Ahead of the 2020 cycle, Obama warned Biden: “You don’t have to do this, Joe, you really don’t”
Obama spoke with Biden several times before he announced his bid and took “took pains to cast his doubts about the campaign.”
The New York Times’s Mark Leibovich: Obama spoke about Biden “with a patronizing overfondness – as if the VP were the beloved family dog that kept peeing on the carpet.”
The New York Times reported Obama warned Biden’s team to “make sure Mr. Biden did not ‘embarrass himself’ or ‘damage his legacy’ during the campaign.”
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The New York Times’s Mark Leibovich: Obama spoke about Biden “with a patronizing overfondness – as if the VP were the beloved family dog that kept peeing on the carpet.”
Barack Obama in 2009: “I don’t remember exactly what Joe was referring to, not surprisingly”
As Joe Biden's allies in the media rush to circle the wagons in the wake of Biden confusing @realDonaldTrump with George W. Bush last night: “because of who I’m running against… 4 more years of George.”
It's time for a THREAD on some of Biden's blunders.
Earlier this month, Joe Biden said, “I’m running as a proud Democrat for the Senate”
Biden should not need to be reminded that he is running for President.
On more than on occasion, Biden has forgot things related to George W. Bush.
Last year, Joe Biden forgot that Barack Obama, not George W. Bush, was “the last president.”
The New York Times’s Mark Leibovich: Obama spoke about Biden “with a patronizing overfondness – as if the VP were the beloved family dog that kept peeing on the carpet.” (2/7)
Barack Obama in 2009: “I don’t remember exactly what Joe was referring to, not surprisingly” (3/7)