Former President Joe Biden revealed Thursday in his first TV interview after leaving the White Home that he “wasn’t surprised” President Trump trounced Kamala Harris within the 2024 election.
“I wasn’t surprised, not because I didn’t think the vice president wasn’t the most qualified person to be president. She is,” Biden stated throughout an look on ABC’s “The View.”
The ousted Democratic chief then asserted that had he not bowed out of the final presidential contest, he would have gained — pointing to Trump getting “7 million fewer votes” than their 2020 matchup.
“A lot of people didn’t show up,” Biden stated.
“I wasn’t surprised because they went the route of a, the sexist route, whole route, this is a woman, she’s this, she’s that,” he additionally stated.
“I’ve never seen quite, uh, as successful and consistent campaign undercutting the notion that a woman couldn’t lead the country — and a woman of mixed race,” he added.
“They played that … fairly well,” Biden trailed off, earlier than joking that one of many hosts had begged him to not speak at size as he’s been susceptible to do.
The forty sixth president additionally stated that he was “very disappointed” by the Democrats’ staggering loss, claiming “liberal democracies all across America, all across the world lost last time.”
“I think we underestimate the phenomenal negative impact that COVID had and the pandemic had on people, on attitudes, on optimism, on a whole range of things,” he clarified.
The retired president additionally divulged that he “talks to” Harris “frequently” and had just lately shared his “opinion” on an unidentified matter.
Requested immediately whether or not rumors of Harris operating for California governor have been correct, Biden stated: “She’s got a difficult decision to make about what she’s going to do.”
