South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn told reporters on Friday that he plans to tell President Biden to “stay the course” despite his “poor performance” in last night’s debate with former President Trump.
“Anytime you see a performance that gets the kind of recognition that that performance gets, it’s a concern,” Clyburn, who helped pave the way for Biden to win the nomination in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, told Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram.
“There could be a lot of reasons for that,” Clyburn continued, “which will become clear, but you know, he’s in Raleigh, North Carolina today. I’m interested to see what happens today.”
Clyburn likened Biden’s debate performance to “strike one” in a baseball game.
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Rep. James Clyburn of Colorado said Friday he plans to tell President Biden to “stay the course” when it comes to the presidential election, despite Biden’s “poor performance” in last night’s debate. (Fox News)
“If this were a baseball game, he’d have two more swings,” he said.
Clyburn said he believes there is “no better Democrat” to convey the party’s policies than Biden.
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President Biden’s performance in last night’s debate was widely panned by critics on both sides of the aisle. (Kevin D. Lyles for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Clyburn also said he plans to meet with Biden later Friday and tell him to “stay the course.”
“I’ll say it again one last time: it was a poor performance,” Clyburn told reporters on Capitol Hill.
President Biden and former President Trump debated on Thursday night. (Getty Images)
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But he added that Democrats calling for Biden to drop out of the race following his performance in last night’s debate should “stay the course” and “keep calm.”
Fox News’ Alexandra Rego and Tyler Olson contributed to this report.
