Former President Donald Trump said President Biden should ignore growing calls for him to drop out of the presidential race following his disastrous debate performances.
Trump, 78, took to his website, Truth Social, on Saturday to sarcastically advise Biden, 81, to press ahead with his campaign and ignore the growing number of Democrats who want another candidate to replace him.
“We must ignore the many criticisms and move forward swiftly and forcefully with a robust and far-reaching campaign,” Biden wrote.
“He needs to be as sharp, precise and energetic in selling his policies as he was in the debates,” Trump continued, before rattling off a laundry list of Biden’s policies, including “open borders,” “out-of-control inflation” and “subordination to China.”
“Yes, Sleepy Joe should continue his campaign to destroy America and make China great again!” Trump Pierced.
Following Biden’s dismal performance in the first presidential debate with President Trump on June 27, there are alarm bells ringing among voters, and increasingly among Democrats, that Biden may not be mentally or physically capable of winning the election and leading the White House for the next four years.
Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota on Saturday became the fifth sitting House Democrat to call on Biden to step down and urge him to field a younger nominee.
The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Boston Globe He also said Biden should let go of the administration.
His first post-debate interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Friday was a stumbling one, but it did little to change people’s minds.
Biden has strongly denied the idea of dropping out and vowed to continue the campaign, arguing in one-on-one interviews that he is the best candidate to beat Trump.
He also underwent an independent cognitive ability test to assure voters of his ability, but refused to release the results, insisting he was “highly qualified.”
Despite recent turmoil in the race, Biden is catching up with Trump in key battleground states, trailing him by just 2 percentage points, a new poll shows.
