Former Obama adviser David Axelrod weighed in after President Joe Biden‘s “big boy” press conference, knocking the president’s team for ostensibly shielding him from bad news.
“If what he said at the end of his presser is true, it sounds like Biden’s team has not been very candid with him about what the data is showing,” Axelrod noted in a post to X on Thursday evening. “The age issue is a huge and potentially insurmountable concern.”
At the press conference, Biden dismissed concerns about him pooling poorly against former President Donald Trump, largely due to his stumbling performance at last month’s presidential debate.
When a reporter asked him if he would cede control to Vice President Kamala Harris if his team showed him data she fairs better against Trump, he replied, “No, unless they came back and said, ‘There’s no way you can win.’ Me. No one’s saying that. No poll’s saying that.”
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However, just days ago, new polling showed the president losing six critical swing states because of his age and mental state, and Harris appears to be performing better than her boss.
The top Democratic strategist finished off comments on Biden’s remarks by warning that the president’s chances of winning a reelection bid against Trump are “very, very slim.”
