“I don’t walk and talk like I used to, but I know what I’m doing and I speak the truth,” says the US president after the doubts and fears that followed the president’s performance, who appeared to be in difficulty during the TV duel with his challenger Trump. “He seemed a little disoriented,” said expert David Axelrod. Trump is convinced that Biden will remain his opponent in the elections, while Speaker Johnson provokes: The government should invoke the 25th Amendment
President Joe Biden’s performance during the live TV debate with Donald Trump has set off alarm bells in the Democratic establishment, leading some leaders to question whether he is the right candidate ahead of the November elections. “He seemed a little disoriented. It got louder as the debate went on. But by then, I think the panic was already setting in,” said David Axelrod, a former Barack Obama campaign strategist and political commentator. of CNN. And an endorsement comes from Obama: “Negative evenings of debate happen, believe me I know something about it – the former president said in a note – But this election is still a choice between someone who has fought for ordinary people throughout the his life and someone who thinks only of himself. Between someone who tells the truth, who knows what is right and wrong and someone with a mind seeking benefits last night has not changed this high”.
Biden: “I wouldn’t run if I didn’t believe I could do it”
“I know how to do this job. I wouldn’t run again if I didn’t believe I could do it.” Joe Biden said this by admitting that he knows “that he is not young, to state the obvious. Donald Trump is a threat”. “I don’t walk and talk like I used to, but I know what I’m doing and I speak the truth,” he adds. “I no longer debate as well as I used to,” Biden admits, while ensuring that he will win the elections. “Your freedom, your democracy and America are at stake when you vote”
The question that many people ask themselves
Axelrod also gave voice to a conversation among many Democrats: “There will be a debate about whether it should continue.” Rumors about possible replacements will probably start again immediately, from California governor Gavin Newsom to the eternal suggestion of Michelle Obama. But as Axelrod reminds us, only Biden can decide to take a step back. From the start of the debate, the president appeared to be struggling with his voice. Biden cleared his throat and coughed several times, a condition that, according to several sources cited by CNN, was caused by a cold.
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Biden’s hesitations
As the broadcaster does not fail to point out, Biden often remained staring into space and with his mouth open while Trump spoke. He has occasionally struggled to wrap up his points, giving ground on issues like abortion on which Democrats have an advantage.
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The opponents’ reaction
Contender Donald Trump also shared the same opinion, saying on Fox that he believes Biden “will be” the Democratic candidate for the White House despite the panic that broke out among Democrats after the debate, stressing that “it was a great honor to be on stage and represent the people of our country”. While the speaker of the US House, Mike Johnson, is riding the wave of the public debacle and saying that the government should discuss the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, which allows a president to be removed, with a majority of the votes of his ministers, “for incapacity, physical or mental”.
