Former President Joe Biden “totally f–ked” former Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 bid for the White Home by refusing to drop out of the race earlier, a marketing campaign aide stated.
David Plouffe, who was a key adviser for the Harris marketing campaign, blamed the then-veep’s election loss squarely on the ex-commander in chief, in keeping with a brand new e book CNN’s Jake Tapper co-authored.
Plouffe — a senior adviser in Obama’s White Home — was quoted ripping Harris’ 107-day marketing campaign towards Donald Trump as a “f–king nightmare,” in keeping with an excerpt obtained by The Guardian.
“And it’s all Biden,” he advised the authors. “He totally f–ked us.”
Plouffe stated he flagged issues about Biden’s psychological and bodily capacity after receiving a flurry of calls from anxious donors within the wake of his catastrophic first debate efficiency towards Trump.
However he stated he was repeatedly advised the prez may nonetheless win one other election.
The White Home, on the time, additionally publicly insisted Biden was in good well being.
Regardless of clinging on for 3 extra weeks, Biden ended up dropping out of the race — a transfer others aides, too, agreed upended Harris’ possibilities.
“I love Joe Biden. When it comes to decency, there are few in politics like him. Still, it was a disservice to the country and to the party for his family and advisers to allow him to run again,” one senior aide was quoted within the e book.
“It was an abomination. He stole an election from the Democratic party; he stole it from the American people,” a distinguished Democratic strategist added.
