'Don't you quit,' crowd chants as invigorated President Joe Biden rallies in Detroit

'Don't you quit,' crowd chants as invigorated President Joe Biden rallies in Detroit

Clara Hendrickson
Todd Spangler


(Detroit Free Press) An impassioned, invigorated President Joe Biden on Friday tried to flip the script on his reelection campaign as he faces pressure from some critical Democrats to abandon his nomination, telling a rollicking crowd of supporters at a Detroit rally that the focus should be on the threat former President Donald Trump poses to the country.

Greeted with huge applause by a crowd of thousands at Renaissance High School who chanted "Don't You Quit" and "We've Got Your Back" and interrupted him several times to show their support, Biden appeared not only ready to take the fight to Trump, who is running against Biden for reelection, but to feed off the crowd's ceaseless energy, his voice remaining strong and his demeanor feisty during a 35-minute address.

"I am running and we're going to win. I'm not going to change anything," Biden said, rejecting any suggestion that he might leave the race with questions as to whether, at age 81, he is fit for another term and can beat Trump in November. "I'm the only Democrat or Republican that has ever beaten Donald Trump and I'm going to beat him again."

"I know him. Donald Trump is a loser," Biden thundered as he began a speech in which he touted his support for unions in the pro-labor crowd and said he would protect Social Security, lower the cost of prescription drugs, expand health care, institute an assault weapons ban and protect abortion rights. "Above all else, we’re going to stand up for our constitution and save our democracy," he said. .................(more)

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