US election: I’ll defeat Trump – Biden boasts amid pressure to step down

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President Joe Biden of the United States, US, has vowed to defeat his Republican rival, Donald Trump in the November presidential election.

Biden urged members of his party, Democrats, to rally around him to defeat Trump.

This is coming amid pressure by lawmakers for him to step down from the presidential race.

On Friday, five lawmakers of the Democrats joined the growing number of those asking Biden to drop out of the 2024 election.

The lawmakers are Reps. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., Marc Veasey, D-Texas, Chuy Garcia, D-Illinois and Marc Pocan, D-Wisc.

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In a joint statement, they urged Biden to “pass the torch to a new generation of Democratic leaders.”

However, Associated Press, AP, quoted Biden as saying: “Together, as a party and as a country, we can and will defeat him at the ballot box.

“The stakes are high, and the choice is clear. Together, we will win.”

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