US President Joe Biden has made a strong commitment to fight for re-election and defeat Donald Trump. He made the statement on Friday amid continued speculation that he was withdrawing from the election race.
At a rally in Madison, Wisconsin, the 81-year-old leader also acknowledged his disastrous performance in CNN’s presidential debate.
“There has been a lot of speculation since then. What is Joe going to do,” he told the rally.
“My answer is this – I am fighting and going to win again,” Mr. Biden was saying. At this time the supporters cheered his name.
Wisconsin is also known as an electoral battleground in this election.
It is his latest pledge to continue the election campaign and with it he is trying to defuse a political crisis that has been festering.
The seven-minute speech, in which he was much more active than on the debate stage, marked a difficult time for his campaign. That’s because some donors and Democrat allies are weighing whether he should stay in the race.
According to several media reports in the United States, his campaign team is aware that Mr. Biden’s re-election fight will make or break.
He is trying to regain the support he lost after a debate with former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate.
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After his speech in Madison, he aired an interview with ABC News that will be closely watched by those questioning his commitment and fitness.
Mr. As Biden took the stage at the rally, he passed a voter holding a sign that read ‘Pass the torch, Joe’. Another was carrying a sign outside the polling venue saying ‘Save your reputation, bye bye’.
“I see these stories that say I’m too old,” said Mr. Biden. He then described his achievements in the White House. “I was too old to create 1.5 crore jobs,” he said.
“Am I too old for student loan forgiveness for 5 million Americans?”
“Do you think I’m too old to beat Donald Trump?” He wants to know. At this time the crowd responded with ‘no’.
Mr. Biden calls his rival a ‘one-man crime wave’.
After the presidential debate Mr. Pressure is mounting on Biden to step down. A number of incidents have been reported where he lost his temper, raising concerns about his age and mental well-being.
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Some of the Democratic Party’s donor party as a candidate Mr. Pushing Biden to step down. They have publicly warned that they will withdraw funds if the candidate does not change.
His campaign team is planning an aggressive comeback. His wife Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are planning massive campaigns. They will visit the states with high swing voters, which are known as battlegrounds, this month.
Mr. Sunday. Biden himself will attend the rally in Pennsylvania. He thanked the Vice President for his support, whose name is emerging as a possible candidate if Mr. Biden stepped aside.
Mr. Thursday. Biden admits he messed up the debate. He cited fatigue from air travel as the reason for his poor performance, saying he did not get enough rest before the debate due to a busy travel schedule.
“I didn’t listen to my officials…and then I almost fell asleep on stage,” he said. In the president’s Friday evening interview with ABC, he again referred to fatigue and “feeling cold.”
“I was sick. It looked very bad,” mr. Biden was saying. He was also advised to get tested for Covid-19 before the debate. “It was a bad episode. There were no signs of anything serious.”
According to a news of the Washington Post Mr. Biden’s senior team is aware of pressure from within the Democratic Party to decide the future of his candidacy.
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Four Democratic members of Congress have called on him to step down – Lloyd Doggett of Texas, Raul Grijalva of Arizona, Seth Bolton of Massachusetts and Mike Quigley of Illinois.
“President Biden has served the country well. But now is the time for him to follow in the footsteps of our founding father George Washington to give a new candidate a chance to take on Donald Trump,” Mr. Bolton said in a radio interview.
However, no senior leader of the Democratic Party has asked him to step down, his campaign team said.
News broke Friday that Senator Mark Warner is trying to form a group of other Democratic senators to ask the president to drop out of the race.
It is said in the news. Warner has been concerned since the CNN controversy.
But on Friday Mr. Biden told reporters he understands Mr. Warner is ‘the only person who is thinking about it’ and no one else has asked him to step down.
On the same day, Massachusetts Governor Maura Hill said in a statement. He called for a ‘careful review’ of the Democratic nomination for Biden.
“Whatever President Biden decides, I am committed to doing everything I can to defeat Donald Trump,” he said.