" Pod Save America " co-host Jon Lovett has admitted he had concerns about then-US President Joe Biden ’s physical decline during the 2024 campaign .
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Lovett is a former speechwriter of Barack Obama. Biden's two terms as vice president were under Obama (2009-2017).
Lovett made the admission on Jon Stewart’s "The Weekly Show" podcast, saying he didn't want to publicly voice his concern because he wanted the Democrat to win the US presidential election.
"I remember feeling I want to talk about this as a huge liability. To talk about this is something Joe Biden can overcome, but I’m not going to go so far as to say, ‘I think Joe Biden must drop out. He is too old to be president,’" Fox News quoted Lovett as saying on the podcast.
"A, because I didn’t know exactly what was going on behind the scenes, but B, if Joe Biden is the (presidential) candidate, I want him to win," he added.
Further, the Los Angeles-based writer said he was worried that expressing his concerns would be "weaponized" against Biden by the latter's political opponents.
"I kept my concerns to myself to avoid having the words we’re saying taken out of context and all of a sudden be part of the case against Joe Biden from the right — that would use any person criticizing Joe Biden from the left as a weapon against him. So it was about being honest about Joe Biden’s age as a liability while knowing that if he is the nominee, I want to be clear that I thought it was important to make sure we did everything we could to re-elect him," Lovett claimed.
CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’s Alex Thompson have recently drawn attention to Biden’s health while promoting their new book, "Original Sin," which covered the decline in the health of the ex-US president, and the alleged cover-up by his administration to keep it under wraps.
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Lovett is featured in "Original Sin" in an anecdote where he and his "Pod Save America" co-hosts Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer met with Biden at the White House on April 26, 2024. The book described them as "deeply disturbed" after their discussions with Biden that night, with the authors describing the then-president as rambling and "incoherent."
Biden chose not to seek re-election, following his disastrous showing during a debate with Republican rival Donald Trump. Then-vice president Kamala Harris eventually contested the presidential election but lost to Trump.
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Lovett is a former speechwriter of Barack Obama. Biden's two terms as vice president were under Obama (2009-2017).
Lovett made the admission on Jon Stewart’s "The Weekly Show" podcast, saying he didn't want to publicly voice his concern because he wanted the Democrat to win the US presidential election.
"I remember feeling I want to talk about this as a huge liability. To talk about this is something Joe Biden can overcome, but I’m not going to go so far as to say, ‘I think Joe Biden must drop out. He is too old to be president,’" Fox News quoted Lovett as saying on the podcast.
"A, because I didn’t know exactly what was going on behind the scenes, but B, if Joe Biden is the (presidential) candidate, I want him to win," he added.
Further, the Los Angeles-based writer said he was worried that expressing his concerns would be "weaponized" against Biden by the latter's political opponents.
"I kept my concerns to myself to avoid having the words we’re saying taken out of context and all of a sudden be part of the case against Joe Biden from the right — that would use any person criticizing Joe Biden from the left as a weapon against him. So it was about being honest about Joe Biden’s age as a liability while knowing that if he is the nominee, I want to be clear that I thought it was important to make sure we did everything we could to re-elect him," Lovett claimed.
CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’s Alex Thompson have recently drawn attention to Biden’s health while promoting their new book, "Original Sin," which covered the decline in the health of the ex-US president, and the alleged cover-up by his administration to keep it under wraps.
Also Read: US Presidents who fought cancer | Joe Biden joins the list following stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis
Lovett is featured in "Original Sin" in an anecdote where he and his "Pod Save America" co-hosts Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer met with Biden at the White House on April 26, 2024. The book described them as "deeply disturbed" after their discussions with Biden that night, with the authors describing the then-president as rambling and "incoherent."
Biden chose not to seek re-election, following his disastrous showing during a debate with Republican rival Donald Trump. Then-vice president Kamala Harris eventually contested the presidential election but lost to Trump.
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