- Title: Mocking Trump, Biden vows to stay in race
- Date: 5th July 2024
- Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN, SAYING: “You wonder whether Trump has it all together. Did you ever hear how he explained the 4th of July when he was president? No, I'm serious. It's true, is his explanation of how America won the Revolutionary War. I'm not making this up, he said in his 4th of July speech five years ago. He said, George Washington's army
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- Keywords: 2024 election Democratic Joe Biden Kamala Harris Trump US president presidential candidate
- Location: MADISON, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES
- City: MADISON, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: North America,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA001664505072024RP1
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U.S. President Joe Biden, scrambling to defuse a political crisis over his shaky debate performance, on Friday (July 5) accused some Democrats of trying to push him out of the White House race in a spirited speech used to defy critics and mock Donald Trump.
Biden traveled to Wisconsin, a political battleground state, to rally voters and sit for a television interview that will be closely watched after his debate with Trump prompted some in his party, including major donors, to question whether he can handle a second four-year term.
"We had a little debate last week. Can’t say it was my best performance. But ever since then there’s been a lot of speculation. ‘What’s Joe gonna do? Is he gonna stay in the race? Is he gonna drop out?" Biden said. "Well here’s my answer: I am running and gonna win again."
Biden said he was thankful for the support of his vice president, Kamala Harris, who has emerged as a top choice to replace him were he to step aside as the Democratic Party's standard-bearer.
Biden knocked Trump's intelligence and called him a liar, delivering stinging attacks that were absent when he appeared on the Atlanta debate stage. He referenced a comment in which Trump mistakenly said George Washington's revolutionary army had taken over British airports in 1776. "He is a 'stable genius,'" Biden said.
But he had sharper words for those in his party who have raised doubts about his ability to lead them to victory over Trump in the Nov. 5 election. "Well let me say this as clearly as I can: I'm staying in the race! I'll beat Donald Trump. I will beat him again in 2020," Biden said, getting the year wrong. He followed up by saying: "And by the way we're going to do it again in 2024."
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