US President Joe Biden has said he intends to defeat Republican rival Donald Trump in the November presidential election, giving no sign he would consider dropping out of the race after a feeble debate performance that dismayed his fellow Democrats.
"I know I'm not a young man, to state the obvious," an ebullient Mr Biden said at a rally one day after the head-to-head showdown with his Republican rival, which was widely viewed as a defeat for the 81-year-old president.
Campaign spokesperson Michael Tyler said there were no conversations taking place about that possibility. "I support the ticket. I support the Senate Democratic majority. We're going to do everything possible to take back the House in November. Thank you, everyone," he told reporters."That's the president's decision," Democratic Senator Jack Reed told a local TV station in Rhode Island.
— Barack Obama June 28, 2024 The Biden campaign said it raised $14 million today and yesterday, and posted its single best hour of fundraising immediately after the debate.A possible bright spot for Mr Biden: preliminary viewership data showed that only 48 million Americans watched the debate, far short of the 73 million who watched the candidates' lastf ace-off in 2020.
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