I dont walk as easily as I used to, a defiant Biden told a Raleigh audience today.
I dont speak as smoothly as I used to.
I dont debate as well as I used to.
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I know right from wrong, and I know how to do this job.
I know how to get things done.
Whether that includes doing what the Times want done may be another matter altogether.
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He systematically attempted to undermine the integrity of elections.
His argument rests largely on the fact that he beat Mr. Trump in 2020.
He struggled to explain what he would accomplish in a second term.
He struggled to respond to Mr. Trumps provocations.
He struggled to hold Mr. Trump accountable for his lies, his failures and his chilling plans.
More than once, he struggled to make it to the end of a sentence.Mr.
Biden has been an admirable president.
There are Democratic leaders better equipped to present clear, compelling and energetic alternatives to a second Trump presidency.
That is how much of a danger Mr. Trump poses.
Even when Mr. Biden tried to lay out his policy proposals, he stumbled.
He set the rules, and he insisted on a date months earlier than any previous general election debate.
Mr. Trumps own performance ought to be regarded as disqualifying.
Helied brazenly and repeatedlyabout his own actions, his record as president and his opponent.
Biden answered an urgent question on Thursday night.
It was not the answer that he and his supporters were hoping for.
