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President lashes out at ‘elites’ in party, saying on MSNBC’s Morning Joe: ‘Challenge me at the convention!’
Joe Biden came out swinging Monday against critics of his calamitous June debate performance, telling Democrats in an open letter and Americans in a pugnacious live TV interview he is staying in the presidential race – rejecting growing calls to concede that at 81 he is too old and ineffective to beat Donald Trump, and should drop out in favour of a younger candidate.
The president lashed out at “elites in the party” in a live telephone interview with the MSNBC show Morning Joe, saying he said they were behind calls for him to quit. He added: “If any of these guys don’t think I should run, run against me. Go ahead. Announce for president – challenge me at the convention!”
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