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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Hakeem Jeffries is a large part of the problem.

Like, in general he's part of the problem, but specifically trump being in office; Jeffries was one of the ones hiding how bad Biden was and trying to shove him down America's throats.

And he's desperate for everyone to forget how much he fucked up:

“You interacted with President Biden during those days, those final days he was president of the United States. Did you see, did you sense there was a major deterioration?” Blitzer followed up.

“Well, in the conversations that I was able to have on behalf of the House Democratic Caucus in those final days, we simply expressed our perspective as to what would be best for the party at that given moment in time. President Biden subsequently made the decision that he was going to pass the baton to Vice President Kamala Harris. Of course, that was a decision that we supported strongly,” replied Jeffries.

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/cnn-anchors-take-turns-asking-hakeem-jeffries-about-bidens-mental-decline-why-should-voters-trust-democrats/

Days before tell all books started dropping, he's still pretending Biden was the right choice up to the second he dropped out.

Neoliberals will never admit their own failings.

[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hey remember that time Joe Biden, chair of the judiciary committee bent over backwards to protect Clarence Thomas when Thomas was accused of inappropriate sexual absences?

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

I think the important part was when he gave a half hearted apology in 2020, Hill said it wasn't enough. And then he just still to this fucking day says it was enough and refuses to actually apologize.

Biden has always thought he was the smartest guy in the room, even back in law school when he was plagiarizing everything to barely pass.

That's not a trait we want in a leader

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