Biden: ‘I don’t debate as well as I used to, but I know how to do this job’

US President Joe Biden acknowledges his poor performance in last night’s debate against his predecessor Donald Trump but insists that he’s still capable of another term in office and that his opponent would be a danger to America.

“I know I’m not a young man. I don’t walk as easily as I used to. I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to,” Biden says at a campaign event in North Carolina, his first public appearance since last night’s debate.

“But I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done.”

“I know what millions of Americans know. When you get knocked down, you get back up,” he says to cheers from the crowd.

“I’m here in North Carolina for one reason because I intend to win this state in November… We win here, we win the election,” he says.

“I give my word as a Biden that I would not be running if I didn’t believe with all my heart and soul that I can do this job.”

“The stakes are too high. Donald Trump is a genuine threat to this nation, a threat to freedom, a threat to democracy and a threat to everything America stands for.

Folks, I might not walk as easily or talk as smoothly as I used to.

I might not debate as well as I used to.

But what I do know is how to tell the truth.pic.twitter.com/ep5D0EhT5P

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 28, 2024