President Joe Biden will reportedly remain in the presidential race despite calls from members of his party to drop out over his poor performance in the first debate against his predecessor, former President Donald Trump.
On Friday, the New York Times editorial board was one of multiple leftist outlets that urged the president to step aside from the race.
Despite Biden facing hefty backlash from his party, the president’s reelection campaign believes that such criticism is favorable.
“The last time Joe Biden lost the New York Times editorial board’s endorsement, it turned out pretty well for him,” campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond said, per NBC News.
It appears that the president will not only remain in the race but is also “committed” to a second debate against Trump, according to CNN White House correspondent Kayla Tausche.
“NEW, as just reported on @CNN: Not only does @POTUS not plan to drop out, Biden remains committed to a second debate in September, an adviser tells me,” Tausche wrote on X.
While speaking before supporters in North Carolina, Biden, who misspoke multiple debates during the first debate, said he would not end his campaign because of one bad performance.
“I know I’m not a young man. I don’t walk so easily as I used to. I don’t talk as smoothly as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to, but I know what I do know: I how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong,” he said.
“And I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done. And I know what millions of Americans know: When you get knocked down, you get back up,” he added.
Biden’s argument that he tells the truth comes after he falsely stated that no U.S. troops have died under his tenure.
It should be noted that in 2021, 13 U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan as the Biden administration withdrew the military from the terrorist-ridden country.
A representative for the president’s campaign, Seth Schuster, gave a resounding “No,” when asked if Biden would end his reelection bid.
The Western Journal indicated that even as Biden continues his presidential campaign, prominent Democrats are weary of the president’s prospects of defeating Trump in November.
Former Obama-era House and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro said that it is less likely Biden will emerge victorious in the forthcoming presidential election following his debate performance.
“Biden had probably the lowest bar to clear of any presidential nominee coming into a — this time summer, usually it’s a fall debate — and he failed to clear that bar. That was obvious,” Castro said.
“After last night, it became less likely that he will win. Now it’s up to him to rebuild that competence to make it more likely,” he added.
A columnist for the New York Times, Ross Douthat, wrote an op-ed, arguing that Biden stepping aside is “essential if you want to protect the country from a second Biden term — from the ways that his obvious deterioration endangers the country that he normally leads.”
