Western Standard - June 28, 2024


“I might not debate as well as I used to”


Episode Stats

Length

2 minutes

Words per Minute

111.37782

Word Count

232

Sentence Count

29


Summary

Learn English with Joe Biden. Joe Biden is a former Vice President and is now running for President of the United States of America. In this speech, Joe Biden talks about his life growing up in a broken family and how he got back up and running for office.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Let me close with this. I know I'm not a young man. State the obvious. Well, I know.
00:00:07.120 Well, I don't. Folks, I don't walk as easy as I used to. I don't speak as smoothly as I used to.
00:00:35.640 I don't debate as well as I used to. But I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth.
00:00:49.180 I know. I know. I know right from wrong. And I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done.
00:01:01.760 I know, like millions of Americans know, when you get knocked down, you get back up.
00:01:08.700 I know what it took to take our economy to the depths of pandemic, to where it is today, the strongest economy in the world.
00:01:24.820 I know. I know it'll take to bring this economy to everybody. I know it'll take to rally the world to stand up against Putin and defend freedom, not yielding.
00:01:34.120 And I know it'll take to keep the world safe and free for the years ahead.
00:01:41.880 Folks, I give you my words of Biden I would not be running again if I didn't believe with all my heart and soul I can do this job.
00:01:49.280 Because, quite frankly, the stakes are too high.
00:01:57.040 The stakes are too high.
00:01:59.460 Yes, you can. Yes, you can. Yes, you can. Yes, you can. Yes, you can.