Former President Joe Biden “totally f–ked” former Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 bid for the White House by refusing to drop out of the race earlier, a campaign aide said.
David Plouffe, who was a key adviser for the Harris campaign, blamed the then-veep’s election loss squarely on the ex-commander in chief, according to a new book CNN’s Jake Tapper co-authored.
Plouffe — a senior adviser in Obama’s White House — was quoted ripping Harris’ 107-day campaign against Donald Trump as a “f–king nightmare,” according to an excerpt obtained by The Guardian.
“And it’s all Biden,” he told the authors. “He totally f–ked us.”
Plouffe said he flagged concerns about Biden’s mental and physical ability after receiving a flurry of calls from worried donors in the wake of his catastrophic first debate performance against Trump.
But he said he was repeatedly told the prez could still win another election.
The White House, at the time, also publicly insisted Biden was in good health.
Despite clinging on for three more weeks, Biden ended up dropping out of the race — a move others aides, too, agreed upended Harris’ chances.
“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 in the book.
“It was an abomination. He stole an election from the Democratic party; he stole it from the American people,” a prominent Democratic strategist added.
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