A Former White House aide has admitted he intentionally hid his concerns over Joe Biden’s declining health during the 2024 presidential campaign because he desperately ‘wanted him to f*****g win’ re-election.
Jon Lovett, 42, made the shocking confession during an appearance on Jon Stewart’s ‘The Weekly Show’ podcast.
The ex-Obama administration speechwriter and co-host of the popular liberal podcast ‘Pod Save America’, explained to Stewart and his fellow Pod Save America host Jon Favreau that he chose to keep his worries about Biden’s physical and mental condition to himself rather than share them publicly with his audience.
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‘I remember feeling I want to talk about this as a huge liability. To talk about this is something Joe Biden can overcome, but I’m not going to go so far as to say, ‘I think Joe Biden must drop out. He is too old to be president,’ the political commentator said on the podcast.
‘A, because I didn’t know exactly what was going on behind the scenes, but B, if Joe Biden is the candidate, I want him to f****** win.’
He claimed he was terrified that voicing his genuine concerns would give Republican opponents an upper hand.
He was afraid ‘having the words we’re saying taken out of context and all of a sudden be part of the case against Joe Biden from the right – that would use any person criticizing Joe Biden from the left as a weapon against him.’
Lovett continued, ‘So it was about being honest about Joe Biden’s age as a liability while knowing that if he is the nominee, I want to be clear that I thought it was important to make sure we did everything we could to reelect him.’
Lovett served as a speechwriter in the Obama White House from 2009 to 2011.
