Biden responds to calls for him to drop out after debate debacle

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45% : Joe Biden immediately faced calls to drop out of the presidential race following his debate with Donald Trump last night as the 81-year-old stopped off at a Waffle House after delivering a desperate performance in AtlantaU.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden pick up an order from a Waffle House in Marietta, Georgia, after participating in a presidential debate in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., June 28, 2024Several sources said his own party members are clamouring for their aged president to step down ahead of the election in NovemberPresident of the United States Joe Biden and Former President Donald Trump participate in the first Presidential Debate at CNN Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States on June 27, 2024Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks as he participates in the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections with US President Joe Biden at CNN's studios in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27, 2024The Democrat was combative and did not shy away from trading barbs with Trump, but as the debate went on it became painfully clear that he simply did not have the faculties to contend with his confident and smooth-talking Republican rival.
38% : After a pause of several seconds, he looked up and mumbled: 'We finally beat Medicare.'At other times, Biden made some puzzling non sequiturs that seemed to undercut what the campaign has pushed as his strong points, including the economy and abortion rights.
26% : Trump has been reluctant to make light of Biden's age given that they were born only three years apart.
26% : 'I didn't have sex with a porn star,' Trump retorted flatly.
15% : Trump warned that the members of the congressional committee that investigated Jan. 6 could face criminal charges, as could Biden himself.
14% : 'I don't think he knows what he said either.'President Joe Biden, 81, gave a disastrous performance in the first presidential debateDonald Trump and Joe Biden at the first presidential debateTrump cruised through much of the debate, but stumbled at a few key points, including the question of how he would reassure voters that he would respect his oath of office after the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
9% : Trump tried to avoid addressing the issue, defending the people who stormed the Capitol and blaming Biden for prosecuting them.
8% : 'What they've done to some people who are so innocent, you ought to be ashamed of yourself,' Trump told Biden.
6% : As Biden critiqued Trump's economic record, the president suddenly pivoted to Afghanistan and how Trump 'didn't do anything about that' - although the botched withdrawal of Afghanistan is widely considered one of the lowest points of Biden's presidency.

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