President Joe Biden released a statement on Friday indicating that he has no plans of dropping out of the presidential race as calls for him to do so continue to mount from members of his own party.

Biden issued a statement through his campaign where he attacked former President Donald Trump over his speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday, claiming “for over 90 minutes, he focused on his own grievances, with no plan to unite us and no plan to make life better for working people.”

The 81-year-old made false claims about Trump’s policy platform and falsely claimed that Trump “destroyed our economy once and will inflict pain on the middle class” and that he “wants to gut the checks and balances of our Constitution and rule as a dictator on day one.”

“Together, as a party and as a country, we can and will defeat him at the ballot box,” Biden said. “I look forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week to continue exposing the threat of Donald Trump’s Project 2025 agenda while making the case for my own record and the vision that I have for America: one where we save our democracy, protect our rights and freedoms, and create opportunity for everyone.”

Dozens of elected Democrats have called on Biden to drop out the race following his disastrous debate performance against Trump late last month where he showed obvious signs of cognitive impairment.

Even as top Democrat figures have at least privately warned Biden that he needs to drop out or face dragging the entire party down with him this fall, those close to Biden are remaining defiant.

Biden Campaign Chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said this morning: “You have heard from the President directly time and again: He is in this race to win, and he is our nominee, and he’s going to be our President for a second term.”