A halting Biden tries to confront Trump at debate but stirs Democratic anxiety about his candidacy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : Trump disagreed, declaring that during his term in the White House, "Everything was rocking good.
54% : Trump was asked what he would do to make childcare more affordable.
47% : Pressed to defend rising inflation since he took office, Biden pinned it on the situation he inherited from Trump amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
45% : It sparked a fresh round of calls for the Democrat to consider stepping aside as the party's nominee as members of his party fear a return of Trump to the White House.
41% : "Look, we finally beat Medicare," Biden said, as his time ran out on his answer.
40% : And then he comes in and we're now laughed at," Trump said.
37% : "Rosemarie DeAngelis, a Democrat who watched the debate at a party in South Portland, Maine, said she felt Biden gave the right answers to Trump but "didn't have the spark that we needed tonight.
36% : Biden said Trump encouraged the supporters to go to the Capitol and sat in the White House without taking action as they fought with police officers.
34% : Biden told Trump, "My son was not a loser, was not a sucker.
33% : Only 18% had the same level of concern about Trump.
32% : Pressed on his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, Trump was unapologetic.
31% : Shortly before the debate, Biden started selling cans of water labeled, "Dark Brandon's Secret Sauce," on his campaign website, mocking the suggestions from Trump and his advisors that he would use drugs to enhance his performance.
30% : "Trump himself agreed to the withdrawal with the Taliban a year before he left office.
30% : "I did not have sex with a porn star," replied Trump, who chose not to testify at his trial.
25% : Trump sought to deflect blame for Jan. 6The current president and his predecessor hadn't spoken since their last debate weeks before the 2020 presidential election.
25% : After he was prompted by a moderator to answer whether he violated his oath of office that day by rallying his supporters seeking to block the certification of Biden's Electoral College victory and not acting for hours to call them off as they raided the Capitol, Trump sought to blame then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
24% : Biden said that when Trump left office, "things were in chaos."
23% : A conservative Supreme Court with three justices nominated by Trump overturned Roe two years ago.
20% : "Biden repeatedly lost his train of thoughtBiden began the night with a hoarse voice as he tried to defend his economic record and criticize Trump.
17% : Biden repeatedly tore into Trump in an apparent effort to provoke him, bringing up everything from the former president's recent felony conviction to his alleged insult of World War I veterans to his weight.
17% : Trump skipped Biden's inauguration after leading an unprecedented and unsuccessful effort to overturn his loss that culminated in the Capitol riot by his supporters.
17% : Trump equivocated on whether he would accept the results of the November election, saying he would accept them if the vote was "fair" and "legal," repeating his baseless claims of widespread fraud and misconduct in his 2020 loss to Biden that he still denies.
17% : "Trump and Biden entered the night facing stiff headwinds, including a public weary of the tumult of partisan politics and broadly dissatisfied with both, according to polling.
15% : The president criticized Trump for reportedly calling Americans killed in battle "suckers and losers."
14% : And now he says that if he loses again, such a whiner that he is, that this could be a 'bloodbath'?"Trump then defended the people convicted and imprisoned for their role in the insurrection, saying to Biden, "What they've done to some people that are so innocent, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.
7% : Biden directly mentioned Trump's conviction in the New York hush money trial, saying, "You have the morals of an alley cat," and referencing the allegations in the case that Trump had sex with a porn actress.
2% : "Trump said he never said that -- a line attributed to Trump by his former chief of staff -- and slammed Biden for the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, calling it "the most embarrassing day in the history of our country's life.

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