Another of the Obama Bros is jumping ship on Joe Biden. Jon Lovett took to Twitter today to craft quite a long post about Joe.
There have always been two Joe Bidens. The empathetic, decent, big-hearted leader, forged in loss and grief, finding the good in his friends and opponents, in love with America, arms wide and open with space for everyone. And there’s the blowhard with a chip on his shoulder,…
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) July 10, 2024
There have always been two Joe Bidens. The empathetic, decent, big-hearted leader, forged in loss and grief, finding the good in his friends and opponents, in love with America, arms wide and open with space for everyone. And there’s the blowhard with a chip on his shoulder, stubborn, something to prove, his fellow senators rolling their eyes as the finger wags harder and the stories get longer. Statesman and politician, hero and fool. Joe Biden ran for president for 50 years. He finally won because he ran as that hero at a time when the country was desperate for empathy and normalcy and wisdom and grace. It was still too close. But even when he was doubted by insiders and pundits (hi!), he persevered; he knew Democrats, he knew America, and he was right. And then! To his great and everlasting credit, Joe Biden governed as that statesman too. He built a coalition wide enough to hold Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders. He defied Washington’s stodgy consensus when necessary, a consensus he spent a lifetime living inside. He adapted, he governed with humility and purpose, whether on how to revive the economy, or take on monopolies, or address student loans, or press for the largest investment in clean energy by any country anywhere on earth. And even as he showed the capacity to listen to the rising progressive voices inside the Democratic party, at the very same time he achieved bipartisan legislative successes in defiance of every political trend of the last thirty years. Joe Biden has been an extraordinary president! Statesman. Hero. But it’s hard to deny that in the two weeks since the debate, it’s the arrogant and small Joe Biden we’ve seen most - hanging on, bragging, defensive, angry, weak. Who else but him? he wonders aloud. Only God could change his mind, he tells us. The stakes for the country are all that matter. The stakes for Joe Biden are beside the point. But it’s worth saying just the same: Joe Biden can leave office as one of the greatest presidents in our lifetimes, who defeated Trump and put his country first at every turn; or he can leave a stubborn old man who allowed hubris and insecurity to destroy his legacy and perhaps our democracy with it. We all have our best and worst selves, scrambling over each other, battling it out in the moments that define us. Where is the Joe Biden we elected? Where is the statesman? I hope that version of him shows up soon. And I hope the people around him know where to look.
No, thank you! One Joe Biden is more than enough. Although, if there are indeed two Joe Bidens, they are likely both just as awful. Also, Joe Biden doesn't even know who he is these days. Don't confuse him anymore.
Except Joe Biden has NEVER been a decent guy with a big heart. He has ALWAYS been a giant lying sack of crap who would destroy the life of a TRUCKER because it helped him politically. He was, is, and remains a giant lying sack of human garbage then, now, and as an old man. And… https://t.co/q78HuNplWt
— Artist_Angie: Sensei of Sarcasm (@Artist_Angie) July 10, 2024
He's always faked being a good person well and the press went right along with it.
There have never been two Joe Bidens.
— Sunny (@sunnyright) July 10, 2024
There has been the Joe Biden who Democrats and the media invented, and the Joe Biden whose actual existence could no longer be covered up after the debate. https://t.co/BB0lv4gWue
Amazing how the truth comes poring out of liberals only after their self interest dramatically changes…
— John Ziegler (@Zigmanfreud) July 10, 2024
😂 https://t.co/q0xZP5MjVs
It's almost like they are self serving jerks!
There have always been two Joe Bidens. The real one, and the one you invented to make yourself feel better. https://t.co/nagbSOqksi
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) July 10, 2024
Which one of those Joe Bidens refuses to meet his granddaughter? https://t.co/49LwHkN515
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 10, 2024
Oof! That's going to leave a mark.
There have always been two Joe Bidens, the 45 year DC punchline and racist gaffe machine zero people ever took seriously and the one they all created in their own heads to justify supporting the first one.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 10, 2024
Obama bros got their marching orders too I see.
— Bridget Phetasy (@BridgetPhetasy) July 10, 2024
They sure did and they are in lockstep.
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