Biden vows to keep White House, undeterred by Democratic panic after debate disaster

President Biden ignored the chorus of Democratic officials and pundits who accidental helium should measurement speech arsenic the party's nominee aft his wide panned statement show and vowed to triumph North Carolina and the White House astatine a rally connected Friday. 

Democrats and wide media figures are successful reported "panic" aft Biden stumbled implicit his words, gaped astatine TV cameras and sounded sick and bushed during Thursday's statesmanlike statement connected CNN. But the president shrugged disconnected his critics and focused his occurrence connected erstwhile President Trump successful beforehand of an enthusiastic assemblage the adjacent time successful Raleigh. 

"I cognize I'm not a young antheral … I don't statement arsenic good arsenic I utilized to," Biden told the crowd, "but I cognize what I bash know: I cognize however to archer the truth." 

Trump "set a caller grounds for the astir lies told successful a azygous debate," the president claimed, delivering energetic and forceful attacks connected Trump's grounds that were much muted connected signifier Thursday nighttime successful Atlanta. 

TRUMP, BIDEN TO HOLD DUELING RALLIES IN THESE KEY STATES POST DEBATE AS THEY AIM TO EXPAND THE 2024 MAP

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden locomotion disconnected the signifier aft a run lawsuit successful Raleigh, North Carolina, connected June 28, 2024. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden said Trump lied astir his handling of the economy, the COVID-19 pandemic, wellness attraction for veterans and crime. 

"On my watch, violent crime has deed a 50-year low," Biden said. "Then I pointed retired that the lone convicted felon connected signifier past nighttime was Donald Trump. Well, I thought astir his 34 felony convictions, his intersexual battle connected a pistillate successful a nationalist place. He's been fined $400 cardinal for concern fraud."

"I thought to myself, Donald Trump isn't conscionable a convicted felon. Donald Trump is simply a one-man transgression wave," helium added, arsenic the assemblage began anxious chants of "lock him up," referring to Trump.

After his face-to-face showdown with Trump successful Atlanta, the 81-year-old Biden sought to reassure voters and members of his enactment that he's susceptible of being president amid intensified concerns astir his age.

BIDEN SURROGATE ADMITS PRESIDENT HAD A ‘BAD NIGHT’ AT DEBATE: ‘CERTAINLY NOT THE FINEST HOUR’

Biden speaks astatine a post-debate run rally connected June 28, 2024 successful Raleigh, North Carolina. Last nighttime President Biden and Republican statesmanlike candidate, erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump faced disconnected successful the archetypal statesmanlike statement of the 2024 campaign. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

Pundits declared Trump the victor of the statement based not connected the spot of his answers but alternatively Biden's comparative weakness. The incumbent president spoke haltingly and astatine times appeared to suffer his bid of thought arsenic helium traded jabs with Trump implicit the system and inflation, migration and borderline security, abortion, the Jan. 6 2021 Capitol riot and different issues.

At 1 constituent successful his reply to a question connected the economy, Biden said "Excuse me, with, dealing with," earlier concluding with "we yet bushed Medicare" arsenic clip ran out. 

Trump instantly pounced: "That’s right, helium did bushed Medicaid, helium bushed it to death. And he’s destroying Medicare."

In different stand-out infinitesimal minutes later, aft a rambling reply from Biden connected immigration, Trump called retired his opponent's incoherent speech.

FETTERMAN URGES DEMS TO ‘CHIL THE F--K OUT’ ABOUT BIDEN, SAYS HE'S PROOF ‘ROUGH DEBATE’ ISN'T DEAL-BREAKER

Biden gave nary denotation that helium intends to measurement speech arsenic the Democratic statesmanlike nominee aft critics panned his statement performance.  (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

"I truly don’t cognize what helium said connected this, and I don’t deliberation helium knows what helium said either," Trump said.

The optics led to a full-on meltdown successful Democrat-friendly media, with journalists astatine assorted outlets reporting connected dozens of Democratic Party officials who said Biden should see refusing his party's information astatine the Democratic National Convention successful Chicago successful August. 

Biden gave nary denotation helium would bash truthful astatine his rally successful Raleigh, insisting that helium is susceptible of beating Trump. 

"I tin bash this job, because, rather frankly, the stakes are excessively high," Biden said. "Donald Trump is simply a genuine menace to this nation." 

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Biden has astir 4 much months and a 2nd statement — to beryllium hosted by ABC News connected Sept. 10 — to marque his lawsuit against Trump earlier Americans caput to the polls successful November. Undeterred by his critics, helium insisted successful Raleigh that helium volition triumph some North Carolina and the White House. 

"I know, similar millions of Americans know, erstwhile you get knocked down, you get backmost up," helium said. 

Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.

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