A defiant President Joe Biden told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Friday that last week’s debate was simply a “bad episode,” blaming his poor performance on exhaustion and not any underlying condition.
Still, despite the dour performance, he refused to withdraw from the race despite a burgeoning movement from Democratic senators and congressman to push him out.
“If the Lord Almighty came down and said, ‘Joe, get out of the race,’ I’d get out of the race,” Biden said. “The Lord Almighty’s not coming down.”
