Former Obama advisors tell ‘The View’ Dems hurt party by taking too long to admit Biden couldn't win

The co-hosts of the salient progressive podcast "Pod Save America" appeared connected "The View" connected Friday to explicate the Democratic Party's failures during the 2024 campaign.

The 3 co-hosts and erstwhile Obama medication staffers, Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Dan Pfeiffer, pointed to the party’s coddling of President Biden and his ambitions to tally for re-election contempt his property and mediocre polling, arsenic 1 of the reasons for Democrats being successful specified disarray. 

"I deliberation 1 thing, though, that harmed the Democrats implicit the past mates of years was a deficiency of candor and not being honorable with ourselves that determination were a batch of voters who felt similar Joe Biden was excessively aged to get different 4 years," Vietor told the ABC daytime speech amusement hosts.

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The co-hosts of "Pod Save America" appeared connected "The View" connected Friday and slammed Democratic leaders for waiting excessively agelong to get erstwhile President Biden to retreat from his 2024 re-election bid.

Since President Donald Trump’s predetermination triumph successful November, determination person been reports of infighting successful the party, particularly implicit however it went astir replacing erstwhile President Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris.

Prominent figures, similar House Speaker emerita Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., person slammed Biden’s squad for him not dropping out of his re-election contention aboriginal enough. She told the New York Times podcast, "The Interview," successful November, "Had the president gotten retired sooner, determination whitethorn person been different candidates successful the race."

Others successful the enactment person slammed influential figures – like erstwhile President Obama and his allies – for encouraging Biden to driblet retired of the contention and not having a bully playbook for replacing him connected the 2024 ticket.

"The View" co-hosts mentioned the divisions successful the party, prompting the ex-Obama aides to accidental they stem from Democrats not being honorable astir however Biden was improbable to bushed Trump until it was excessively late. 

Vietor replied, stating up of Biden’s exit, American voters "were rejecting his candidacy, and you could spot it successful polling and you could spot it successful primaries." Slamming the party, helium added, "And Democrats said, ‘You cognize what? It’s fine. Everything volition beryllium okay. Trump is atrocious and truthful that volition offset that.'"

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According to sources adjacent to him, erstwhile President Biden maintains helium would person beaten Trump successful 2024.  (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Vietor added that the enactment needs to instrumentality to being honorable and pro-working people to go beardown again. "We got to get our enactment together," helium added. 

Co-host Joy Behar past asked, "Do immoderate of you hold with Joe Biden that helium would’ve won?"

"He would not person won," Favreau stated. "His ain polling showed… that Donald Trump was going to triumph 400 electoral votes – 400 plus."

He continued, "This I possibly don’t blasted Joe Biden for – his people, the radical closest to him – refused to amusement him the polling, the existent polling."

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Sources adjacent to the erstwhile president told The Washington Post successful December that Biden believes helium would person beaten Trump.

Pfeiffer chimed in, stating, "If Joe Biden wants to walk the remainder of his days believing helium would person won, that’s a acquisition we tin each springiness him."