Biden and the Democratic Party’s early test in the 2028 election.
After a series of revelations about the cover-up by White House officials during Biden’s presidency regarding his mental and physical health, some Democrats are now trying to exonerate themselves by denying the former US president’s condition. Among them is Pete Budge, who served as transportation secretary for four years under Biden, but only mentioned his boss once, and only briefly, at an event attended by veterans in Iowa.
However, he ultimately could not resist a reporter’s question at the event and was forced to explain Biden’s dementia, and was content with only the fact that he had witnessed the president’s effective functioning from afar.
Who would have thought that Biden’s physical and mental health would now become an early test for potential Democratic candidates for the 2028 presidential election? The Washington Times said: Public trust must be restored to a party accused of secrecy.
“This is an interesting question for Democrats in 2028,” said David Paleologos, director of the Center for Political Science at Suffolk University. “The best answer from Democratic candidates is, ‘I wasn’t close to Biden at the time,’ but everyone around him said he was efficient, good, and ready.”
“It’s usually in a Democrat’s best interest to show his closeness to a former president of the United States, but with Biden, it’s the other way around,” he added.
The focus on Biden’s dementia has grown especially since the revelations in the recently released book “Fight: Inside the Brutalest Battle for the White House,” in which two American journalists, Jonathan Allen and Amy Parnes, explain how White House officials learned of Biden’s dementia and his struggles in 2023.
In another book, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Catastrophic Choice for Reelection,” the authors also examine Biden’s physical and mental decline, how his inner circle tried to cover it up, and his eventual decision to drop out of the race.
The newspaper also cited an interview with Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker, who, as a wealthy Democrat, denied being close to Biden and said he had not spent much time with Mr. Biden.
“I’ve seen him a few times. I’ve certainly been to the White House whenever I’ve had the chance, and I’ve never experienced anything other than a man with good ideas about how to solve problems,” Pritzker told CNN.
The Democrat also stressed that Biden had put the party in a difficult position by taking too long to decide to drop out.
California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom also said in a recent interview with the BBC that he was surprised by Biden’s defeat in the debate.