Former President Bill Clinton defended President Joe Biden’s performance facing off against former President Donald Trump in Thursday night’s presidential debate.
in post In her letter, Clinton highlighted Biden’s “three years of solid leadership,” “creating a record number of new jobs,” and “making real progress toward solving the climate crisis.”
“I’ll leave it to the experts to evaluate the debate, but what I do know is that facts and history matter,” Clinton wrote. “Joe Biden has provided three years of solid leadership that has promoted post-pandemic stability, created a record number of new jobs, made substantial progress toward solving the climate crisis, successfully worked to curb inflation, and pulled us out of the quagmire left by Donald Trump. These are the things that really matter in November.”
I’ll leave it to the experts to evaluate the debate, but what I do know is that facts and history matter. Joe Biden has given us three years of solid leadership, delivered post-pandemic stability, created a record number of new jobs, made substantial progress toward solving the climate crisis, and…
— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) June 28, 2024
Prior to Clinton’s comments, former President Barack Obama also defended Biden, noting that “there are bad nights in the debate.”
“This election is a choice between someone who has spent his whole life fighting for ordinary people and someone who only thinks about himself,” Obama said. post About X.
Biden’s debate performance sent Democrats, media figures and Democratic donors into a state of panic, with some suggesting Biden should be replaced and others saying his debate performance was a disappointment.
Throughout the debate, the president appeared confused, appeared frozen, spoke huskily and muttered. Biden also repeated several false claims, including the “very fine people” myth, which he has since denied, and the false claim that Biden is “stupid and loser.”
The president also couldn’t get through his closing statement without making a number of mistakes.
Many have suggested Biden be replaced and several donors have withdrawn their support for the president, but the Biden campaign has insisted he is not withdrawing from the presidential race.
In his post on X, Biden acknowledged that he “may not walk as easily or speak as fluently” or even debate as well as he once did.
