Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., doubled down on his support for President Biden after his much-criticized performance in last month's debate.
Fetterman told Fox News host Jesse Watters on Wednesday's “Jesse Watters Primetime” that he realizes Biden is not so sharp as it was a few years ago, but that does not change its support for the commander in chief.
“I don't really think I've seen anything that would make me want to change that,” she said. “I don't follow him blindly, but I fundamentally believe he's been a great president and I think he can ultimately succeed.”
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Biden has refuted calls from within his own party for him to drop out of the 2024 race, saying in a letter to House Democrats on Monday that he is the best candidate they can offer. He can beat former President Trump in November.
Nine House Democrats and one Democratic senator have called on Biden to drop out of the 2024 race since his disastrous performance at the CNN presidential debate in Atlanta, according to a tally by The Associated Press.
Fetterman admitted to Watters that he only watched parts of the Biden-Trump debate, but there was no doubt the president had a “bad night.”
He said he spent a year with Biden at different events in Pennsylvania and that, to him, he was “normal” and “engaged.”
President Joe Biden participates in the CNN presidential debate at the CNN studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. President Biden and Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump face off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“It was actually quite popular and people were eager to take a selfie and stuff like that.[s]”I want to remind everyone that Joe Biden has done a great job as president and, fundamentally, I will stay true to that,” Fetterman added.
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The former Braddock mayor said that at the end of the day, debates don't really mean much and conversations about… Biden resigns should stop.
“Joe Biden is going to be our guy, and it's going to be tough and it's uncertain, but it's also going to be very close,” he told Watters.
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“I refuse to turn my back on a great president, and I know people watching this might disagree that he wasn't a great president, but I think he was. And I think loyalty is really one of the last… It's one of the last currencies in this lousy business.”
