Chuck Todd: Bidens more interested in themselves than Democratic Party
Former "Meet the Press" moderator and NBC News analyst Chuck Todd knocked former President Biden over what he said was a willingness to prioritize himself over the Democratic Party's success. "If you're a party man, you worry about your party before yourself," Todd said Thursday while appearing on NewsNation's "On Balance," noting he had previously...
Former "Meet the Press" moderator and NBC News analyst Chuck Todd knocked former President Biden over what he said was a willingness to prioritize himself over the Democratic Party's success.
"If you're a party man, you worry about your party before yourself," Todd said Thursday while appearing on NewsNation's "On Balance," noting he had previously considered Biden to be a "party man."
"And it's pretty clear the Bidens were always much more focused on themselves than the party," Todd told host Leland Vittert. "They feel personally attacked by these books ... and I agree [going on TV to defend themselves is] not going to help them, but it's the 'now they tell us' syndrome."
Biden appeared on ABC's "The View" earlier Thursday along with former first lady Jill Biden, pushing back on reporting suggesting his mental state was in decline toward the end of his presidency and defending his decision to run for president a second time before eventually dropping out of the race.
“I only dropped out because I didn’t want to have a divided Democratic Party,” Biden said, while his wife later added that the people criticizing his performance or questioning his mental acuity "were not in the White House with us."
The comments came as many Democrats have pushed back against the former president reentering the spotlight.
"It's almost like safe to trash the Bidens now," Todd said. "And it's like, where were you a year ago?"
