s Lies
Beside him, his wife, Jill Biden, who has been actively involved in this re-election bid, wore a dress with numerous “Vote” slogans.
So the Biden camp wants to believe that by November, the terrible impression left by Thursday night may fade, and the “lies” spewed by Donald Trump and fears for American democracy will prevail.
It will be hard. The Raleigh speech is obviously nothing compared to the CNN debate in terms of audience. The latter attracted 48 million viewers, according to the Nielsen Institute.
“Joe Biden, a good man, a good president, is in no condition to run for reelection,” New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote on Friday, even saying he “cried” while performing his “… friend” Joe Biden.
Even Donald Trump’s supporters were careful not to add more. “This guy almost offended me. Trump ate him alive,” said Paul Meade, a 65-year-old retiree who was met by AFP in Chesapeake, Virginia, where the 78-year-old billionaire is expected this afternoon.
Wave of “panic”
American media are reporting a wave of “panic” among Democrats four months before the election and about six weeks before the convention where the president is to be inaugurated. However, at this point, no Democratic Party official has publicly expressed such sentiments.
Joe Biden is now traveling to New York for a ceremony commemorating one of the earliest LGBT mobilizations in the United States in June 1969 and to meet with donors.
On Saturday he will fundraise in the very posh Hamptons resort area, which will also be an opportunity to take the pulse of his financial backers in the hugely expensive race.
Vice President Kamala Harris herself conceded that Joe Biden started out “tough” but felt he finished “strong” against an opponent who multiplied false claims without ever losing his calm or poise.
The 59-year-old Democrat will campaign in Nevada on Friday, and his name is apparently on the list of potential replacements for Joe Biden if he leaves office before November, along with some prominent Democratic governors like Gavin Newsom in California and Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan.
Source: Le Parisien
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