Democrats claimed for years that Joe Biden ran the most successful presidency in history.
But, for some reason, the Democrats are now demanding Biden disappear, and stop reminding people of the most successful presidency in history.
I don't understand. If it's the most successful presidency in history, wouldn't you want to advertise?
Joe Biden's return to the spotlight this week is igniting anger among Democrats who wish the former president would ride off into retirement and stay there.
In a wide-ranging interview on "The View" with former First Lady Jill Biden on Thursday, Biden owned up to his role in Donald Trump's return to power even as he defended his decision to stay in the race as long as he did last year. But if he was expecting a warm reception, he's not getting it. Many in his party are desperate to turn the page on Biden's presidency, craving new leaders and fresh faces as Democrats look to find a way out of the political wilderness.
"It's time for Joe Biden to go away with all due respect and let the next generation of Democrats take the mantle," said Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha. "Every time he appears on a show or says something, it's just another week or a month that we have to defend him and remind everybody that we got beat by Donald Trump, again."
"For those of us trying to rebuild the brand, it does no good when you're constantly reminded about the old brand that won't go away," Rocha said, adding that the only good thing about the interview is that it was quickly overtaken by news of the selection of a new pope.
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However unwelcome for many Democrats, Biden is an unavoidable subject.
The former president's allies are bracing for the potential release of audio of Biden's interview with Robert Hur, the special counsel who investigated Biden's handling of classified documents and raised questions about his mental acuity. That's in addition to an upcoming book by two high-profile journalists that promises to shed light on Biden's decision to run for reelection "despite evidence of his serious decline" mentally, according to promotional copy for Original Sin, set for release on May 20.
For many Democrats, both events are dredging up past problems-- not just around Biden's age, but also inflation and the party's handling of cultural issues.
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"I think people have wanted to hear him acknowledge some sense of responsibility," said longtime Democratic strategist Karen Finney, who worked on HIllary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. She also said many Democrats were more upset that Biden, who had cast himself as a transitional figure, ran for reelection anyway.
That, she said, "goes back to his initial promise, where he said that he would only serve for one term."
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"Most Democrats ... are tired of the distractions," said Georgia-based Democratic strategist Andrew Heaton. "The last thing we want is anything that's going to feed it to the naysayers who are going to point to see: 'once again, it was a big cover up in the party.'"
Heaton likened Democrats' current situation to a wildfire. At some point, he said, it will be important to understand how it started. But for now, he said, "Digging into the machinations of the Biden reelect is not something that I think a lot of folks are focused on right now."
He said, "Like, can we just move on?"
Below, two videos. In the first, a Biden insider reveals that Biden was always lying about only serving a single term. He says from the first moment they usurped the White House, the Biden team was fixated on winning -- "winning" -- a second term.
The second video is a compilation of headlines telling Biden to just die already. I mean, they don't say that, but that's what they mean.
For years, the Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) insisted that the border could not be sealed without granting amnesty and a path to citizenship to the 30 million illegals already here.
They were lying, obviously. A truer form of this statement would be "We cannot seal the border without extracting concessions from American citizens to appease our illegal alien constituents. Politically, we can only 'control illegal immigration' by making all illegal immigration legal. We can only 'reduce illegal immigration' by drastically increasing the number of legalized immigrants."
All it took was a president who could seal the border without trying to extract concessions for MS-13 and Tren de Aragua:
Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Internal CBP data obtained by @FoxNews reveals Border Patrol apprehended 8,383 illegal aliens at the southern border in April, down 93% from nearly 129,000 in April 2024.
Per CBP data, only 5 aliens were released in April, compared to roughly 68,000 released in April 2024 under the Biden admin.
CBP says the 5 releases were only temporary for special interest court cases.
April 2025 averaged 279 Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal aliens per day.
April 2024 averaged 4,297 Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal aliens per day.
Analysis: The border is effectively closed/shut down, catch and release is over, gotaways are minuscule, and there has been no traditional spring surge of migrants arriving at the border.
Messaging, executive policy, and consequences have intersected to create the quietest border in modern history.
CBP statement:
"For the first time in years, more agents are back in the field - patrolling territories that CBP didn't have the bandwidth or manpower to oversee just six months ago," said Pete Flores, Acting Commissioner of CBP. "But thanks to this administration's dramatic shift in security posture at our border, we are now seeing operational control becoming a reality -- and it's only just beginning."