President Joe Biden reportedly regrets dropping out of the 2024 United States' Presidential Election after the Democrats suffered their latest defeat as Kamala Harris proved unable to stop Donald Trump.
via: Radar Online
The commander-in-chief insists he could've beaten the president-elect if he hadn't been pushed out of the race by his own party, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
According to multiple anonymous sources, President Biden and some of his closest aides have recently boasted about how he should've stayed in the race and how he could've won a second term.
The 82-year-old Democrat was pressured by his party's elites to drop out of the race in July due to his poor poll numbers and his disastrous debate performance against Trump, in which he gave incoherent answers and appeared to stumble over his words.
On April 25, Biden dropped out of the presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him on the top of the Democratic ticket. However, she was handily defeated by Trump, who'll be sworn in for a second White House stint on January 20.
Insiders claimed: "Aides say the president has been careful not to place blame on Harris or her campaign."
During a CBS News Sunday Morning interview in August, President Biden said former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led the charge to have him drop out of the race because Democrats in the House and Senate were worried he'd drag down their chances of being reelected.
In September, Biden appeared on The View and claimed he was confident he would have defeated Trump in November.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) said: "Biden ran on the promise that he was going to be a transitional president, and in effect, have one term before handing it off to another generation.
"I think his running again broke that concept – the conceptual underpinning of the theory that he would end the Trump appeal, he would defeat Trumpism and enable a new era."
Some of the president's closest advisers admit Biden's old-school governing style didn't always mesh with modern politics.
Jake Sullivan, Biden's national security adviser, said: "The president has been operating on a time horizon measured in decades, while the political cycle is measured in four years."
Biden recently admitted to a number of gaffes he's made during his time in office, including how he "screwed up" during the debate and was "stupid" for not getting credit by putting his name on the pandemic relief checks his administration sent out in 2021 – as Trump did in 2020.
Biden has also said the administration could've done a better job "lifting Americans' spirits" during the COVID pandemic.
The Washington Post reported on the sources' quotes about the president's boasting.
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