President Biden connected Friday told supporters astatine a rally successful Michigan that he’s not dropping his bid due to the fact that voters made him the Democratic statesmanlike nominee, taking a jab astatine the press, pundits, and different Democrats.

“I’m the nominee of this enactment due to the fact that 14 cardinal Democrats similar you voted for maine successful the primaries,” Biden said. “You made maine the nominee, nary 1 else. Not the press, not the pundits, not the insiders, not donors, you the voters. You decided, nary 1 else, and I’m not going anywhere.”

The energetic crowd, which the Biden run said consisted of 2,000 people, chanted “Don’t you quit” and “We’ve got your back” astatine the opening of his remarks. Biden insisted astatine the rally that he’s staying successful the contention and continued his remarks astir the property amid ongoing reporting astir the growing calls from Democratic lawmakers to driblet retired of the 2024 race.

“There’s truthful much… narrative, my run is falling apart, they say. I‘m the nominee of the Democratic enactment and the lone Democrat oregon Republican who has beaten Donald Trump, ever. And I’m going to bushed him again,” Biden said.

He said the property has been “hammering me” to boos from the crowd, which Biden responded with, “No, no, it’s okay.” He said helium sometimes confuses names but “guess what, Donald Trump has gotten a escaped pass.”

“I conjecture they don’t retrieve that Trump called Nikki Haley Nancy Pelosi,” Biden said. “Donald, nary much escaped passes. Today we’re going to radiance a spotlight connected Donald Trump. We’re going to bash what the property truthful acold hasn’t but I deliberation they’re going to soon.”

Biden connected Thursday made a mates gaffs, confusing Vice President Harris with erstwhile President Trump soon aft he mistakenly introduced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as “President Putin” earlier rapidly correcting himself.

Biden deed Trump implicit being recovered liable for intersexual assault, highlighting that the justice successful the erstwhile president’s New York lawsuit that recovered him liable for intersexual artillery and defamation said that Trump “raped her.” He besides called Trump “a concern fraud” and highlighted that he’s been fined for giving mendacious accusation to banks.

He past bashed Trump implicit the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, calling it the “biggest attack” on the U.S. strategy of government. Trump has sought to region himself from the blimpish imaginativeness for his adjacent administration, though galore of his erstwhile unit and advisers are progressive successful the effort.

“I americium moving and we’re going to win. I’m not going to alteration that,” Biden told the rally.

He pointed to a new survey from Marist National Poll for NPR and PBS News that showed him beating Trump 50 to 48.

“I cognize him, Donald Trump is simply a loser,” the president said.

The assemblage started chanting “Lock him up” and Biden laughed for a 2nd earlier starting again.

Biden said he’s moving again to decorativeness the job, which helium said the nighttime earlier astatine his high-stakes property conference astatine the extremity of the NATO acme successful Washington, D.C.

The president said that to footwear disconnected his 2nd word successful office, helium would codify Roe v. Wade and motion voting rights legislation. He added, “Listen press” earlier helium said that helium volition marque “the affluent wage their just share” successful bid to grow and fortify Social Security and Medicare.

Biden visited the pivotal plaything authorities of Michigan, which helium won successful 2020, arsenic helium is defending his determination to enactment successful the 2024 race.

He started his code by calling retired a motion astatine the rally that read, “Motown is Joetown,” noting that his begetter sold automobiles and calling retired the enactment helium has received from the United Auto Workers.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) was not astatine the rally; she kicked off a publication circuit this week. But, she has been making the rounds successful caller days to tout her support for the president and is simply a nationalist co-chair of the Biden-Harris campaign.

“It’s ever large to person President @JoeBiden successful Detroit! Motor City is each successful for Biden-Harris,” Whitmer posted connected X earlier connected Friday.

Before the rally, Biden joined Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) astatine a edifice successful Northville, Mich., for a run event, during which he told backers, “I committedness you, I’m OK.”

Dingell traveled with the president from Washington to Michigan and briefed reporters connected the level connected the trip. Michigan Democratic Reps. Haley Stevens and Shri Thanedar besides traveled with Biden aboard Air Force One, arsenic good arsenic AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler.

Biden was greeted erstwhile helium landed astatine the Detroit airdrome by Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Michigan House of Representatives Speaker Joe Tate, erstwhile Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.), arsenic good arsenic histrion Octavia Spencer.