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Much fitter than during the debate against Trump, Joe Biden took advantage of a meeting to replay the match against his rival.
UNITED STATES – He is the first to admit, his performance was a failure. While a little music is rising in the Democratic camp to consider a possible withdrawal of Joe Biden in the race for the White House, the main person concerned made his self-criticism this Friday, June 28.
Facing Donald Trump during a first debate broadcast on CNN on the night of Thursday to Friday, the President of the United States and candidate for his own succession tried to acknowledge his pitiful performance. “I don’t speak as easily as I used to, I don’t speak as fluently as I used to, I don’t debate as well as I used to”recognized the 81-year-old Democrat during a meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina.
“I give you my Biden word. I would not run again if I did not believe, with all my heart and soul, that I could do this job.”however added the American president, saying his “intention to win” this disputed state in the southeastern United States.
A way for him to brush aside the idea of withdrawing his candidacy. It must be said that during 90 minutes, the American head of state often alternated between swallowed words, unfinished sentences and haggard expressions.
During this meeting in Raleigh, Joe Biden took the opportunity to replay the match against his Republican rival. This time with the help of a teleprompter, he was able to repeat all his attacks that fell flat during the debate and praised his results and his ideas.
To reassure his voters four months before the election and approximately six weeks before the convention supposed to appoint him, Joe Biden even allowed himself to arrive at a running pace on stage. Insufficient efforts at this stage, as the audience for this meeting had little to do with the debate organized by CNN. The latter, according to the Nielsen institute, attracted 48 million viewers.
Supported, until when?
Yet Joe Biden was immediately supported after his failure in this first face-to-face with Donald Trump. Notably by Barack Obama, one of the few respected voices in the Democratic Party. “Bad debates happen”swept aside the former president, ensuring that this election “there was still a choice” between someone “who fought all his life for the common people” et Donald Trump, “who only cares about himself. »
The Biden camp therefore wants to believe that by November, the terrible impression left by this debate could fade, while the ” lies “ spouted by Donald Trump and concerns for American democracy would take over.
“Joe Biden, a good man, a good president, is not in a position to run for re-election”nevertheless wrote this Friday an editorialist from the New York TimesThomas Friedman, even saying he had ” cry “ in front of his performance « ami » Joe Biden.
A terrible observation, while the idea of replacing Joe Biden in the race for the White House is slowly starting to gain ground. Among the names already considered to replace him, that of his current vice-president Kamala Harris. The latter, however, showed herself to be particularly loyal after the debate, judging her entry into the matter ” laborious “, before finishing ” in strength ” against the former Republican president.
Other names mentioned at this stage include those of several prominent Democratic governors, such as Gavin Newsom in California and Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan.
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