President Joe Biden faced down his doubters at a forceful speech on Friday, saying, “I know I’m not a young man … I don’t debate as well as I used to,” but insisting he’s still up to the job in the White House.
Biden sought to reassure supporters just hours after his halting debate performance Thursday night, as panicked Democrat discussions began to potentially replace him as the party leader and presidential candidate.
“I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to,” he said to cheers from the crowd in a Raleigh, N.C., hanger. “But I know what I do know.