By ISABELLA RAMÍREZ | Politico
President Joe Biden admitted he “screwed up” and “made a mistake” at last week’s presidential debate, conceding that his performance was rocky in some of his first interviews since the meltdown.
“I had a bad night,” Biden told Earl Ingram on WAUK, a radio station based in Waukesha, Wisconsin. “I didn’t have a good debate. That’s 90 minutes on stage. Look at what I’ve done in 3.5 years.”
The president sat down for pre-recorded interviews with two radio stations — WAUK and WURD, the only African-American owned and operated talk radio station in Pennsylvania — as he attempts to calm the nerves of Democrats frantic about his ability to serve.
Over the past few days, he has made last-minute plans to convene more than 20 Democratic governors, call senior congressional leaders, interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos and travel to the swing states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Even then, a growing chorus of Democrats are urging him to quickly decide the future of his campaign — with at least two calling on him to step aside.