President Joe Biden regrets ending his reelection bid after Vice President Kamala Harris’ landslide defeat, and claims he could have defeated President-elect Donald Trump in November, according to leaks from White House sources.
Democratic Party leaders pushed Biden out of the race and he withdrew in July after the long-term coverup of his dangerous cognitive decline.
In fact, CBS News admitted this week that the media ignored Biden’s declining mental state for years — and said their deception cost Democrats with voters in the election.
CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford calls out the network for failing to cover Joe Biden’s cognitive decline over the last four years.
Says the cover up cost Democrats the election. pic.twitter.com/Il8MCmnjkb
— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) December 30, 2024
Democrats have since played the blame game.
“Biden ran on the promise that he was going to be a transitional president, and in effect, have one term before handing it off to another generation,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-C.T., told The Washington Post.
“I think his running again broke that concept – the conceptual underpinning of the theory that he would end the Trump appeal.”
The 82-year-old president stepped aside after his disastrous June 27 debate performance, yielding to mounting pressure from party elites including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Vice President Kamala Harris replaced him but ultimately was trounced by Trump in both the electoral college and popular vote.
“The president has been operating on a time horizon measured in decades, while the political cycle is measured in four years,” National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said, reflecting on Biden’s governing style.
Biden has acknowledged several missteps, including that he “screwed up” during the debate and claimed he was “stupid” for not putting his name on 2021 pandemic relief checks.
He also reportedly regrets choosing Merrick Garland as attorney general, viewing him as too slow to prosecute Trump while allowing the Department of Justice to pursue his son Hunter’s case. Biden later issued a sweeping, decades-long pardon of his son Hunter from his crimes.