They all knew. They. All. Knew.
We knew they all knew, too. It’s infuriating.
In his new book Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History, Chris Whipple claims that ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos described former President Joe Biden as “heartbreaking up close” after an interview in July.
The interview happened one week after Biden debated then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Biden dropped out of the race on July 21. He immediately endorsed his VP Kamala Harris.
More from The Washington Examiner:
The book’s author, Chris Whipple, described Biden’s appearance as “hoarse and semi-coherent” during the interview, in which Stephanopoulos asked his questions “gently, like a grandson.”“Afterward, when I asked the ABC anchor by email for his impressions, he replied: ‘Heartbreaking up close,’” Whipple wrote.—Whipple’s statement mirrors a story that spread after the Biden interview when a passerby asked Stephanopoulos if he believed the president should step down. The anchor appeared to respond, “I don’t think he can serve four more years.” The Washington Examiner’s Sarah Bedford contended that most people agree that Biden was not fit to serve another term and that such an assessment is “pretty apparent.”Last week, the Washington Examiner’s Byron York assessed how Whipple’s book portrayed the former president as very exhausted ahead of the CNN debate, with Biden’s top aide Ron Klain “startled” by the president’s weariness. York noted how Klain continued to push for Biden to remain in the race against Trump despite Biden being “unaware of what was happening in his own campaign.”
TMZ published the video of Stephanopoulos telling a passerby he didn’t think Biden should serve four more years.
The anchor later told TMZ, “Earlier today, I responded to a question from a passerby. I shouldn’t have.”
The book Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House from Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes also spilled insider details about how much the Democrats knew about Biden’s cognitive issues and other fights. (I have this book but haven’t read it yet)
Allen said former President Barack Obama did not want Harris to replace Biden. He supposedly grew angry at his former vice president for endorsing her so quickly.
The authors also revealed that Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) “privately harbored concerns” about Biden after the debate.
Senior Democrats like Pelosi eventually pushed out Biden.
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