{"id":2285426,"date":"2024-06-28T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T18:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-blames-age-for-poor-debate-performance-not-a-young-man-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T14:45:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T18:45:50","slug":"biden-blames-age-for-poor-debate-performance-not-a-young-man-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-blames-age-for-poor-debate-performance-not-a-young-man-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden blames age for poor debate performance: \u2018Not a young man&#8217; &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-blames-age-for-poor-debate-performance-not-a-young-man-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2285426&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe\u2062 Biden\u200b attributed a lackluster debate performance, \u2064which raised concerns \u200bamong Democrats about his fitness\u200c to run for reelection, \u2062to his age.\u2062 During a rally \u2063in \u2062Raleigh, North Carolina, after the debate, Biden \u200cacknowledged his decline in\u2063 debating \u200dskills and physical\u200b abilities, but emphasized the importance of \u200dtruth and the risk \u2064posed by a potential second presidency of Donald Trump, which he views as a significant threat to democracy. Despite \u2063these issues, Biden confidently highlighted his experience and understanding of critical issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> blamed his age for a debate performance on Thursday that sparked a Democratic panic he is not fit to lead the ticket against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At a campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday, his first public event following the debate, Biden told the audience, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t debate as well as I used to,&rdquo; but insisted any concerns over his age should be balanced against a second Trump presidency, which he described as an existential threat to democracy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know I&rsquo;m not a young man, to state the obvious. I know. I don&rsquo;t walk as easily as I used to. I don&rsquo;t speak as smoothly as I used to,&rdquo; he told the crowd. &ldquo;But I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite spending a week preparing for Thursday&rsquo;s debate,&nbsp;the first of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\">2024<\/a> general election cycle, Biden frequently misspoke, had trouble finishing his points, and generally did little to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-aides-start-pointing-fingers-over-prepared-when-what-he-needed-was-rest-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden aides start pointing fingers: \u2018Over-prepared when what he needed was rest\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">ease voters&#038;rsquo<\/a>; concerns about his age. He will turn 82 shortly after the November election.<\/p>\n<p>Biden allies have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nice-speech-mr-president-but-now-is-the-time-for-antiterrorist-action\/\" title=\"Great speech, Mr. President! It&#039;s time for action against terrorism.\">spent years defending<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s mental capacities, but in North Carolina, the president owned his age while insisting he could still carry out his duties as president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know right from wrong. I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done, and I know like millions of Americans know: When you get knocked down, you get back up,&rdquo; the president said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden spent the bulk of his remarks reiterating claims that Trump &ldquo;is a genuine threat to this nation&rdquo; and accusing the former president of lying through the entirety of CNN&rsquo;s debate. Republicans have leveled the same criticism at Biden in the hours following the event.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The choice in this election is simple. Donald Trump will destroy democracy. I will defend it,&rdquo; the president closed.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s performance on Thursday led a wave of Democratic strategists and past Biden allies to call for his removal as the party&rsquo;s nominee. However, close Biden confidants maintained Monday morning that the president is committing to seeing the race through to its completion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Biden&rsquo;s remarks in full below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"8bfx-AFff6s\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Biden and Dr. Biden Hold a Campaign Rally in Raleigh, North Carolina\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8bfx-AFff6s?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden attributed his lackluster debate performance to his age, causing concern among Democrats about his fitness to challenge Donald Trump. Speaking at a Raleigh, North Carolina rally on Friday, his first event after the debate, Biden admitted, &#8220;I don&#8217;t debate as well as I used to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2285427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/biden-post-debate-north-carolina-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[33228,3620,32337,32248,32076],"class_list":["post-2285426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-age-factor","tag-biden","tag-debate-performance","tag-election-2020","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/biden-post-debate-north-carolina-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2285426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2285427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2285426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2285426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2285426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}