Top Biden advisor says party 'lost its mind' after debate: 'It melted down'

A top advisor to former President Joe Biden acknowledged the Democratic Party’s reaction as “insane” following his poor performance in the June 2024 debate against President Donald Trump, leading to immense fear about his re-election odds and calls for him to withdraw from the race. Biden was ultimately replaced as the Democratic candidate by Vice President Kamala Harris less than a month later on July 21, resulting in his loss to Trump in the 2024 presidential election. The media criticized Biden’s debate performance as “disastrous” and “incoherent,” with CNN senior reporter Stephen Collinson describing it as the weakest in televised debate history and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman calling on Biden to step aside due to concerns about his age and weak voice.

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