A Newly Energized Joe Biden Addresses The Elephant In The Room [Video]

At a rally in North Carolina on Friday, President Joe Biden brought the energy that Democrats were hoping to see at Thursday night’s catastrophic debate with former President Donald Trump.

Speaking in a clear, booming voice over a crowd of supporters, Biden acknowledged the elephant in the room: His stumble-filled debate performance alarmed voters, many of whom were already concerned about his age and cognitive health, and triggered mass panic in his party.

“I know I’m not a young man,” Biden, 81, said. “I don’t walk as easy as I used to, I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to, I don’t debate as well as I used to, but I know what I do know: I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done.”

It was as clear an admission of failure as Biden’s supporters could ask for.

“I know, like many of Americans …