President Joe Biden acknowledged that he “failed” during the debate with former President Donald Trump, but still insisted that “we will win this election.”
“It was a terrible night,” Biden told Wisconsin radio host Earl Ingram in a pre-recorded interview released Thursday.
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“I failed. I made mistakes. But I learned from my father that you get knocked down and you just get back up,” he continued. “And we’re going to win this election. Just like we did in 2020, we’re going to defeat Donald Trump.”
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Biden argued that voters should focus on his record as president and not his failed performance, saying: “The debate didn’t go well. I was on stage for 90 minutes. Look what I’ve done over the last three and a half years.”
The 81-year-old slammed Trump for using the word. “Black Job” When referring to employment opportunities being taken away by illegal immigrants.
“You know what he’s doing, it’s disgraceful,” Biden said.
“All he talks about when it comes to black jobs is manual labor, menial jobs that only black people can do. That’s what he does, that’s what he thinks,” he continued, before asking Ingram, “Name something he’s done to help the black community, to give people an opportunity, just like I’ve tried to do with college, education, home buying, all those kinds of things.”
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She added that Trump is “the same man who questioned the humanity of George Floyd, led the birther movement against Barack Obama… and falsely blamed the Central Park Five.”
Biden continued to insist he was the better candidate for black voters, saying, “Who’s going to represent you other than people like me? If you don’t show up to vote, we can’t represent you.”
Biden’s debate performance raised eyebrows not only on the right of the political aisle, but also within his own party. Meaningless Several opportunity.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporter Jake Sherman last Friday:[ted] From a performance perspective [the debate] He wasn’t a great player, but from a value standpoint, he was a lot better than the other players.”
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She hasn’t spoken to the president.
She said the party does not need new candidates.
She said Biden’s speech today was “performative.” [the debate] He wasn’t great, but in terms of values, he was way above the rest…— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) June 28, 2024
On Friday’s CNBC broadcast Squack BoxBiden campaign co-chair Sen. Chris Coons (D-Delaware) Admitted He received “a lot” of panicked reactions from “longtime friends and supporters” about the debate.
Including mainstream media The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Atlantic Oceanand the Financial Times All publicly available Opinion articles He made it clear to Biden that it was time for him to withdraw from the race, but that it was not too late to do so.
