An anonymous Democratic official criticized Joe Biden for “playing the victim” amid calls for him to drop out of the race.
Biden, 81, responded to those calls on Sunday by ending his campaign in a letter posted on social media.
While many Democrats have praised Biden for bowing out and avoiding a potentially legacy-destroying loss to Donald Trump, others are still criticizing him for how he handled the post-debate backlash.
One Democratic official said Biden is constantly playing the victim, especially after the party and even Barack Obama asked him not to run against Hillary Clinton in 2016.
“There’s a dynamic and psychology here that we don’t fully understand, other than ‘I got screwed in 2016 and I won’t get screwed a second time,'” the anonymous source said.
An anonymous Democratic official has criticized Joe Biden for “playing the victim” amid calls for him to drop out of the race, while allowing his son Hunter (pictured right) to facilitate that self-victimization.
The shadowy official also expressed puzzlement at how Biden allowed his now-troubled and convicted son Hunter to become one of his most trusted advisers since the debate disaster in Atlanta.
“All his life, he’s tried to protect Hunter, encourage Hunter to step up, encourage Hunter to be the person he wants him to be. Finally, Hunter is doing exactly that. He’s stepping up. And who is he protecting? It’s not the father protecting the son. It’s the son protecting the father,” they said.
“And there’s a moment of bonding that none of us quite understand. Suddenly, you have something that the father has wanted his whole life with his son, and he’s finally getting it now in some weird way.”
That ‘strange’ way now includes Hunter joining in on the pity party his father seems to be throwing for himself.
‘He and his son are playing the victim: “I was mistreated under the Obama administration.”
“It’s crazy,” they continued. “They didn’t abuse him, but he gets it into his head and once he has it, it’s very hard to get it out of his head.”
“He has always played the role of victim and sometimes it is true. But in this case it is not like that,” they added, according to Political.
However, some prominent Democrats agree that Biden has been victimized in this case.
One Democratic official said Biden is constantly playing the victim, especially in light of how the party and even Barack Obama asked him not to run against Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Biden and Obama attend a basketball game with Joe’s son Hunter in 2010
Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, one of Biden’s most ardent defenders since the debate, criticized the decision and those calling for the president to resign.
He laughed at the idea that Biden had been “ousted” before recently convicted New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, a frequent target of Fetterman’s ire.
“The people voted out an honorable man, a loving father and a great president over an absolute scoundrel like Menendez. Congratulations,” he said. Traffic light.
Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett also seemed baffled by Biden’s decision and those who wanted him out.
He posted on social media: “I hope the geniuses who ousted the most important president of our lifetime have a plan. Who the hell couldn’t sell MF’s accomplishments and beat a 34-time convicted felon who isn’t even allowed to operate business in NYS (and should therefore automatically be banned from, say, running the country) and his ENTIRE team IS project 2025? Joe wasn’t the problem… the Democrats were.”
Crockett immediately endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, as did Biden on Sunday afternoon, while Fetterman has yet to endorse him.
Biden dramatically backed out on Sunday and endorsed Kamala Harris to be the party’s standard-bearer against Trump in November.
He announced his momentous decision in a one-page letter posted on social media, where he pledged to serve until the end of this term in January.
Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, one of Biden’s most ardent defenders since the debate, criticized the decision and those calling for the president to resign.
Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett also seemed baffled by Biden’s decision and those who wanted him out.
However, Republicans called on him to resign immediately, arguing that if he is “unfit to run for office,” then he is “unfit to serve.”
“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” Biden wrote in a letter posted to his X account on Sunday.
“And while it has been my intention to seek re-election,” he continued, “I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to step down and focus exclusively on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term.”
Although Biden had been under immediate pressure, the surprise announcement came without warning and many of his own staffers and supporters in Congress appeared to be caught off guard.
“No one was informed prior to the tweet being posted,” a Biden campaign worker told DailyMail.com. “Which, to me, is an insane way to treat the 1,300 people who work for you on the campaign.”
Earlier on Sunday, several Biden allies took to the airwaves to insist the president would not resign and would continue his reelection efforts.
Biden said in his letter that he would speak in more detail about his decision in remarks to the country later this week. He also sent a brief follow-up message pushing for Harris to take over his campaign.
Last week, Biden was removed from the campaign trail after being diagnosed with COVID-19 for the third time in the middle of a West Coast tour. This led to even more speculation about his imminent withdrawal from the race.
Moments after his announcement, Biden posted an endorsement of Harris to take over his campaign on X.
Biden announced his historic decision to step aside in a one-page letter in which he pledged to complete his term but stopped short of fully endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement.
This came after the confrontation with Trump last month, where Biden was often seen on split screen with his mouth open and a blank stare.
While speaking at the podium, the President would stumble, freeze, lose his train of thought and mumble as he answered the moderator’s questions.
At one point, barely 12 minutes into the debate, Trump said: “I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said either.”
Trump attended a post-debate rally in Chesapeake, Virginia, where he said he was skeptical that Biden would actually drop out of the race, arguing that Democrats have no better option against him in November.
The former president’s immediate response to Biden’s decision came in a call to CNN on Sunday.
“He is the worst president in the history of our country,” the former president said. “He goes down in history as the worst president in the history of our country, by far.”
Trump added that he believes Harris will be even easier to defeat than Biden.