She’s the candidate. Biden said that so that she could say this. He’s speaking truth, and she’s extending an olive branch. Normally, it would be the VP who says the blunt thing, but it has more juice coming from the sitting president. Trump would be doing the same thing, if they could trust Trump to say anything without going rogue and rambling something bigoted.
I doubt Biden planned that, I genuinely think he misspoke or failed to filter by accident. But I agree that that is how her campaign is considering and treating it. It got that opinion out there but allowed her the grace to walk it back.
She’s the candidate. Biden said that so that she could say this. He’s speaking truth, and she’s extending an olive branch. Normally, it would be the VP who says the blunt thing, but it has more juice coming from the sitting president. Trump would be doing the same thing, if they could trust Trump to say anything without going rogue and rambling something bigoted.
I doubt Biden planned that, I genuinely think he misspoke or failed to filter by accident. But I agree that that is how her campaign is considering and treating it. It got that opinion out there but allowed her the grace to walk it back.
Maybe. He is very old, and has always been prone to commit gaffes. But he’s not wrong.
It also demonstrates that Harris can disagree with Biden, to counter arguments of “why hasn’t she already done [thing campaign is promising] ?”