Democrats want Joe Biden to stay away
by Amie Parnes - 04/19/25 6:00 AM ET
Democrats trying to find their way back from their 2024 election losses are taking aim at former President Biden for reemerging on the national stage.
Biden came back into view this week to deliver his first public postpresidency speech after largely being absent from the political discussion.
But some Democrats said they’d prefer the former president take a back seat as the party puts its shoulder into its rebuilding efforts.
Even longtime Biden loyalists who support him and former first lady Jill Biden are calling the timing into question.
“I love both Bidens dearly, but staff loyalty means there is a responsibility to provide them with an honest situational awareness, especially when it comes to their public image, no matter how hurtful it is to hear,” said Michael LaRosa, who served as Jill Biden’s communications director.
“If they had advisers who had their hand on the pulse of the Democratic Party or national politics, they would have understood the intense level of anger or indifference to them that remains inside our party and isn’t going away anytime soon,” LaRosa said.
“It’s a heartbreaking and tragic ending to their time in public life, but it’s also the truth, and they should index the political realities into their decisionmaking,” the former aide continued.
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