A Newly Energized Joe Biden Addresses The Elephant In The Room
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"I don't debate as well as I used to, but I know what I do know: I know how to tell the truth," Biden said at a North Carolina rally.
At a rally in North Carolina on Friday, President Joe Biden brought the energy that Democrats were hoping to see at Thursday night’s catastrophic debate with former President Donald Trump.
Speaking in a clear, booming voice over a crowd of supporters, Biden acknowledged the elephant in the room: His stumble-filled debate performance alarmed voters, many of whom were already concerned about his age and cognitive health, and triggered mass panic in his party.
“I know I’m not a young man,” Biden, 81, said. “I don’t walk as easy as I used to, I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to, I don’t debate as well as I used to, but I know what I do know: I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done.”
It was as clear an admission of failure as Biden’s supporters could ask for.
“I know, like many of Americans know, when you get knocked down, you get back up,” the president said.