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President Biden dismissed concerns about his age, his mental acuity and polls showing him losing his re-election bid.
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Representative Mike Quigley of Illinois became the fourth of his cohort to call on President Biden to leave the race, a day after Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts did so.
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 ABC NewsA defiant President Joe Biden told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on Friday that last week's debate was simply a "bad episode," blaming his poor performance on exhaustion and not any underlying condition.
Still, despite the dour performance, he refused to withdraw from the race despite a burgeoning movement from Democratic senators and congressman to push him out.
"If the Lord Almighty came down and said, ‘Joe, get out of the race,' I'd get out of the race," Biden said. "The Lord Almighty's not coming down."
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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 ABC NewsPresident Joe Biden is already catching flak from within his own ranks over his Friday-night interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos.
In assessing another shaky Biden performance, a number of Democrats expressed dissatisfaction with the 81-year-old U.S. president, who told Stephanopoulos that high-profile figures in the party, including Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, "all said I should stay in the race."
Prior to the recorded interview being aired, some Democratic lawmakers indicated their minds would not be changed by Biden's appearance, with Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) telling Axios: "There were 40 million people that watched the debate, so it'll take more than a rally and an interview to prove that he can make the case that Trump is unfit to be president." Another unidentified lawmaker said the interview will change "zero" minds.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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At a rally in Wisconsin, Biden says that he is staying in the race despite calls for him pull out after a shaky debate performance.
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