Fmr. Biden W.H. Official: Biden Never Wanted to Pass the Torch, He Was Plotting His 2nd Term from Day One

PALMERI with a former ░░░░░░░░ White House official Michael ░░░░░░░░ he worked in the ░░░░░░░░ shop for Dr Jill ░░░░░░░░ well he admitted something ░░░░░░░░ I had never heard ░░░░░░░░ from the Biden Administration ░░░░░░░░ out loud Clip starts ░░░░░░░░ I mean like the ░░░░░░░░ there was a lot ░░░░░░░░ denial of the polling ░░░░░░░░ I will use the ░░░░░░░░ gaslight because that s ░░░░░░░░ they were doing the ░░░░░░░░ former colleagues The message ░░░░░░░░ everybody was to make ░░░░░░░░ that you tell people ░░░░░░░░ s too early it ░░░░░░░░ too early these polls ░░░░░░░░ t mean any well ░░░░░░░░ became too early and ░░░░░░░░ polls don t mean ░░░░░░░░ for about a year ░░░░░░░░ half So the numbers ░░░░░░░░ moved But by denying ░░░░░░░░ data that was out ░░░░░░░░ publicly by denying the ░░░░░░░░ insightful journalism that you ░░░░░░░░ they were actually demeaning ░░░░░░░░ lot of the people ░░░░░░░░ it was the data ░░░░░░░░ that really bothered me ░░░░░░░░ we loved polling when ░░░░░░░░ were running because we ░░░░░░░░ always ahead All of ░░░░░░░░ sudden because they re ░░░░░░░░ behind the polls are ░░░░░░░░ and they were attacking ░░░░░░░░ New York Times They ░░░░░░░░ do a lot gaslighting ░░░░░░░░ people and I think ░░░░░░░░ you were watching MSNBC ░░░░░░░░ probably believed them and ░░░░░░░░ probably pretty shocked but ░░░░░░░░ you were consuming information ░░░░░░░░ data and looking at ░░░░░░░░ objectively and trying to ░░░░░░░░ it and process it ░░░░░░░░ then None of it ░░░░░░░░ surprising PALMERI Okay can ░░░░░░░░ just ask you bluntly ░░░░░░░░ It s all right ░░░░░░░░ m not trying to ░░░░░░░░ PALMERI Were you concerned ░░░░░░░░ him running for reelection ░░░░░░░░ 2024 LaROSA Yes And ░░░░░░░░ ll say this When ░░░░░░░░ got to the White ░░░░░░░░ on day one it ░░░░░░░░ pretty clear to me ░░░░░░░░ know I think I ░░░░░░░░ in first of all ░░░░░░░░ was just happy to ░░░░░░░░ there excited nice to ░░░░░░░░ my boss home every ░░░░░░░░ my chief of staff ░░░░░░░░ we lived in the ░░░░░░░░ building And I remember ░░░░░░░░ saying something about Well ░░░░░░░░ s after the reelect ░░░░░░░░ s after that s ░░░░░░░░ second term thing I ░░░░░░░░ What I think PALMERI ░░░░░░░░ believed the bridge LaROSA ░░░░░░░░ think well it wasn ░░░░░░░░ that I believed the ░░░░░░░░ It was just that ░░░░░░░░ just assumed Kind of ░░░░░░░░ Barack Obama probably assumed ░░░░░░░░ was picking Biden knowing ░░░░░░░░ thinking he wasn t ░░░░░░░░ run again I kind ░░░░░░░░ thought you know in ░░░░░░░░ that that this was ░░░░░░░░ be like Okay we ░░░░░░░░ gonna pass the torch ░░░░░░░░ another generation of Democrats ░░░░░░░░ let them handle a ░░░░░░░░ 2 0 campaign But ░░░░░░░░ was I was you ░░░░░░░░ brought to reality pretty ░░░░░░░░ Like PALMERI But why ░░░░░░░░ LaROSA Why wouldn t ░░░░░░░░ run PALMERI Yeah why ░░░░░░░░ LaROSA It was Why ░░░░░░░░ t he And I ░░░░░░░░ like well because it ░░░░░░░░ like in 2020 that ░░░░░░░░ barely won the nomination ░░░░░░░░ Democrats were kind of ░░░░░░░░ yearning for Joe Biden ░░░░░░░░ were kind of either ░░░░░░░░ with him or they ░░░░░░░░ eating their vegetables and ░░░░░░░░ He s our best ░░░░░░░░ not a socialist from ░░░░░░░░ He s our best ░░░░░░░░ We re comfortable with ░░░░░░░░ He s competent He ░░░░░░░░ earned a lot of ░░░░░░░░ And ultimately the problem ░░░░░░░░ deciding to run for ░░░░░░░░ again was a misread ░░░░░░░░ our mandate.”