US President Joe Biden attended three fundraisers for his campaign on Saturday and tried to reassure the biggest donors, saying he was able to win the presidential election despite his chaotic performance during the debate against his predecessor Donald Trump.
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“I didn’t have a good night, but neither did Trump,” the Democratic candidate said during one of the fundraisers held in the states of New York and New Jersey, in the northeastern United States.
“I promise you that we will win this election,” he added.
Jill Biden has strongly defended her 81-year-old husband against calls to withdraw his candidacy, saying that “Joe is not only the right person for the job, he is the only person for the job.”
Both traveled to New Jersey on Saturday for a fundraiser that the state’s Democratic governor, Phil Murphy, also attended.
“I understand your concern after the debate,” the American president said, adding: “I will fight more.”
AFP
Joe Biden’s candidacy has been in doubt since his disastrous performance in the debate against former President Donald Trump on Thursday night, with his words swallowed, sentences unfinished and his expression haggard: a poor performance that shook his supporters and caused the media to react.
In an editorial, the prestigious American daily New York Times portrayed Mr Biden as a “shadow of a leader” after he “failed his own test” in the televised duel.
“The greatest public service Mr. Biden could perform today would be to announce that he will not seek reelection,” the editorial board wrote, adding, however, that he has been “an admirable president.”
No Democratic Party figure has yet joined the call for him to step down. Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton reiterated their support for Joe Biden on Friday.
According to a public memo from Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, head of the Democratic candidate’s campaign team, an internal poll after the debate confirmed that “voters’ opinions (had) not changed.”
Jennifer O’Malley Dillon also says support grew during the debate and after it, with $27 million raised by Friday night, she said.
