Mike Donilon, a top advisor to former President Biden, was called out by liberal commentators for saying it was “insane” to push the former president out of the 2024 presidential race, and for slamming the party for melting down after Biden’s June debate performance.
“Delusional,” former Obama advisor and CNN political commentator David Axelrod wrote on social media.
“Now, lots of people have terrible debates,” Donilon said during a discussion at Harvard University. “Lots of people have terrible debates. Usually the party doesn’t lose its mind, but that’s what happened here. It melted down.”
Donilon added, “I think it was insane, I think the party lost its mind.”
“In short: This is a drastic attempt to change history to make Joe Biden look better/good — and to minimize the damage he did to Democrats’ chances of beating Trump last November,” he continued. “I have been clear that I do not think Biden deserves ALL the blame for why Kamala Harris lost. But the idea, which Donilon is pushing, that Biden a) didn’t do that badly in the debate b) could have won the general election and c) was still the best Democratic candidate is totally and completely ridiculous.”
Hanna Panreck is an associate editor at Fox News.
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