Joe Biden responds to criticism of his failed debate against Donald Trump, and seizes the opportunity to express self-criticism
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In much better shape than he was during the debate against Trump, Joe Biden used the meeting to rematch his rival.
United States – He is the first to admit that his performance was a failure. While a little music is rising in the Democratic camp considering a possible withdrawal of Joe Biden from the race for the White House, the main person in question delivered his own self-criticism on Friday, June 28.
Confronting Donald Trump during the first debate broadcast on CNN Thursday night into Friday, the President of the United States and the candidate to succeed him tried to acknowledge his pathetic performance. “I no longer speak as easily as I used to, I no longer speak as easily as I used to, I no longer argue as I used to.”Meet the 81-year-old Democrat during a meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina.
“I give you my word from Biden. I will not run again if I do not believe, with all my heart and soul, that I can do this job.”But the US President added, saying to him: “Intention to win” This disputed state is in the southeastern United States.
A way for him to give up on the idea of withdrawing his candidacy. It must be said that over the course of 90 minutes, the American president often alternated between swallowed words, incomplete sentences and exhausted phrases.
During this meeting in Raleigh, Joe Biden took the opportunity to rematch his Republican rival. This time, with the help of a teleprompter, he was able to repeat all of his failed attacks during the debate and praised his results and ideas.
To reassure his voters four months before the election and almost six weeks before the convention is supposed to appoint him, Joe Biden allowed himself to reach a rapid pace on stage. The effort was not enough at this stage, as the audience for this meeting had nothing to do with the debate organized by CNN. The latter, according to the Nielsen Institute, attracted 48 million viewers.
Supported until when?
However, Joe Biden received immediate support after his first face-to-face defeat with Donald Trump, most notably from Barack Obama, one of the few respected voices in the Democratic Party. “Bad arguments happen.”sweeping aside the former president, ensuring that this election “It remains an option” Between someone “Who fought all his life for simple people” and Donald Trump, “He who cares only about himself.”
So the Biden camp wants to believe that by November, the terrible impression left by this discussion might fade, while ” He lies “ Unleashed by Donald Trump, concerns about American democracy will take over.
“Joe Biden, a good man, a good president, is in no position to run for re-election.”However, this Friday, an editorial writer wrote from The New York TimesThomas Friedman, he even said he did it. ” He cries “ Before his performance “friend” Joe Biden.
A terrible observation, as the idea of replacing Joe Biden in the race for the White House is slowly beginning to gain momentum. Among the names already being considered to succeed him is current Vice President Kamala Harris. However, the latter showed her sincerity in particular after the debate, where she judged her introduction to the topic “ exhausted “before finishing” Strongly » Against the former Republican president.
Other names mentioned at this point include some prominent Democratic governors, such as Gavin Newsom in California or Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan.
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