‘I’m not going anywhere’: Biden again slaps down calls to step aside
Al Jazeera
US president remains under pressure to assuage doubts about his fitness after dismal debate performance.
United States President Joe Biden has slapped down calls to end his faltering re-election bid, insisting he is “not going anywhere”.
Biden, 81, has been under growing pressure to assuage doubts about his physical and mental fitness following a stumbling debate performance last week against his Republican challenger, Donald Trump.
Three elected Democrats have publicly called on Biden to step aside since Thursday’s debate, during which the president stumbled over his words and lost his train of thought on several occasions.
Several other Democratic lawmakers have publicly warned that they expect him to lose to Trump in November’s presidential election.
Addressing a supporter who yelled that Biden should “keep up the fight” at an Independence Day celebration on Thursday, Biden reiterated that he had no intention of quitting the race.
