{"id":2293762,"date":"2024-07-12T18:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T22:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reassures-michigan-hes-ok-after-debate-meltdown-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T18:44:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T22:44:43","slug":"biden-reassures-michigan-hes-ok-after-debate-meltdown-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reassures-michigan-hes-ok-after-debate-meltdown-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden reassures Michigan he&#8217;s &#8216;OK&#8217; after debate meltdown &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-reassures-michigan-hes-ok-after-debate-meltdown-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=2293762&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>In the article \u200d&#8221;Biden reassures \u2064Michigan he\u2019s \u2018OK&#8217; after \u200bdebate meltdown sends Democrats second-guessing,&#8221; President Joe Biden\u2063 is seen previewing Democrats\u2019 counterprogramming of the \u2063Republican National Convention during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-circuit-breaker-on-election-night\/\" title=\"The question looms: just how does it come to be that three quarters of Republican and nearly one third of Democrat voters all believe that the election was stolen from Trump?\">campaign event<\/a> in Michigan. He\u2063 criticizes the\u2062 Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Project 2025, \u200clabeling it \u2063as \u200ca threat to personal freedom. Biden also outlines his plans for his hypothetical second term, including\u200c bills\u200c to restore Roe\u2064 v. Wade and address medical debt. Despite concerns about his age and mental acuity, \u2063Biden remains\u2063 confident in his ability to lead. Michigan is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-state-republicans-lead-democrats-by-six-points-on-generic-ballot\/\" title=\"Poll: State Republicans Lead Democrats by Six Points on Generic Ballot\">crucial battleground state<\/a> for Biden\u200c in the upcoming election.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden reassures Michigan he\u2019s \u2018OK\u2019 after debate meltdown sends Democrats second-guessing<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/naomi-lim\/\">Naomi Lim<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-12T18:16:01-04:00\">July 12, 2024 6:16 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1701233\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> will preview Democrats\u2019 counterprogramming of next week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-national-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican National Convention<\/a> during a campaign event Friday in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michigan<\/a>, portraying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/heritage-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Heritage Foundation<\/a>\u2018s Project 2025 as \u201ca nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> has sought to distance himself from the conservative think tank\u2019s policy proposals, with the Republican convention\u2019s platform representing his own positions. But Biden will describe Project 2025 as \u201ca project built for Trump\u201d being \u201crun and paid for by Trump people,\u201d according to excerpts of his remarks as prepared for delivery in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFolks, Project 2025 is the biggest attack on our system of government and on our personal freedom that has ever been proposed in the history of this country,\u201d Biden will say. \u201cAnd here is the nightmare it would unleash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for us to stop treating politics like its entertainment or a reality TV show,\u201d he will add. \u201cAnother four years of Donald Trump is deadly serious. Project 2025 is deadly serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s trip to Michigan, his fourth this year, is his first post-press conference stop as he tries to convince Democrats they should keep him as their nominee after last month\u2019s debate and last week\u2019s interview with ABC\u2019s George Stephanopoulos. Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA) on Friday became the 19th Democrat to implore him to step aside before next month\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic National Convention<\/a> despite Biden\u2019s steadier press conference on the sidelines of the 75th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>NATO<\/a> summit.<\/p>\n<p>During an earlier unannounced event at Garage Grill and Fuel Bar in Northville, Michigan, Biden told attendees he is \u201cOK\u201d amid concerns about his age and mental acuity caused by the debate.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden speaks to supporters at Garage Grill &#038; Fuel Bar during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-call-double-standard-on-greenes-committee-removals-point-to-omar-remarks\/\" title=\"Republicans Call Double Standard on Greene\u2019s Committee Removals, Point to Omar Remarks\">campaign stop<\/a> in Northville, Michigan, Friday July 12, 2024. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe have real opportunities, and so we\u2019ve got to finish the job,\u201d he said. \u201cI promise you, I am \u2014 I\u2019m OK. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden is expected to also lay out his plan for the first 100 days of his hypothetical second term, including introducing a bill to restore <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/roe-v-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Roe v. Wade<\/a><\/em>, adding he intends to sign the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and Freedom to Vote Act into law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to end medical debt,\u201d he will say. \u201cWe\u2019ve already made sure medical debt can no longer be put on your credit report.\u00a0We can wipe out all medical debt for pennies on the dollar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to raise the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minimum-wage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>federal minimum wage<\/a>,\u201d he will continue. \u201cWe\u2019re going to pass the PRO Act and end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/unions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>union<\/a>-busting once and for all. We are going to ban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>assault weapons<\/a>. We are going to keep leading the world on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>climate<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>clean energy<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michigan is a must-win battleground state for Biden that is part of the so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-allies-hope-voters-anxious-about-trump-polling-lead-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden allies hope voters &#039;anxious&#039; about Trump polling lead - Washington Examiner\">-called blue wall<\/a> that Trump cracked in 2016 against then-Democratic nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hillary-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hillary Clinton<\/a>. Biden\u2019s own team underscored its importance in a memo this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, winning the blue wall states \u2014 Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania \u2014 is the clearest pathway to that aim, but we also believe that the sunbelt states are not out of reach,\u201d Biden campaign chair Jen O\u2019Malley Dillon and campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has another interview next week, this time with NBC\u2019s Lester Holt, while he is in Austin, Texas, on Monday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. He then travels to Las Vegas for the 115th\u00a0NAACP National Convention on Tuesday and the UnidosUS Annual Conference on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1701233\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1701233\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden is reassuring Michigan residents that he is doing well after a debate meltdown, and he will be previewing the Democrats&#8217; counterprogramming for the upcoming Republican National Convention. He will criticize the Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Project 2025 as a dangerous proposal supported by Trump allies. Biden will also outline his plans for his second term, including restoring Roe v. Wade and passing voting rights legislation. 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