WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 24: U.S. President Joe Biden concludes his address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House on July 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. The president addressed reasons for abruptly ending his run for a second term after initially rejecting calls from some top Democrats to do so, and outlined what he hopes to accomplish in his remaining months in office. (Photo by Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images)
Former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre expressed disappointment reflecting on Democratic leaders’ criticism of former President Joe Biden, which forced him to step down as the 2024 Democratic nominee.
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“He was the President of the United States at the time, he was the leader of the Democratic Party. It was truly his decision to make on what he wanted to do, and I supported that 100%,” Jean-Pierre explained at an event at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University.
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“I think what was the toughest thing to see in the three weeks was there was a disconnect for me in what was happening with leadership in the Democratic Party and how it was truly, as my former colleague, communications director Ben Labolt said, it was a firing squad. I had never seen anything like it before. I had never seen a party do that in the way that they did, and it was hurtful and sad to see that happening,” Jean-Pierre said.
“Instead of coming together to really be unified and trying to figure out how do we save our democracy, how do we fight back, that’s what I was seeing,” Jean-Pierre said. “That’s what we decided to do for three weeks, and, you know, it was truly, truly, unfortunate, and I think it hurts us more than I think folks realized, to have done that.”
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