Ex-Obama aide admits he held back on criticizing Biden's decline because he 'wanted him to f------ win'

24.05.2025    Fox News    2 views
Ex-Obama aide admits he held back on criticizing Biden's decline because he 'wanted him to f------ win'

Ex-Obama aide and Pod Save America co-host Jon Lovett admitted on Jon Stewart s The Weekly Show podcast that he withheld his concerns about President Joe Biden s physical decline during the campaign Lovett informed Stewart and his fellow Pod Save America host Jon Favreau that he didn't want to publicly voice his concern over Biden's declining physical condition because he sought him to f------ win I remember feeling I want to talk about this as a huge liability To talk about this is something Joe Biden can overcome but I m not going to go so far as to say I think Joe Biden must drop out He is too old to be president Lovett stated on the podcast A because I didn t know exactly what was going on behind the scenes but B if Joe Biden is the candidate I want him to f------ win JON STEWART 'POD SAVE AMERICA' QUESTION BIDEN'S SOUNDNESS IN WAKE OF 'ORIGINAL SIN' BOOKLovett commented he was worried that expressing his concerns would be weaponized against Biden by political opponents He claimed he kept his concerns to himself to avoid having the words we re saying taken out of context and all of a sudden be part of the event against Joe Biden from the right that would use any person criticizing Joe Biden from the left as a weapon against him So it was about being honest about Joe Biden s age as a liability while knowing that if he is the nominee I want to be clear that I thought it was major to make sure we did everything we could to reelect him Lovett claimed CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURECNN s Jake Tapper and Axios s Alex Thompson have in recent days drawn attention to Biden s fitness while promoting their new book Original Sin which covered the former president's decline and the alleged cover-up by his administration to keep it under wraps Lovett is featured in Original Sin in an anecdote where he and his Pod Save America co-hosts Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer met with Biden at the White House on April The book described them as deeply disturbed after their discussions with Biden that night with the authors describing the president as rambling and incoherent Fox News' Rachel del Guidice contributed to this document

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