Following the presidential debate against Trump, the president has faced increasing pressure to drop his candidacy
International.- US President Joe Biden He admitted in a radio interview on Thursday that he “messed up” during the debate presidential nominee against former President Donald Trump, but vowed to remain in the race.
Speaking to radio host Earl Ingram on a radio station in the key state of Wisconsin, the president said he “made a mistake” a week ago during the debate.
“I had a bad night. The fact is that I screwed up.“, the president said.
“I was wrong (…) but I learned from my father that when you fall, you get up and we are going to win this election; We are going to defeat Donald Trump just like we did in 2020“, he added.
After the meeting with the Republican on national television, where at times Biden could not follow the thread of the conversation or his words were not understood, The president has faced increasing pressure to abandon his candidacy.
Political analysts, media outlets, Democratic donors and two members of Congress have publicly called on Biden to drop the nomination.
Two polls conducted after last week’s debate and published on Wednesday also showed that Trump’s leads in key states have increased since that meeting television.
A Wall Street Journal poll found Trump could win with 48% of the vote to Biden’s 42%. Meanwhile, a New York Times poll showed Trump’s lead over Biden had widened by three points after the debate, with him now set to win 49% to 43%.
In Thursday’s interview, Biden spoke directly to voters in the key state, particularly the African-American community, whose votes strengthened the Democrat’s victory in 2020.
“I didn’t have a good debate, but that was only 90 minutes; look at all I’ve done in 3 and a half years.“, Biden stressed and listed a series of “achievements” of his Government, including economic measures.
President criticized Trump for saying during the debate that migrants are taking jobs to the black population of the US
“What he’s doing is shameful, talking about ‘African’ jobs as if the only thing black people can do is manual labor; that’s what he’s doing and that’s how he sees it,” Biden said in the interview.
Wisconsin, in the north of the country, is considered a “swing” state, meaning that neither party is guaranteed a victory. In 2020, Biden had a narrow victory in the region with a margin of just 0.63% over Trump.
The average of polls in that state keeps Biden and Trump technically tied, but the margin in favor of the Republican has widened slightly after last week’s debate.
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2024-07-05 06:35:10