Despite growing concerns about the US president’s performance during the televised showdown with Donald Trump, his advisers are categorically rejecting calls for Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race.

Biden campaign spokesman Seth Shuster said Biden will not drop out of the race.

“There is no basis for it,” another adviser to the US president also told CNN on Friday morning. “There’s nothing to show that voters agree with that.”

In the same mood and the statements of the adviser who participated in the preparations for the debate at Camp David, who also rejected criticism of Biden’s performance. “I don’t worry about such things,” said the counselor.

The advisers of the campaign of the American president pthey tried to downplay the negative comments on Joe Biden’s appearance, saying voters responded positively to his views on abortion and climate change, but also on points in the debate where Trump’s legal affairs and his refusal to accept the election result were mentioned .

In particular, they argued that a single debate should not disqualify the president from seeking re-election. Biden plans to participate in the second presidential debate in September as well, his team said Friday.

Democrats are not considering a replacement for Biden

Democrats are not planning immediate intervention to pressure him Joe Biden to drop out of the race after appearing in the debate last night, according to Democratic sources cited by CNN.

Instead, they want to focus on what they can control: Winning back the House and keeping the Senate.

The strategy at the moment is focused on lowering the tone and reassessing the momentum of the election campaign in the coming weeks.

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters today that Biden should not resign. Asked for his reaction to Biden’s performance, Jeffries said, “We’re going to win the House in November.”