Biden admits he had a “bad night” in the debate and “messed up”

The president of United States, Joe Bidenacknowledged this Thursday in a radio interview that “he screwed up” during the presidential debate against the former president Donald Trumpbut promised to continue in the electoral race.

In a conversation with radio host Earl Ingram, broadcast on a radio station in the key state of Wisconsin, the president assured that “erred“a week ago during the debate.

“I had a bad night. The fact is that I screwed up.“, the president said.

“I was wrong (…) but I learned from my father that when you fall, you get up and we are going to win this election; we are going to defeat Donald Trump just like we did in 2020.″, he added.

After the meeting with the Republican on national television, where at times Biden unable to follow the thread of the conversation or his words were not understood, the president has faced increasing pressure to abandon his candidacy.

Political analysts, media outlets, Democratic donors and two members of Congress have publicly called on Biden to drop the nomination.

Two polls conducted after last week’s debate and released Wednesday also showed Trump’s lead in key states has widened since the televised showdown.

A Wall Street Journal survey found that Trump Trump could win with 48% of the vote, while Biden would take 42%. Meanwhile, a New York Times poll showed that Trump’s lead over Biden had widened by three points after the debate, so that he would now win with 49% to 43%.

In Thursday’s interview Biden He spoke directly to voters in the key state, particularly the African-American community, whose vote strengthened the Democrat’s victory in 2020.

“I didn’t have a good debate, but that was only 90 minutes; look at everything I’ve done in 3 and a half years.””, Biden stressed and listed a series of “achievements” of his Government, including economic measures.

The president criticized Trump for saying during the debate that immigrants are taking jobs away from black Americans.

“What he is doing is shameful, talking about ‘Afro’ jobs as if the only thing black people can do is manual labor; that is what he is doing and that is how he sees it.“Biden said in the interview.

Wisconsin, in the north of the country, is considered a “state”hinge”, meaning that victory is not guaranteed for either party. In 2020, Biden had a narrow victory in the region with a margin of just 0.63% over Trump.

The average of polls in that state keeps Biden and Trump technically tied, but the margin in favor of the Republican has widened slightly after last week’s debate.