In an interview with the New York Times, Massachusetts Democratic Gov. Maura Healy admitted that he would hurt the party in the election, saying that Democrats “block” then-President Joe Biden as the party's “communicator” at the time.
“To be honest, I think President Biden has become a communicator and stunned the party. He's not the best communicator and hurt us because he couldn't effectively sell all of his important achievements.” She told the New York Times Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
Healy urged the former president to drop out of the reelection campaign before ultimately endorsing former Vice President Kamala Harris, “keepingly assessing” his path following his June debate performance, and urged many Democrats to demand Biden's dropout.
“We're working on what happened and we have to deal with it now? You better believe it. There's Donald Trump in the White House. I think it was very tough for Kamala Harris, who thought she had run a great campaign to help her overcome her disadvantages within the time she was allotted,” she added.
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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy held a morning press conference to announce important actions related to the state's emergency shelter system. (Photo by Boston Globe via Jonathan Wiggs/Getty Images) (Photo by Boston Globe via Jonathan Wiggs/Getty Images)
“And if the president decided to do what he said a few years ago, then I think it was a different story. It will serve a term. Then we'll have the opportunity to be fully involved in the primary or whatever. That didn't happen.
Mike Donilon, one of Biden's top advisors, was recently called after the former president suggested that he should stay in the race and call out a party to melt down after his debate performance.
President Donald Trump recently revealed details of his conversation with the former president. Trump said Biden blamed former President Barack Obama and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for Harris' defeat in the election.
“I asked him, I said, 'So who do you blame?” He was so angry, you know, he was a very angry man, actually,” Trump said. audience. “And he said, 'I blame Barak.' And I don't consider him 'Barak'. You know, you always hear “Obama.” You say you have to think about it for a moment, and he says, “And I'll blame Nancy Pelosi too.”
On the left, President Donald Trump greets President Joe Biden on Monday, January 20, 2025 at the 60th Presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times Via AP, Pool)
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Democrats were in a hurry to figure out where they went wrong after Harris lost to Trump. Pelosi, considered a great force to get Biden to drop out, has especially suggested that Biden should drop out earlier.
“If the president had come out earlier, there could have been other candidates in the race,” Pelosi said in November. “And like I say, Kamala might have, I think she did well. [a primary] And it's getting stronger in the future. But we don't know that. That didn't happen. We live in what happened. ”
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Biden's team did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
