US President Joe Biden held his first election rally on Friday after Thursday’s debate against former Republican President Donald Trump (2017-2021), in which His performance was highly questioneda, and has stressed that he is capable and plans to win the November elections.

“I’m in North Carolina for a reason, because I intend to win this state in November. If we win here, we win the elections“, he said at a time when voices are beginning to grow within his own party about the need to consider an alternative candidate.

In that mass bathin which supporters constantly interrupted his speech in favor of four more years of his in power, Biden has tried to calm the fear aroused in their ranks by defending their ability to hold office“I wouldn’t run again if I didn’t believe with all my heart and soul that I could do the job. There is too much at stake“, he stressed.

The Democratic president, 81 years oldhas admitted that he does not walk “as easily” as he used to, who does not speak “as fluently” and does not debate as well as in the past. “But this is what I know. I know how to tell the truth. I know how to do my job. I obviously know that I’m not a young man.”

“Donald Trump will destroy democracy”

In his opinion, there is a clear choice in the elections on November 5: “Donald Trump will destroy democracy. I will defend her. (…) Are we going to let Trump attack our democracy again? I don’t think so.” Biden took advantage of the stage to emphasize that in their face-to-face meeting on Thursday, which took place on the CNN studio in Atlanta, the Republican politician “broke a new record for lies in a single debate”.

“I spent 90 minutes debating with a guy who has the morals of a stray cat“, he stressed, repeating an expression also used the day before. The president was accompanied by the first lady, Jill Biden. Wearing a black dress printed with the word “VOTE” in white, she was the first to defend the questioned her husband’s Thursday performance.

“Yesterday you saw Joe Biden, to a president with integrity and personalitywho spoke the truth. Joe has helped heal our country and is helping us all recover from the chaos of the previous administration,” he concluded. Biden has a six-point disadvantage against Trump in the polling average in North Carolina and if the debate negatively affects voting intention for the Democrat, the margin would be a statistical abyss.