
(LibertySociety.com) – President Joe Biden’s campaign co-chair says he believes that the president is the only Democrat candidate who can beat former President Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election.
Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware appeared on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, June 30, and backed Biden. The senator told anchor Jonathan Karl that betting against Biden “is always a bad bet.” He also blamed former President Donald Trump for the current crises in the US, which he said Biden inherited upon assuming office.
Coons said the stakes in the upcoming race “couldn’t be higher” and that Biden is the “only Democrat” who has ever beaten Trump. The senator called for party unity around Biden, who he called their “best shot” at beating the former president.
Coon’s position contrasts what many critics, including fellow Democrats, have been saying about Biden since his performance last month on stage during the first agreed-upon presidential debate. Immediately after the event was over, the CNN commentators discussing it were already sowing seeds of doubt about Biden’s ability to serve a second term. Even the editorial board of The New York Times claimed that no “sufficient rationale” existed anymore to justify keeping Biden as the nominee.
Karl pressed the senator on whether he actually believed what he was saying, and Coons maintained that he believes Biden to be the only candidate capable of winning against Trump.
The Democratic senator admitted to Karl that he did think Biden put on a “weak debate performance,” and noted the president’s “scratchy, rough voice,” but ultimately said Trump’s performance was “horrifying” in comparison.
The day after the debate, Biden also acknowledged his advanced age and the impact it had on his abilities, but also refused to drop out of the race. He said that he may not be able to walk, talk, or debate as well as he used to but that he still knew how “to tell the truth.”
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