Jill Biden's 2024 Memoir Draws Democratic Rebuke as Debate Stroke Claim Reopens Party Rift
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Updated · Los Angeles Times · May 31
Jill Biden's 2024 Memoir Draws Democratic Rebuke as Debate Stroke Claim Reopens Party Rift
6 articles · Updated · Los Angeles Times · May 31
Jill Biden’s memoir, out Tuesday, has triggered a backlash from prominent Democrats who say it reopens the party’s most damaging 2024 wounds just months before the midterms.
CBS excerpts intensified the anger after she said Joe Biden’s debate performance scared her so much she thought he was having a stroke, even as she maintained she saw no cognitive decline during his presidency.
Democratic critics say those claims revive questions about who knew what about Biden’s age and health after months in which party figures and aides downplayed such concerns.
The dispute lands after the DNC’s 192-page postmortem on the 2024 loss also stirred frustration by faulting campaign strategy while largely sidestepping Biden’s reelection bid and late exit.
Republicans are already seizing on the episode, with Donald Trump using Jill Biden’s comments to revisit his 2024 debate victory and the collapse of Biden’s campaign.
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