By EFE
Washington – Several Democratic sources cited by US media are already speaking of “panic” over the faltering performance of US President Joe Biden in this Thursday’s debate with Donald Trump, which puts great pressure on the Democratic campaign before the US convention. game.
“The universal reaction is close to panic,” “there is a deep, broad and very aggressive panic,” said political analysts Joy Reid and John King, respectively, citing sources within the Democratic Party.
Democratic sources consulted by EFE expressed similar concern about the image given by Biden in the debate and considered that it would be a mistake to “turn a blind eye and deny reality.”
According to the source, Biden has projected an image of unpreparedness, revealing the weight of his years and showing difficulties in communicating to voters the progress the country has made in recent years.
Biden biographer and journalist Evan Osnos said in a statement that he saw “a diminished person,” but noted that Biden’s narrative has always been “if they hit me, I get up.”
The former Secretary of Housing under Barack Obama and Biden’s cabinet colleague, Julián Castro, stated on the social network “He has lied constantly.”
US Vice President Kamala Harris tried to downplay Biden’s performance, although she acknowledged in an interview with CNN that there was “a slow start, but a strong finish.”
“People can debate about styles when speaking, but in the end what counts is the substance,” said the vice president.
The Democrats’ official position was represented by Jen O’Malley Dilon, Biden’s campaign manager, who said that the president presented a “winning vision for the future of America, one in which all Americans have a fair chance to achieve the American dream.”
Biden had the flu
Biden, who according to campaign sources had suffered from the flu, cleared his throat, seemed almost hoarse and did not speak clearly.
There were moments when he failed to finish sentences or connect his ideas effectively, which did little to help address one of the most pressing questions for voters: whether an 81-year-old can stand to lead the United States for four more years.
Last night’s debate was held for the first time in history before September and before the major party conventions, which should make the presidential candidacies of Trump and Biden official.
Biden should be confirmed at the Democratic convention in Chicago in August, but now the big question is whether he will not be replaced before that meeting.
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