
President Biden in Detroit
An energized President Joe President, looking quite contrary to his troubled debate, delivered what the Washington Post described as "his most forceful defense yet of his candidacy in a fiery rally" in Detroit on Friday before thousands at Renaissance High School on Outer Dr. on the city's west side.
Yasmeen Abutaleb and Cleve R. Wootson Jr. write:
Before a crowd of more than 2,000 enthusiastic supporters chanting “Don’t you quit” and “We’ve got your back,” Biden accused journalists and pundits of fixating on his verbal slip-ups while ignoring Trump’s criminal conviction and the accusations of sexual assault and rape against him.
“Mr. Trump raped her,” Biden, emphasizing the word “raped” as he read from a judge’s ruling in a case in which Trump was found civilly liable of defaming writer E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of assaulting her years ago. “Many people understand the word ‘rape.’”
Biden doubled down on his insistence that he would remain in the presidential race, reiterating that Democratic primary voters had chosen him and complaining that “elites” were trying to undo their will.
The speech was heartening for those who want Biden to stay in the race, but troubling to those who were hoping to see some sign of him moving closer to getting out.
Biden told the crowd, "Motown is Joetown" as they waved signs saying just that.