US President Joe Biden has said only the \u201cLord Almighty\u201d could convince him to end his bid for re-election, as he sat for a rare primetime interview in an effort to calm Democratic concern over his candidacy.<\/p>\n
Speaking to ABC News on Friday, Mr Biden also declined to take a cognitive test and make the results public in order to reassure voters he is fit to serve another term.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a cognitive test every single day. Everyday I have that test \u2013 everything I do [is a test],\u201d he told George Stephanopoulos.<\/p>\n
The 81-year-old once again pushed back on the idea, aired by some Democratic officials and donors, that he should stand aside for a younger alternative following his disastrous debate with Donald Trump last week.<\/p>\n
Throughout the interview,\u00a0Mr Stephanopoulos pressed the president<\/a>\u00a0on his capacity to serve another term, asking Mr Biden if he was in denial about his health and ability to win.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think anybody\u2019s more qualified to be president or win this race than me,\u201d Mr Biden said, blaming his poor performance last week on exhaustion and a \u201cbad cold\u201d. In the 22-minute interview, he also:<\/p>\n Attempted to ease Democratic fears he had lost ground to Donald Trump since the debate, saying pollsters he had spoken to said the race was a \u201ctoss-up\u201d The president answered questions more clearly than he did on the debate stage last week, but his voice again sounded weak and occasionally hoarse.<\/p>\n It was a sharp contrast to his performance at a rally in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday, where an energised Mr Biden acknowledged his disastrous performance in last week\u2019s CNN debate. \u201cEver since then, there\u2019s been a lot of speculation. What\u2019s Joe going to do?\u201d he told the crowd.<\/p>\n \u201cHere\u2019s my answer. I am running and going to win again,\u201d Mr Biden said, as supporters in the crucial battleground state cheered his name.<\/p>\n The interview and the rally come at a critical moment for his campaign, with donors and Democratic allies considering whether to stick with him.<\/p>\n The campaign is aware that the next few days could make or break his re-election bid, according to various reports in US media, as Mr Biden seeks to regain ground that he lost to his Republican rival Donald Trump following the debate.<\/p>\n As he took the stage at the rally, Mr Biden passed one voter who was holding a sign reading \u201cPass the torch, Joe\u201d. Another voter who stood outside the venue held a sign that read \u201cSave your legacy, drop out!\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI see all these stories that say I\u2019m too old,\u201d Mr Biden said at the rally, before triumphing his record in the White House. \u201cWas I too old to create 15 million jobs?\u201d he said. \u201cWas I too old to erase student debt for five million Americans?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDo you think I\u2019m too old to beat Donald Trump?\u201d he asked, as the crowd responded \u201cno\u201d.<\/p>\n Referencing Trump\u2019s criminal conviction in New York, and the other charges he is facing in separate cases, he called his rival a \u201cone-man crime wave\u201d.<\/p>\n The post Only the \u2018Lord Almighty\u2019 could convince me to quit \u2013 Biden<\/a> first appeared on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" US President Joe Biden has said only the \u201cLord Almighty\u201d could convince him to end his bid for re-election, as he sat for a rare primetime interview in an effort to calm Democratic concern over his candidacy. Speaking to ABC News on Friday, Mr Biden also declined to take a cognitive test and make the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nRejected suggestions allies may ask him to stand aside. \u201cIt\u2019s not going to happen,\u201d he said
\nDismissed repeated questions about what would compel him to leave the race. \u201cIf the Lord Almighty came down and said, \u2018Joe, get out of the race,\u2019 I\u2019d get out of the race,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Lord Almighty\u2019s not coming down\u201d<\/p>\n