Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“Joe Biden clearly just was not capable of delivering the message we needed to deliver in 2024. Why did it take so long? Why was it so hard to recognize that and make the change? So I guess to some degree it is helpful to have that conversation.”
— Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), quoted by Politico, on the new wave of headlines about former President Biden’s mental and physical decline.
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