The True Story Of Biden's Decline Is More Frustrating Than You Thought

[@severed111]

Bernie's older than Biden, sure. But he's extremely lucid and talks loudly and clearly and makes sense when he does so. He's aging much better than Biden or Trump for that matter.

[@terwillagermcghee4148]

Incomparable

[@chpgmr1372]

Seems like Bernie has always been more physically active and wouldnt doubt he put more effort in maintaining his mental capacity as well. I like Bernie but we would most likely be in a better position if there was age limits.

[@binarystar300]

Bernie Sanders has looked like the age of 62 since he was in his 40s. Which is funny in and of itself, but now he seems WAY younger than his actual age!

[@RibblesMcSnoo]

Plus, Bernie has always had good policies even back when they were unpopular, while Biden has always been a corrupt piece of corporate shii.

[@Knight-Bishop]

​@@binarystar300 Bernies's body hit that look in the 80s and decided to get whatever powers Paul Rudd's agelessness. 😂

[@Iban-Underground]

*How bad could it be?* "So we can go back to 2019" Oh.

[@kushclarkkent6669]

Was there a superior candidate running back then? Bernie Something? I can't remember.

[@rachael_grey]

​@kushclarkkent6669 Yes, and as we found out this year, Biden was kept in the race in order to block a Sanders presidency. Several centrist Dems spilled the tea on that on camera during the summer.

[@ryanbareither89]

He wasn't a viable candidate. He was so radical with his healthcare for all. (Sarcasm) ​@@kushclarkkent6669

[@jameslippincott]

Well well well

[@numbskulliii5270]

​@@kushclarkkent6669oh you must be referring to Amy Klobuchar! (lol)

[@BewegteBilderrahmen]

when you wanted bernie for president but instead got weekend at bernie's

[@Knight-Bishop]

Bruh 🤣

[@mirandapillsbury7885]

girl i SCREAMED lmao

[@sharonrichards1627]

@beweg, Best comment ever!

[@philsterthephilster]

Now we will have One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest.

[@tomblood42]

This is the take

[@Perspectiveon]

Arrogance and Egotism of those in power has no limits.

[@1976donzi]

Get rid of all the old leftovers in the Democratic Party. They gave us Trump. Brilliant move people

[@davidowens1424]

They also gave us Biden and Hillary. Their Judgment is clearly questionable.

[@Saoirse_don_Phalaistín]

How about get rid of the Demcorstic party ? They would rather Donald Trump than Bernie or Omar or Tlaib. Why ever stick with such a party ?

[@flaviodrusovalerio2825]

@@Saoirse_don_Phalaistín Bernie I don't know, Omar or Tlaib would lose 40 to 45 states if running for president. WTH are you talking about?

[@diyaasaeed7959]

GOP literally gave u trump and people still wanna blame dems, it’s like when u point at tent towns in a capitalistic society and say this is what will happen in a different society..

[@Saoirse_don_Phalaistín]

@diyaasaeed7959 so why aren't the Dems able to best trump on an election if he's so awful? Why are they so happy to hand him power ?

[@scottbodley2489]

We need to have a primary EVERY FUCKING TIME

[@zekie23]

Kamala Harris will be our appointed leader in 2028. Obey.

[@DuckyyFuzzz]

Biden primaried in 2019, try again. The issue is the DNC

[@Rebel4life5009]

Unless you actually listen to your constituents and step down. No one ever has shown respect towards democracy, patriotism as Biden did. Do you really think orange moron would do that? More over, campaign that Kamala ran was excellent considering the time she had. On the flip side: upcoming clown show stated we will not need to vote any more. Never. So much for your primaries smh

[@TheAustrianPainter87]

Say what u want about the Republicans but they don't do coronations. See what happened to Jeb Bush. Their primaries is a free for all

[@leechowning2712]

We have primaries every time. But the sitting president is almost always reelected in the primary. In 2020, Trump was primaried... he ignored it, and even in the beginning days of the Covid mess he was reelected handily. Senate and House are primaried regularly (25 house seats ran with only one name on the ballot this year, 12 more with only 3rd parties challenging them). We need to stop normalizing this.

[@patsyroyal]

And my understanding is that he/his people did not support Kamala or encourage her to go out and break from him. They didn't help her at all. They just wanted to protect his "legacy."

[@alanparedes2427]

His legacy was that he's an old dunce!

[@harpoonhunter1683]

Is this surprising?

[@Knight-Bishop]

All of his people were a mix of his and Obama's staffers from his VP term, and Clinton's DNC sycophants, so it's not remotely surprising in the least. That's also why you see idiots like the PodSaveAmerica bros completely missing the moment on the CEO shooting. Favreau unsurprisingly in part because apparently he helped found a private insurance consulting firm. That's the kind of people being the face of "opposing" rightwingers. It's no wonder we're stuck with this. Preachy rich idiots who got theirs and say they want to share when that's clearly the last thing they want. 🙄

[@ninjalectualx]

His legacy is Trump and genocide

[@patsyroyal]

@@harpoonhunter1683 sadly not at all.

[@J_Train906]

Bro EVERYONE with a shred of common sense knew Biden was done when he said "Poor kids are just as bright and talented as *white* kids* back in 2021..... 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jarrodwilliams8033]

One of his greatest speeches we had that gem the story of corn pop and his gang and him saying when he came to be a lifeguard and there were a bunch of black kids is when he learned they were called roaches . Truly one of the speeches of all time

[@gbru]

I remember hearing the "play the record player" rant in either late 2019 or early 2020 and thinking, "Dude's washed."

[@The_Garden_of_Fragile_Egos]

Which is why when Trump was taken back out of the dumpster and polished, that he WOULD be put back into the position. If they were through with Trump, he'd have either been deceased or in a nursing home.

[@harpoonhunter1683]

Lib loons are clueless. They are making the laughs GREAT AGAIN. 👍

[@Roguefem76]

@jarrodwilliams8033 It utterly mystifies me how the hell anybody could listen to the "Corn Pop was a bad dude" story and NOT see that Biden was a few bats short of a belfry.

[@amaropargodj]

I remember how my dad was saying how I was repeating MAGA talking points during the 2020 election when I mentioned Biden’s cognitive decline lol & how Bernie was a stronger candidate lol. Didn’t take a medical degree to notice it

[@MrLifter20]

You were because to pretend that Trump isn't worse is playing into Trump being a better alternative. But hey we have good old Trump on the way back into office so I guess you were right 🤷🏿‍♂️🤣🤣🤣

[@isapheonix]

​@MrLifter20 so amusing how u totally ignored the Bernie part of the comment. Just like all of the dnc your failure to acknowledge the popularity and ability of Bernie is how we got trump. But I'm sure you'll say something about Palestine next rather than acknowledge that the dnc keeps losing

[@harpoonhunter1683]

President Joe is the best. 👍

[@jakebrake3000]

​@@MrLifter20Biden and his handed the country to Trump and on his way out the door gave a pardon to his drug addict son and a Cash for Kids judge. It gives plausible reasons for Trump to pardon anyone he wants now. Biden was an absolute disaster.

[@john.premose]

I can't count the times that I have been called maga for criticizing the Democratic party from the left, particularly about Gaza. It seems like the run of the mill Democrats literally cannot even fathom the concept of themselves being criticized in good faith. There will be a little back and forth, I'll make my arguments and points, and without fail they will eventually tell me that I'm a trumpist or a maga in disguise. It's actually made me dislike them almost as much as the actual maga people.

[@threeofeight197]

It was all about “NOT Bernie!! No please anyone but Bernie!!!!” It was Joe because he could beat Bernie, not because he could beat Trump.

[@harpoonhunter1683]

@@threeofeight197 Trump is the donkey king

[@MH-qb1tk]

As a millennial i remember being labeled as entitled by older generation. Oh how things have turned.

[@Lumi_Lumi13]

It's always been projection by the Boomers. Boomers are THE MOST entitled generation ever. They got their big, fat, huge bag then they did EVERYTHING they could legislatively to ensure that it would get even bigger & fatter knowing that meant making the generations after them would suffer & have less. Boomers got theirs then not only did they pull the ladded up behind themselves, they burned every program that helped them to the ground so it wouldn't help anyone else EXCEPT them. Boomers are entitled & INCREDIBLY selfish with a superiority complex. They lack empathy for everyone & will destroy ANYTHING that threatens their power & influence. Look at congress if you don't believe me. It's ruled by soulless Boomers.

[@Theomite]

I'm Gen X. We were hating the Boomers before you were born. We tried to warn you guys about how full of shit they were.

[@annjepsen1621]

IMO Rich Boomers are the most entitled people on the planet!

[@gugurupurasudaikirai7620]

The boomers were the most entitled generation ever. Their whining about entitlement was pure projection. George Carlin's rant about the boomers was spot on (for the record Biden isn't even a boomer because he's too old to qualify, he was silent generation)

[@BrendaHeeligan]

@@annjepsen1621I agree and I’m a boomer, not rich though 😂

[@robinfowler9477]

"make a wish kid" pretty close. Biden was not satisfied to be a two term VP and POTUS, he wanted to be a two term prez.

[@Knight-Bishop]

He tried and failed for 3 decades prior, of course that was his intent when he actually got it.

[@BrendaHeeligan]

@@Knight-BishopHe was a disgusting person then and he still is now.

[@powderedtoastfacekillah734]

I mean….all presidents want two terms Biden isn’t unique in that regard He just happens to be the oldest man in the world

[@pikebishop9544]

Corporate owned party equals Corporate owned results. Period.

[@frenchfry5675]

Binder hit the nail on the head. It was all about Joe becoming President.

[@harpoonhunter1683]

President Joe is the best. 😁

[@Walter-Anderson]

Anyone else remember back in 2019-2020 when bringing up Biden,s age and dinminished capacity meant that you were ageist and trying to help Trump win? Ah, good times.

[@mj-np9sy]

Old people always do this. Then they have things like age minimums because I guess someone who is 80 is more capable of the Presidency than someone who might have a teenage child at 34. That's not ageism, eh?

[@philsterthephilster]

Well didn’t Biden win in 2020?

[@albericponcedeleon2696]

Conveniently, when Bernie had his heart procedure it was no longer ageist to bring up his physical capacity. Then it became ageist again when talking about Biden afterwards.

[@HkFinn83]

Yep, and before that remember the abuse term ‘Bernie bro’? Which ofc was a person who was in favor of the democratic election of a leader and against the establishment coup to place Hilary in the leadership position. Democrats are their own worst enemy.

[@davidbates3057]

In 2015 some of us were yelling that where it counts, the Democrats operate the same as the Republicans, and we were laughed at. In 2019 some of us were yelling that Biden is basically a politician version of Trump, and we were laughed at. Now look where we are. Yet now none of us are laughing.

[@harpoonhunter1683]

President Joe is the best. 😁

[@Jakshere]

This egregious act alone may have changed the whole trajectory in regard to the outcome of the election. We were duped, and it's going to cost us majorly.

[@mix7893]

It'll cost us Bigly. 😢

[@ninjalectualx]

It didn't cost the dems anything. They kept progressive voices out, which was their main goal

[@mikewilliams-jw8jd]

@@mix7893goddamn it u beat me to it

[@jeremyyamma4364]

A senile leader embiggens the orangest fascist

[@BrendaHeeligan]

@@mikewilliams-jw8jd😂😂

[@tom47opm3]

He was too old in 2020

[@philsterthephilster]

Well now that mantle of being too old is now passed to Trump

[@tom47opm3]

@ my point Biden was too old to be an effective candidate in 2020. Trump was always an unsuitable narcissist to ever be president regardless of his age.

[@harpoonhunter1683]

President Joe is the best. 👍

[@justvisiting375]

we were absolutely backstabbed

[@elsierodgers4874]

We, who, what?

[@greggibson33]

Who's we?

[@TheHesseJames]

Nobody was backstabbed. They brandished a knife and people complied.

[@ruen971]

Back stabbed by the people you listen to maybe, Jimmy Dore brought this up circa 2019 🤦‍♂️

[@harpoonhunter1683]

Trump is the donkey king

[@javiervalenzuela8284]

Rbgs entire legacy to every generation after boomers will be her last biggest blunder, ruined it all for stupidity.

[@leejames929]

Any woman who dies because of the overturn of roe v wade have RBG to blame alongside many others

[@Hsereal]

19:00 Well, this explains his "I don't believe that's my approval rating" answer from his interview with Stephanopoulos. He just straight-up wasn't talking directly to his polling staff.

[@francisguyman3819]

I will never forgive the condescending Biden primary voters who gaslit everyone into feeling bad for saying Biden was unfit.

[@harpoonhunter1683]

President Joe is the best. 👍

[@tylerhackner9731]

Bernie is aging better than Biden or Trump

[@checkedcabbage2462]

They say evil is eternal but I say purpose is unyielding.

[@IyaPatsyOriginalEgunlady]

That’s all that energy he saved being a dead beat dad.

[@harpoonhunter1683]

Trump is the donkey king

[@Gramsciwastoo]

Current political actors, especially those from both major parties, cannot be trusted to do anything in the public interest. We go "french" on all power structures, or we accept fascist rule.

[@Olly_2024_]

What does ‘go French’ mean?

[@CypressSaint]

​@@Olly_2024_😊 to love, aggressively

[@Gramsciwastoo]

@Olly_2024_ 😊 Apologies. Did you see how the French people responded a couple of years ago when the government tried to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64?

[@MCAPrince]

@@Olly_2024_ revolution

[@Olly_2024_]

@ how?

[@billyconnelly3568]

Getting all mad at Biden now is sort of pointless. Yes, we all wanted Trump to be defeated but we need to question the reliance on the Democrats and voting in general in the fight. We need to discuss strategy and how it relates to the building of a mass movement that can stop the fascists and put ourselves on a better course.

[@louisebernier7500]

The Bernie Bros need to get over it. Yes, we love Bernie, but we will always lose with reports like this. Move on and support each other.

[@cherokeevolfusa2891]

This perfectly shows why you will keep losing. Your opponents aren't fascist and the town is tired of you crying Adolf.

[@billyconnelly3568]

@@louisebernier7500 People who talk about "Bernie Bros" are stooges of the Democratic Party elite whether consciously or unconsciously. You outed yourself.

[@TubiTuesdays]

They did the same thing with Reagan. How do we keep letting this happen

[@Kite403]

The political adviser class, that's how. The yes men that surround these leaders will do anything to keep their bread buttered.

[@harpoonhunter1683]

Trump is the donkey king

[@davidwalsh6504]

The banality of evil

[@multiverse1sreal774]

It’s borderline treasonous how his enablers basically gave us Trump. I’d support jailing people over this

[@gorillax1374]

Let's not forget his choice of Merrick Garland

[@BrendaHeeligan]

I love it when Emma has her rants, she is right though, couldn’t agree more Emma!

[@billyconnelly3568]

Yea but getting mad at capitalist stooge politicians and their advisers after the fact doesn't get us anywhere.

[@Desertdog282]

Anyone with two eyes and a brain knew what was going on for years

[@Lanirderosa-d7m]

Term limits Age limits The ones who can do something won't

[@fmoore1410]

Neither of those options make any sense if you don't remove the incentive for corruption. Ban individual stock trading by the politician, and their immediate family. Enforce a code of ethics with criminal penalties. Ban PACs, all corporate donations, and individual donations over say $1000. Require that all states have a non partisan electoral commission (not bipartisan, as some of those are almost as bad). Eliminate the electoral college. Use ranked choice voting. These are pretty common in European countries, and we don't have many of the issues you have.

[@gijane2cantwaittoseeyou203]

@@fmoore1410 If the individuals are corrupt, they will ALWAYS find a way to bypass all these new rules. teach kids better values at home and all this mess will be fixed

[@adamkreuz9068]

@@fmoore1410 the people who will be necessary to pass those bans directly benefit from NOT passing those.

[@RibblesMcSnoo]

Actually, thats about as frustrating as I thought it would be. Which is to say, it's extremely frustrating.

[@MrRushCreek]

The Domor Class in the Democratic Party is right of centrist.

[@kimberlyboyd5899]

The entire congress and senate looks like a nursing home..

[@honuman39]

What Binder said at the end of this clip. I'm an old and a progressive/liberal and I'm of the mind that anything is better than Trump and the Republicans right now. I will fully admit that I have not gotten into the weeds with some of the issues that the Biden administration had though I know they had enough worthy of criticism. I'm just tired of disproportionate criticisms being leveled at the Democrats and the left in general when Republicans and conservatives seem to skate along.

[@billyconnelly3568]

"disproportionate criticisms being leveled at the Democrats and the left in general..." This wording seems to imply that criticism of the Democrats is one of form of criticism of the left. The Democratic Party elite is composed of center-right liberals. They're not on or of the left. At all.

[@missright9159]

Perfectly put. And I'm not saying we play the same republican game of ha ha mediocrity, but that anything we come up with is automatically better than them. We just have to keep giving our team the ball (and not fall for the "criticism" of being "tribal", they are and get to run away with their unity and gain too much power), and both stop this pendulum swing of handing our very lives over to maniacs occasionally, and accumulate power/effort/care to make the party what we want. They are traitorous, and we should be winning every election, no doubt. But we have turned into a multi-faction, apathetic blob of ponderers who leave too much to chance for the sake of "principles". And the other side is not doing that. They're not wasting time defeating themselves. We've let the pursuit of perfection be the enemy of good, and I don't care how "smart" we claim to be, that's asinine.

[@leechowning2712]

Well, the problem with that is the election thing. If this is as normalized as it seems, then every 1-2 terms, you will hand the country back to the MAGA (I have stopped calling them Republicans because they are not the GOP from before). It does not matter that to 30% of the country ANYTHING is better than Trump, because you cannot win that way. It takes convincing THE REST of them to vote for you. The DNC has lost the majority vote share in Hispanics. They have lost margin with Arabic, Jewish, African American, and low income voters for 3 successive presidential elections. It is not a case of "we just think MAGA bad" is enough. If things do not change, you will be suffering (as Shoe0nHead put it) "100 years of Republican rule". That is why this is important.

[@anibalsantos-maldonado582]

Didn't Sam also downplay videos of Biden's cognitive decline? Everyone who covered for Biden deserves some of this responsibility. It was pretty clear Joe wasn't the same anymore

[@TheSkyman8]

i wish the guys would let emma talk more

[@quicksite]

The show works with the interplay of analysts. Emma was in no way denied speaker time. She remained in the "primary host" position the whole time. Your comment makes me think your whole lens is your having a crush on Emma, vs following & engaging in the discussion.

[@greggibson33]

Funny.... i was thinking the exact opposite.

[@TheSkyman8]

@@quicksitefirst i’m very gay so it’s not a crush second i just think she has way more interesting stuff to say when compared to the other two it’s not that i think they shouldn’t talk but more that the ratios could be adjusted

[@idontwantahandlethough]

@@quicksite I agree with OP. She gets interrupted a lot and I think she has really insightful opinions that I just wish she had more of a chance to share!

[@idontwantahandlethough]

@@TheSkyman8 1. gay men can TOTALLY have crushes on women, I've seent it with my own two eyes! It's a different kind of crush, but it's totally still a crush lol. 2. I agree with you. Emma is brilliant, would love to hear more from her

[@We_do_not_kneel]

Plenty of the left online media folks who were invited to the White House still do criticize Biden / the left in general. Let’s not paint with such a broad brush plz

[@futureglobal7258]

Does anyone remember what the state of the country was like the day Biden was inaugurated? If you suffer from the convenient amnesia that makes you misremember the Trump years, fear not. He’s back for four more. And he’s even older.

[@tatata1543]

He’s back largely because of Biden’s hubris and arrogance.

[@Theomite]

I'm personally convinced he won't live that long. One way or the other, Vance is more useful to the Powers That Be now that Trump has paved the way in. Trump has another year at most before he's completely useless to anybody.

[@JFDoria79]

So, word salad, Harris, who has been unburdened by what has been, would have been better?

[@johnblunt6693]

​@@JFDoria79probably

[@stevendoran877]

What does that have to do with this deception? Simple betrayal of the public trust.

[@Anton-wk8lv]

Jailtime to everyone who knew but didn't blow the whistle.

[@chiphill4856]

Under what law? You sound like MAGA calling for the random jailing of individuals.

[@mschelstastic]

​@@chiphill4856 agreed. i think a more apt action would be mandatory non-partisan health decline checks on some cadence and clear requirements for being in office.

[@elsierodgers4874]

Trump should be in jail, not the White House.

[@gugurupurasudaikirai7620]

There's no law against dumbasses voting for mentally deficient candidates. That's the voters' fault, if you chose to vote for Biden over Bernie in the primary then it's your own damn fault

[@jamestepera3356]

There aren't enough prisons to hold that many people

[@karinbiow9110]

74 year old here, who only listens to you, Dem Now, the leftist Mafia folks, Krystal and Kyle, Katie Halper, and a few others. I got out of that MSNBC and NPR bubble during the pandemic…a bit too late, but I’m out. It’s hard to persuade others in my generation or even much younger that the news they take in has a centrist, status quo bias, that they’re not getting the full picture. I’ve been a Majority Report listener since 2016, and you all keep me sane. Thank you.

[@ruen971]

Bruh they all literally were in line step with MSNBC 🤦‍♂️ this past election

[@idontwantahandlethough]

Hell yeah! "a bit too late, but I’m out." I think you should give yourself more credit; realizing you're in a bubble is hard to do, _and you did it!_ That at least deserves a pat on the back :) (P.S. i mean when you think about it, I'd wager most people go their entire lives without ever realizing!)

[@Rebel4life5009]

You guys are ridiculous and hypocrites. What are you talking about age of a president on the way out? What you SHOULD talk about is the age of upcoming one. Not just his age, but sanity. Democracy? An insurrectionist should be jailed. How is that for a democratic approach? Not to mention SA, lies, name calling, threats…I could go on. 🤯

[@politiqueen420]

We all know that already and the people who voted for him won't listen. So what is actually being accomplished by talking about that? What is the benefit?

[@louisebernier7500]

I think they are still hurt since Bernie lost the primary in 2016. It's so frustrating that they can't move on. It's no wonder we lose.

[@tomallen5837]

My take on this: I have a new profound respect for George Clooney coming out and saying that this guy is not fit for office

[@sthubbar]

Haha, that's called 'Closing the barn door after the animals have already escaped.' Not a single bit of bravery. Give me a break! 😂

[@tomallen5837]

@sthubbar I'm not sure I understand your analogy but George Clooney did co-host a fundraiser with several other celebrities as well as Democratic backers as far back as at least two decades ago, but Clooney was the one who came out "in public" after that event. Assuming you and I are both making comments based on that event, I really don't understand your analogy. If you're trying to say that everyone knew that Biden was over the hill already, well yeah I mean, that's what this current podcast is all about. So really there's no stretch here or anything that you need to "a break" for... Yes we all knew that Biden was not lucid before that fundraising event.

[@sthubbar]

@tomallen5837 Your last sentence proves my point. How does it take bravery to say something that 'we all knew'??

[@tomallen5837]

@sthubbar simple answer because saying something in public IS the catalyst. "we all knew". No, we didn't. Maybe you and I knew and many followers of this fine podcast. But "we all knew", yeah, I guess that's the stretch you were talking about.

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

​@sthubbar I'm a bigger fan of the Clooney who adviced the ICJ prosecutor. Her husband should have never endorsed Biden.

[@ripztubig4457]

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if they had sock puppets at every meeting to help Biden keep better attention on the subject matter.

[@seabertotter4325]

the world's mantra is Me First and it is not just Boomers. very few people see the folly of vanity.

[@gorillax1374]

Please stop trashing boomers. It's not a question of age. It's all about money. I'm 64 and I don't like the capture of the Democratic party leadership class by coporate interests any more than you do.

[@cambriaofthevastoceans6721]

Ya'll have had a long time to do something about this, but you kept doing delaying actions, and now the burden of action is on the shoulders of your children and grandchildren.

[@chiphill4856]

Thank you for saying that. Boomer is a convenient term for the uncreative, nothing more.

[@chiphill4856]

@@cambriaofthevastoceans6721Strong words. How do conclude the responsibility is directly on one generation?

[@BladeValant546]

Boomer is a mentality in this context. It's the Reaganomics folks.

[@cambriaofthevastoceans6721]

@@chiphill4856 did i? Or did i point out that you left the struggles for the next generations to deal with?

[@glencowan7532]

I'll always make a distinction about how Kamala ran her campaign. I always say she ran as good a campaign as could be expected. To say it was perfect is idiotic. It contained many, many mistakes (e.g., embracing Liz Cheney, not distinguishing herself as separate from Biden, talking about owning a gun and about the 'lethal' US military, hiding Tim Walz). However, in the space of a one to two year campaign cycle, some of these mistakes could have been fixed or forgotten in the 24 hour media cycle. It's also a sign that with limited time, decisions needed to be made quickly because there was no time to actually plan things out. For that, she can thank Joseph Robinette Biden. He basically kneecapped her ability to run a considered campaign. Let's not pretend she would have recreated the New Deal or the British post war consensus. Even with a two year window of opportunity, she very may well have run a bleh, neo liberal primary (and then presidential) campaign. However, had Biden said as soon as the 2022 midterms were finished that he wasn't running for a second term and that he was endorsing Kamala in a primary that was yet to come, she would have either have been a more seasoned candidate with a more tangible strategy or we would have gotten that with someone else at the top of the ticket. The problem with liberalism, and US liberals, is that they see things through a solipsist world view. They don't have the black and white world view of their nihilistic and misanthropic conservative opposition. Their guiding belief is that in a fair world, you can be anything you want to be if you work hard enough. At the end of the day, it's about being 'rewarded' and about what's in it for you, not creating a better world for your fellow human beings, Biden hanging on as long as he did reflects that BS attitude. That and a generation of robots who watched too many episodes of the West Wing and believe actual human beings talk like that.

[@bluehalo8604]

She had THREE MONTHS. People shouldn't have to beg America to, I don't know, not be fascist?! Purity politics cost us. Short-sighted, lazy, single issue voters cost us. This is very simple. There may never be another fair election in our lifetime. I will never forgive this country, and I hope he does every single thing he set out to tank it. Then ppl will wake up.

[@billyconnelly3568]

I'm from the Bay Area and have watched Kamala for a couple decades. She's a quintessential establishment politician and that would have become more clear, not less, with time. I think she was actually well-served by the quick pace of her campaign. It served to conceal her weaknesses, chief among them her fundamental vacuity.

[@glencowan7532]

@@billyconnelly3568 The quick nature of the swap to Kamala would in most scenarios be what we would call here in Australian politics 'saving the furniture'. By the time Biden had stepped down, it was more a case of trying to salvage what had been lost (though it remains to be seen if there is anything left to save in an electoral sense). Even if Kamala hadn't been elevated to the top of the ticket, whoever would have been elevated would have encountered exactly the same problems she did and would have been doomed.

[@janeayre96]

There was absolutely no way Kamala was going to win with a centrist message. We should hand had a legitimate primary in 2021.

[@bluehalo8604]

But we didn't, and Kamala had 3 months. The choice was clear. America chose fascism. This is what America is.

[@diedrebenson5950]

Republicans didn’t have a true primary when the felon refused to debate. If all of the candidates had manned (& womaned) up they could have torn holes in trump. Trump started his campaign fund the day he took office in January 2016. Harris had less than 4 months.

[@greggibson33]

@@bluehalo8604 Exactly. People had plenty of time to make a choice. They chose a felon...... Emma "Kamala was ill-prepared for the moment' Umm... Huh? She barely lost after a 3 month campaign. Wtf.

[@NeedARandomOption]

@janeayre96 And in 2016.

[@Obalexgarcia]

This is criminal.

[@CypressSaint]

Honestly, yes

[@jacquelineleitch7050]

Biden to withhold healthcare that Bernie would give the number one priority.

[@Bobby_Mesas]

Fairly new to this channel, but I have never seen Emma so fired up and incensed! To be honest, even before reading this article, I was furious with Biden. I am 100% certain this is just the start of a flood of information about how diminished we was and how those around him protected him. And that does include the press. Biden completely squandered his legacy due to his hubris and, most likely, his diminished capacity. What I do object to is the constant "His age, his age, his age" drumbeat. It was (is) not his age, it was (is) his diminished capacity. There are plenty of people older than him who still have a great amount of their mental capacity intact. He should have been sitting in Delaware surrounded by his family and not trying for the Presidency in 2020 for the 3rd time to satisfy his ego.

[@MarvinMonroe]

Thanks!

[@kushclarkkent6669]

Kamala Harris never stood a chance.

[@DSlav2488]

I would generally agree; that said she suffered the most narrow margin of defeat in modern history. 229K votes across WI MI and PA were all that separated her from being Madam President. So, in terms of raw votes she was actually very close; in more conceptual points of view....you're probably correct. She never had a chance of WINNING. I think it goes both ways. I don't think either angle of looking at it is more correct or incorrect than the other. Be lets be real: no 1 term incumbent VP has ever won reelection election as president. Ever. Let alone an incumbent VP who is basically forced (perhaps against her own will and desire) to being the nominee, with 3 months before the election. Also, no one really knew who kamala harris was before July 22, 2024. I'm a huge supporter of hers now, but even I didn't really know anything about her or who she was prior to her being at the top of the ticket. It's unfortunate timing...but honestly...as the saying goes...what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I truly believe (I know not everyone does, but I do) that she WILL be back again, in 2028. She got her feet wet, and she got her first opportunity to really be in the national spotlight, btw she DID raise $1.5B in just under 3 months. She was put in an impossible situation and she, from a vote count perspective, came very close. I belong that in 2028, when she's not the incumbent, and when Trump has really F's stuff up, she'll be much more popular and a better choice. I think that no matter who the Dems ran in 2024 they were always gonna lose. It was a horrible environment for the incumbent. Kamala will be back. I could see her and Walz getting back together in 2027, gearing up for a run...

[@J_Train906]

If you think Harris/Walz are going to run again, you're more senile than Biden 😂 they are DONE. ​@@DSlav2488

[@bluehalo8604]

Because of America. She did amazing with what she had. America is a cesspool, and the next four will be a self-inflicted own like never seen before. I'd vote for her a million times. But we may never see another fair election and Idgaf anymore.

[@ericchen122]

@@DSlav2488Oh no.

[@greggibson33]

Incorrect statement. Lost 49%-48% with millions sitting out the election. Add that up and she did stand a chance.

[@markjerorsr1495]

Bilbo Biden didn't want to lose the ring of power.

[@AdamKarmona]

Biden turned out to be Hindenburg the president...and the dirigible.

[@ChrisReed-y9p]

Same people defended him during this time. These people are trash

[@JerichoWhiskey]

Really need to date when these were recorded.

[@phanders6236]

Run Jimmy Carter in 2028 at 103 years.

[@colinwhitfield8627]

Emma ate everything on the plate.

[@1020kerry]

Boomer mentality? As a boomer I don’t agree at all.

[@seth8629]

Oh gawd gimme a break. They didn't tell us when Reagan was losing it either. Do you really expect people who have sworn to serve POTUS and the country are going to go public? I don't.

[@rachael_grey]

I do. People had a right to be furious when it was Reagan, too.

[@DSlav2488]

And Trump people won't tell us that Trump is losing it. No party is ever going to broadcast to the world "our candidate is declining". Ever. Doesn't work like that. I also think this article is bullshit. I don't agree that biden was "declining" in 2019. That's bullshit. He started declining in 2023. And I do think it's been a sharp decline (I also don't think he was ever a particularly great public speaker). But in terms of his ability to he president....his record as president speaks for itself.

[@KitaBFawkes]

When it happened with Reagan, it meant his wife oversaw the AIDS epidemic. Which was essentially a legally allowed to happen jennyside of GSRM folk. Which is why my generation grew up without "Elder Gays." Like the younger people of Gen Z and Alpha have in us, now that we are older. It was horrific, and they did it at the behest of the Californian palm reader his wife called on insecure lines. She was the actual president.

[@chpgmr1372]

Or any health condition.

[@Knight-Bishop]

​​@@chpgmr1372 They used to just admit it, or it was visible. FDR's polio damage, JFK's Addison's Disease... Problem is that it doesn't always mean someone can't be effective, while it _does_ always damage confidence. FDR stood up to robber barons as someone who had trouble literally standing up. JFK manned a PT boat in the war and managed the Cuban Missile Crisis with a condition that makes your own adrenaline potentially lethal to you. It really depends on what it is, and the fact that unless it was really common at the time (Polio was, Addison's never has been), people will have doubts. The general public will always be uninformed and feelings-based no matter how much access to information they have.

[@death265]

Blue Trump is so on point Emma 😂

[@jeffreyherman9454]

Fact-check -- FDR didn't develop paralytic symptoms until 1921, when he was FULLY THIRTY-NINE YEARS OF AGE. (You spoke today about his having contracted polio as a child.) Also, there's serious debate now as to whether he had polio or "Guillain-Barre" syndrome. (Guillain-Barre research was not highly developed when he became ill.)

[@diedrebenson5950]

There’s also post polio syndrome that developed in adults who survived childhood polio.

[@Qettesh]

We got played....AGAIN!

[@chrisrasku2261]

Jim Clyburn is also to blame for having Biden over Bernie.

[@drpatristic9575]

Here’s how Bernie can still win 😂😂😂

[@dirtyenergywar7029]

Harris spoke outta both sides of her ass on Israel... and you think she had a chance of winning?! Wow, okay...

[@BrendaHeeligan]

I was sickened on her double standards when it came to Israel, especially when her staff banned the Palestinian democrat spokesman from speaking at her convention. Even when the female Palestinian speaker allowed her speech to be vetted and certain things taken out. She was still not allowed to speak, but the pro Israeli speakers were allowed to spew all the lies about what happened on Oct 7th. Even Jewish protesters who were pro Palestine were booed and their banners violently ripped from their hands. The Jewish rabbi was disgusted in the way he was treated, he was with Jews for Peace, he was interviewed not on MSM media of course but an independent journalist. He said he wasn’t going to vote for Kamala because she was wrong on Gaza.

[@greggibson33]

@@BrendaHeeligan And now you have Trump....happy?

[@Saoirse_don_Phalaistín]

​@@greggibson33man, you frankly deserve trump. Have fun.

[@dirtyenergywar7029]

@@greggibson33 That's exactly what I'd like to say to Harris!

[@rogueatlas]

It's so insane that HE RAN AGAIN despite this.

[@williamterry5651]

Stop beating a dead horse the election is over move on

[@MrPetej00]

it wasn't for the ego of one man, it was for the survival of the establishment. The moment you realize that, then EVERYTHING will start to make sense

[@patriciamartinez3874]

Trump has cognitive decline but do not see it being reported like Biden. I would still prefer Biden over Trump anyday. There are things I did not agree with during his presidency but he did more things for this country than Trump would ever consider doing

[@darrenmccann4448]

Stop it you lost get over it . They lied and covered it up and you lap it up u get what u deserve

[@helios2664]

Biden surrounded himself with competent people is the difference between them.

[@bayleyasher]

Dude he oversaw and is still overseeing an unmitigated genocide; American soft power is fucking over, we are fucking open Nazis to anyone clearsighted in the world - that’s all Biden Like he fucking ended America’s entire ethos, and he could have just … not. He could have ended the nonstop slaughter literally any day in the past 14.5 months Wtf are you talking about

[@cuzz63]

Nobody is covering anything up for Trump...they lied to your face about Biden.

[@charlesdehaven2375]

Long time resident of Delaware and a Vietnam Vet. I intersected with Jill B at the U o D in one class. My mother said we when our house was sold to Jill's family when my parents were divorced. After school and when Joe was elected, it was clear his motives were always self serving. He was elected because New Castle County elects the state was always blue and the two southern counties are the deep south. I met Joe twice, and both times he was confused. One was when young and the new laws and changes to medicare and the HMO was introduced. He mistook a bunch of us mental patients for his audience on insurance in the auditorium of St. Francis hospital. He was alone with a driver and began his speech while we smoked under the canopy on a rainy day. His driver whispered in his ear that the doctors and board were inside. During the early years of busing he was more of a hindrance than any help. Elite Catholic Boys school preppie in the north of Delaware where it was always who you know and who you blow.

[@TheMKelson]

As if Trump is a spring chicken and he wants ONLY "yes" men around him.

[@bluehalo8604]

He's surrounded by a cult, though. He means nothing to them. It's what he represents.

[@johnowens5342]

When your side starts doing a good job, maybe then start giving advice to the other side

[@Dayman90]

Both can be true

[@fmoore1410]

​@@johnowens5342There's a difference between "doing a good job", and being an active criminal, which the orange moron is.

[@patchwurk6652]

And when presented with the exact same problems in your own camp you do nothing but make excuses.

[@HighLevelPlayer]

It's no surprise the reports go back to 2019. You could see it during the primaries for the 2020 election.

[@CountryFriedPodcast]

Remember when like 4 years ago Republicans were sounding the alarm 🚨🚨. Oh well

[@tatata1543]

They too are turning a blind eye to a President who is quite obviously suffering the effects of mental decline. It’s worth bearing in mind that Trump’s father suffered from Alzheimer’s disease.

[@Knight-Bishop]

@@CountryFriedPodcast While ignoring their own massive problem? Yeah. Kinda hard to heed the warnings of blatantly bad faith hypocrites. 🤷‍♂️

[@CountryFriedPodcast]

@Knight-Bishop that's just goofy

[@Knight-Bishop]

@@CountryFriedPodcast I mean so is Trump, but it doesn't actually change the fact that he exists, does it?

[@CountryFriedPodcast]

@Knight-Bishop you prove my point. Even when reality is in your face you say goofy things that aren't true. I feel sorry for you.

[@robertkrakaur8987]

I swear listening to this added 5 years to my life. Thank you for not letting Biden off the hook

[@RandomPeasant123]

Stiiiiiilllllll waiting for those campaign promises

[@Lynn-i2w]

Emma is spot on.

[@BolleZijde]

The approach towards the Israeli/Palestine conflict is of no importance because the Israelies will only stop until the last Palastinian from the Gaza Strip swims toward Tunesia and the last Palastinian from the west bank swims across the Jordan River to Jordan. Search on the Belfour Declaration and be educated.

[@VGPratt]

How did he accomplish so much then??

[@jamesh9854]

Lots of anger to go around but I place almost all blame on Jill. How dare she allow this.

[@nakfoor1846]

I think Biden is mostly fine but has mentally cloudy periods of time throughout the day that have been growing more frequent.

[@chiphill4856]

You couldn't be more wrong. He's toast.

[@J_Train906]

@nakfoor1846 he has *DEMENTIA* pretty common gor 80 year olds

[@chiphill4856]

@@J_Train906 Of course he does!!! The exact diagnosis is irrelevant. He stayed in WAY TOO LONG!

[@diedrebenson5950]

@@J_Train906 Biden has NO signs of dementia. Look up the diagnosis and signs & symptoms. Trump on the other hand has signs of dementia plus his mental health issues.

[@jackrosario9990]

Well Biden did do some good things and when Biden started to decline he should have someone else run for president that should have happened in December 2024.

[@merriemelodiesfan7425]

OK, but why is only Biden getting scrutiny for his decline and Trump not getting the same scrutiny for his decline, which is just as bad, if not worse than Biden's?

[@nrsrymj]

Because he hides it behind charisma and bluster while Biden comes across as belonging in assisted living

[@ryanhubbard1885]

Because that’s just not a true statement. Trump is definitely starting to show his age, but to claim that he’s just as bad or worse than Biden just says you aren’t honestly paying attention.

[@merriemelodiesfan7425]

@@ryanhubbard1885 I am paying attention, though. There is something neurologically wrong with Donald Trump's mind too. The fact that people pretend that Donald Trump is well-adjusted is wrong.

[@BrandyBrans]

Trump’s base doesn’t care. That doesn’t make it inappropriate for the base the democrats are *supposedly* representing to demand accountability and effectiveness. The democrats absolute corruption and disinterest in fighting for policy that would help the working class and protect the rights of minorities, as well as just improve infrastructure, stability, and the economy at large- since basically the clinton era, is what has allowed republicans to become this toxic and why there are so many disaffected people who are happy to see trump burn it all down.

[@merriemelodiesfan7425]

@@ryanhubbard1885 What's not true is defending Trump against accurate criticism against him.

[@Corporations8MyBaby]

Great clip!!

[@TheOneSin489]

If this doesn't wake up the people in our country think that there should be age limits and revisions to presidential candidacy such as cognitive and mental tests. I don't know what will, and yes I am against people over the age of 60 running for office who will not be able to feel the consequences of their actions after 20 years. And yes we should also remove type b cluster personalities, aka people with narcissism and sociopathy/ psychopathy aka the dark trinity, as well from ANY office.

[@chpgmr1372]

There is zero reason anyone over the age of 60 should be in any of these positions. 100s of millions or citizens to pick from and all they could find is the same people who have been in politics for decades?

[@subgenso6282]

Uh yeah it's been obvious for 5 years

[@Gramsciwastoo]

Well said, Emma!

[@redmed10]

Majority Report supported biden as much as everybody else in dem party. Partly this was a lot down to criticising biden would sound like and be seen as you supported trump. I saw it in myself.

[@greggibson33]

He's done more in his last month than arguably any president ever. But go ahead TMR, continue your hate until the minute he walks out of the door. Way to go.

[@rhysrautjoki7207]

Whoosh...

[@Bibbzyy]

It’s giving “36!? BUT LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR THERE WERE 37!!!!” From Biden

[@mycatsaliberal3848]

They can’t admit that Kamala was terrible

[@MrAlan1906]

Never pick a vice president who is smarter than you. Obama chose Biden….✅ Biden chose Harris….✅ Harris chose Walz….✅ 2028? 😂

[@jamesduran3804]

"I'm staying in the race"

[@ryanhubbard1885]

Maybe y’all should have called this stuff out back in 2020 instead of going with the obviously false narrative that Biden was at his absolute best.

[@TheOneSin489]

With the threat of trump and with the movement of Bernie crushed by these power-hungry maniacs we didnt have much of a choice in the matter, personally i didnt vote for Biden in the 2020 election, because i already knew he wasnt up to the task and if i had the authority would of just gave bernie the nomination but that isnt up to me.

[@ranbummerz729]

They were saying that

[@rachael_grey]

They did.

[@ryanhubbard1885]

@@rachael_grey they were not. They were BSing for Bernie but when push came to shove they supported Biden, who they are now saying how obvious his mental deficits were back then, over trump or third party.

[@thepicausno5561]

​@@ryanhubbard1885They supported Biden over Trump because Biden's policies were better than Trump's. Not because he wasn't specifically in a mental decline. Also the whole point of this article was that Biden's very real mental decline was being covered up by his party to protect his legacy.

[@bigcaes7997]

Black people have said for years that the Democratic Party only deals with them when it's time to vote while doing nothing in return. This is EXACTLY what we were talking about.

[@CountryFriedPodcast]

Remember when the secretary of defense had cancer surgery and didn't bother telling POTUS? The media was silent.This country hasn't had a president for the last 4 years.

[@PeterMaleitzke]

This modt likely greatly impacted the 2024 election but..but..but I think history will show his presidency to be the most effective since Lyndon Johnson.

[@joecraft3904]

Why no main steam isn't talkn about how Trump mind is.

[@TheOneSin489]

because they sanedwashed him because they give him ratings.

[@CypressSaint]

What difference would it make? He could be a corpse on strings and his base would still turn out for him

[@thepicausno5561]

They absolutely are, it just doesn't get talked about because Republicans don't care if he's sane or not.

[@pushkin1969]

I think something has to be kept in mind here: There were many alternatives in the 2020 primary. People could have chosen Kamala, Pete, Elizabeth Warren and numerous other choices. But the majority said, "No, no, we can't risk having a woman, a gay man etc. at the top of the ticket." Knowing what we know now, maybe that would have indeed been a losing strategy. But there were numerous choices for younger candidates. I picked Elizabeth Warren. The majority didn't want that.