For the first lady, Joe Biden remains and will continue to be the best candidate for the presidential post, even after having been “defeated” by Trump in the first face-to-face of the campaign.
The American first lady spoke on behalf of her husband and US president, Joe Biden, at a fundraising event in Greenwich Village, New York, a day after the debate between the president and Trump, which led to several criticisms of his performance. . For Jill Biden, her husband “may not be young” but he “knows how to tell the truth.”
Jill’s speech was marked by the comment on Joe Biden’s performance in the first electoral face-to-face with Donald Trump on Friday night on the American news channel CNN, which – for most Democrats – did not work out. very favorable and possibly. destructive on a political level. According to The Washington Post, as soon as the intervention began, the first lady spoke of the elephant in the room: “Let’s talk about last night’s debate, because I know you’re thinking about it,” she said.
At these words, the room fell silent. A few moments later, Jill resumed her intervention: “As Joe said today, he’s not a young man. After last night’s debate, he said, ‘You know, Jill, I don’t know what happened. I didn’t feel very good.'” Until now, no one had revealed in such detail Biden’s reflections on his own performance in Thursday night’s debate, in which, for 90 long minutes for the Democrats, the candidate stammered, adopted a more “impartial” stance and missed the boat. He thought, according to the American newspaper.
But for Biden’s wife there were no indications that justified panic and she took the opportunity to reaffirm her confidence in the work done by the executive so far: “I said: ‘Look, Joe, Let’s not let 90 minutes define the four years he was president.’” At that moment, the room erupted in applause, to which the First Lady concluded: “What my husband knows how to do is tell the truth. When He’s Knocked Down, Joe Gets Up and that is what we are doing today.”
This is clearly a response to the harsh criticism that has dominated the Democratic campaign since Thursday: Joe Biden remains, and will remain, the best presidential candidate for his wife, even with her restrictions.
However, doubts persisted in American society and several personalities demanded the resignation of the candidacy. According to The Washington Post, Joe Scarborough, host of the American news channel MSNBC and a Democrat, called for Biden to resign from the presidential position. Thomas Friedman, a columnist for The New York Times and alleged personal friend of the president, also followed the presenter’s example and called for his withdrawal from the campaign.
In the face of criticism, some supporters of the current president came to his defense, as was the case of former President Barack Obama, who justified the Democrat’s result, writing in a Publication on the social network X (formerly Twitter): “Bad debate nights happen.”.
Bad debate nights happen. Believe me I know. But this choice is still a choice between someone who has fought for ordinary people his entire life and someone who only cares about himself. Between someone who tells the truth; who distinguishes good from evil and will give it to…
—Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 28, 2024
The First Lady also, shortly after the debate, optimistically defended her husband: “Joe, you did an excellent job! You answered all the questions! You knew all the facts!
On Friday night, the scene changed when Biden admitted flaws and lapses face-to-face at a campaign event in Raleigh, North Carolina: “I no longer walk as easily as before. I don’t speak as softly as before. I don’t debate as well as I used to.“. Yet with all these obstacles, the current president still claimed to know how to do “this job.”
Even in Jill’s first solo speech, participants didn’t seem alarmed by the president either: “We are in love with your husband,” Adriana Trigiani, the host of the fundraiser, said during the first lady’s speech, North reports. . American newspaper.
Source: Observadora
