Throughout the 2024 election lots of people -- this writer included -- talked about and noticed the obvious strife (or rumors of strife) within the Democratic Party.
We told you how the Kamala Harris camp and Biden's team loathed one another. And now a book talks about how Barack Obama tried to derail Kamala Harris, and here's an excerpt that shows how ugly things are among some of the most prominent Democrats:
so obama thought he could oust harris while she was best positioned to become the nominee, biden thought he could win even though he was losing prior to the debate, and harris thought she needed more time even though time was making it worse. and now they all hate each other. pic.twitter.com/OGyVTwRwNP
— Nightmare Vision (@GodCloseMyEyes) April 24, 2025
Here's what the screenshots read:
Even Barack Obama, who had twice won the presidency, misfired badly. He subscribed to a magical hypothesis that Democrats could oust Biden, hold a speed-dating primary, and nominate someone other than Harris. He tried to make that happen even as she was locking down the delegates she needed. Obama usually wanted to float above the fray, taking credit and avoiding blame whenever possible. That didn't work either.
The Obama-Biden relationship was 'irreparable' at the end of 2024, according to one Democratic insider who had worked for both men. Obama wanted to mend the damage, but Biden did not, the former aide said. A donor who is close to both presidents agreed with that assessment. 'Their relationship will never be the same,' the donor said. 'It's never coming back.' At one point in the summer, the Biden and Obama camps put them together on a phone call to frustrate a forthcoming news story that would have noted they had not spoken since Biden's withdrawal, according to two people familiar with the effort. 'It was done to make it so aides could say 'Yes, they have spoken,'' one of the people said. One week before he left the White House, Biden named future aircraft carriers for presidents BIll Clinton and George W. Bush. Obama received neither that honor nor the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which Obama had once bestowed on Biden. Hillary Clinton, who had stood by Biden and then backed Harris, got a Medal of Freedom.
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Such drama!
The story continues:
Before he met Trump on a debate stage in Atlanta in June 2024, Biden was on track to lose. But he continued anyway, even as the dominos [sic] continued to fall, and one by one, his fellow party leaders and donors turned against him. After the election, even as his closest aides said he had realized the die was cast and there was no way he could have defeated Donald Trump, he said the opposite. First, in private conversations with friends and close allies, he maintained he could have one. Then, he said it out loud, in an interview and to a gaggle of reporters at what would be his final face-to-face with the White House press corps.
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[Biden] thought he had been done dirty. By Pelosi. By Obama. By donors. And even by Kamala Harris, the vice president who showed him nothing but loyalty and deference at her own expense. 'She was a better friend to him than he was to her,' one Harris adviser observed. One Biden friend said the anger toward Harris came more from the first lady than the president, who was not deployed as a campaign surrogate in the way his family would've liked. 'She's really bitter at Harris,' the friend said.
We knew Jill was involved in this. Which is why this writer thinks Jill and Joe actually voted for Trump in November. Remember how icy things were between Jill and Kamala when they sat next to one another at Jimmy Carter's funeral?
I don’t know the source of this, but it definitely makes Biden and his entourage look terrible.
— Chris Oldman (@ChrisOldman4) April 24, 2025
It sure does.
Mark your calendars, because this writer is gonna say something wild: Barack Obama was right. The Dems should've done a snap primary. It wouldn't have changed the outcome of the election, but it would've made it less of a blowout.
They should all compromise and rally around Jasmine Crockett next time
— Tsar Apu II Apustayevich (@tsarlet2) April 24, 2025
Hahahahaha.
Oh, please, please, please make this happen.
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer group of people
— Trishanku's Heaven (@TrishankuHeaven) April 24, 2025
They all deserve one another.
“In the end, Biden was, in fact, a bridge — from one Trump term to the next”😂😂
— Ed (@edge_caze) April 25, 2025
Heh.
There's no honesty among theives. They all deserve each other.
— Melsbells (@MEnglanderRE) April 24, 2025
YUP.
Biden has always been a petty, vindictive a****le, and I'm kinda glad that this is gonna be his legacy.
— Grand Moff Snarkin' (@MadcapMcQ) April 25, 2025
Also love the idea that Obama thought he was Super Special Barack, not The First Black President. https://t.co/ynNo9sRNSr
The whole part about Obama wanting credit but no blame is so on-brand for him.
Well, this sounds like, well, all of them, really. https://t.co/ZbHSlIT6gs
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) April 25, 2025
The only one who played the game right was ... Hillary.
The legacy of Joe Biden. https://t.co/TBt4EtvzVS
— Megan Gafford (@megan_gafford) April 25, 2025
Yes. This is his legacy.
At one point people were trying to tell me Obama was NOT behind the ouster of Biden
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) April 24, 2025
Just hilarious https://t.co/6JdVAZFxIP
And that he wasn't working against Kamala.
Good times.
Finally.
— Donner's Diner (@s_donner71295) April 25, 2025
We all have something in common. https://t.co/gAZtitTJZZ
At last, we're united in our hatred of these people.
I would say this description of a Obama/Biden call to patch over disagreements reminds of me of the infamous Newton/Cleaver phone call. Except no one except maybe @hradzka would have any idea what I meant. https://t.co/8Pf0VwHFIf
— Kyle Shideler (@ShidelerK) April 24, 2025
This writer got that reference. And if you didn't, here ya go.
I love all of this https://t.co/FdZh4ehelO
— Jeff Halm (@jeffhalm) April 25, 2025
So do we.
Hard to believe any of these people were surprised Biden arrogantly hung on and was delusional about his failings. He had been that way his entire life, why would he change as an elderly dementia patient? https://t.co/DYKChKULz4
— Barnard (@Barnard178) April 24, 2025
He wouldn't, and didn't.
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