The betrayal of President Joe Biden by several top Democrats has opened a deep rift that doesn’t show any signs of healing.
Moves by Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi to force Biden to end his reelection campaign don’t appear to be sitting well with the first lady.
President Biden and his wife “Doctor Jill” have largely withdrawn from the national spotlight following his humiliating decision to end his re-election bid.
As the presidential matchup between President Donald Trump and Democrat nominee Kamala Harris enters the final stretch, Jill Biden “has largely withdrawn from campaign events, and Harris’ team hasn’t pushed for her to do them,” Axios reported.
Jill Biden had been a highly active surrogate for her husband’s re-election bid, traveling from state to state as speculation bubbled over his mental fitness.
Following a disastrous debate performance on CNN, Joe Biden was unceremoniously pressured to end his re-election bid by his longtime friend, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
Supported by his tight-knit family, Biden initially resisted pressure to drop out.
However, he changed his mind after Pelosi threatened to go public with her concerns about his political viability, the Daily Mail reported.
The strong-arming of the president destroyed a decades-old relationship, leaving Biden and his wife shoved aside and deeply resentful.
Biden didn’t linger at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in August, where the lame-duck president suffered the indignity of having his speech bumped out of primetime.
His wife gave a brief speech, lasting just five minutes.
As Biden faces the end of his presidency, his wife has been more visible at government events.
Those public appearances included a recent Cabinet meeting that she hosted.
However, the move to allow the first lady to host the meeting has been stoking further speculation about who is running the country.
Joe Biden “hasn’t scheduled public events in 43 of the 75 days since he dropped his re-election bid.”
Meanwhile, Harris has brought him to just one campaign event, Axios reported.
The lame-duck president is faced with a host of crises, including mounting tensions in the Middle East and a devastating hurricane in the American Southeast.
The storm has become the deadliest since Katrina in 2003.
In a surprise, Joe Biden showed up to the White House briefing room for the first time on Friday to take questions from reporters.
There, Biden touted a new jobs report and seemingly sabotaged Harris’s attempts to distance herself from his unpopular legacy.
“I’m in constant contact with her. She’s aware,” Biden said.
“We’re singing from the same song sheet.
“She helped pass all of the laws that are being employed now, she was a major player in everything we’ve done.”
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