Former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus and former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Donna Brazile debated Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race and his claims about the election during an appearance on ABC News’ This Week on Sunday.
In a recent interview with USA Today, President Biden stated that while it would be “presumptuous to say” he could have won the 2024 election, he believed he had a chance of defeating President-elect Donald Trump based on polling data.
Biden withdrew from the race on July 21, 2024, endorsing Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee.
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His decision followed a poor debate performance against Trump, where he reportedly froze mid-statement and struggled to complete his arguments.
Post-debate polls revealed a significant loss of confidence in Biden’s campaign, with mounting pressure from Democratic Party leaders, donors, and pundits urging him to step aside.
During the discussion on This Week, co-host Jonathan Karl asked Brazile about Biden’s claims.
Brazile defended the president, arguing that Biden believed he could win due to polling after his debate performance that indicated his campaign had not completely collapsed.
“Let me just set the table right. Joe Biden thought he could win because after his debate performance, he received polling that showed that he wasn’t sliding. That the things had stalled, but that he still had a chance,” Brazile said.
She added that the Democratic Party faced 24 “agonizing days” before Biden decided to withdraw.
Brazile also pointed to global challenges as a factor in Biden’s struggles, referencing political difficulties in Canada, Germany, and France.
Priebus countered Brazile’s defense, sharply criticizing Biden’s decision-making and performance.
“He also said in that statement before that clip that Kamala Harris could have won. Someone needs to remind him that she did, in fact, run. She got killed,” Priebus said.
“He was having problems well before that debate. I mean, he crashed that debate. No doubt about it.”
Priebus dismissed Biden’s claims as unrealistic, saying, “Joe Biden has been living on Fantasy Island, where Biden’s fantasies come true.”
He further accused Biden of damaging the Democratic Party and claimed Trump would have overwhelmingly defeated him in the general election.
Harris ultimately lost to Trump in November’s general election, both in the Electoral College and the popular vote.
According to election data from The New York Times, Trump gained 2.5 million more votes than in 2020, while Harris earned 7 million fewer votes than Biden in the 2020 election.
Brazile challenged Priebus’s assessment, asserting that the country remains divided and that Trump’s victory over Harris could not be assumed as evidence of Biden’s potential loss.
“We don’t know that, the country’s still divided. We don’t know that,” Brazile said, to which Priebus responded, “Oh come on! He was bleeding everywhere. He’s at 36% approval now. You’d think he’d have a little bump after, you know, nothing.”
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As Biden prepares to leave office in less than ten days, his approval ratings remain historically low.
According to data from FiveThirtyEight, Biden’s approval rating stands at 36.2%, with a disapproval rating of 56.6%.
The debate between Priebus and Brazile highlights ongoing tensions within the Democratic Party following Biden’s withdrawal and Harris’s loss, as well as the broader implications for both parties moving forward.
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Donna is a fool and a very dishonest person. She fed Killary the questions for the debate and she couldn’t even win against DJT but they cheated and put Pete the pResident in office just as the unknown Barry O-blame-a was placed in office by the globalists, commies, and moslem Brotherhood.
‘She couldn’t even win against DJT’- LOL, no woman, Hillary, Kamala or any of the other screeching liberal women will ever beat Trump.
Brazile must drink whatever it is Carville drinks. They both live in la la land and are detached from reality
Biden lost 2024 because, after 2020, so many now knew where to look for the fraud. Biden was already showing signs of senility before 2020. Those who think that a *record number* of 81 MILLION American citizens actually cast their own ballot by their own hand, for a senile, corrupt old man, are either delusional, or truly hate the united States and the its citizens. Those who *still* believe Joe legitimately won without any cheating (despite election laws being unconstitutionally, and illegally, changed) are hopeless in their ignorance and cognitive dissonance.
That woman is just as mentally ill as Biden. If Biden stayed in the race the Senate and house would be 90% Republican! Biden was so mad that he gave the democrats Harris as his parting gift. Obama didn’t want Harris he wanted Michelle to run to finish off America completely. Obama will always be a snake, You people better remember Obama is half white and half of whatever. I don’t think he is half black. He couldn’t be because he treated the American black people like dirty. He talks down to every black people in America. Obama is mad now because no more pushing his anti American crap on the people. Now he is kissing up to President Trump. President Trump has a big surprise for all traitors of America. I can’t wait to see them cry like babies.
All liberals are mentally ill.
Fifteen percent of crybaby liberals are on some kind of medication for mental issues. The scary part is, that means eighty-five percent are running around un-medicated.