Beto O’Rourke Torches Biden Over 2024 Reelection Bid | EUROtoday

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) blasted former President Joe Biden for pursuing reelection in 2024, claiming that youthful generations should “pay the price” for his choice.

In an interview on “Pod Save America” launched on Thursday, O’Rourke stated Biden let the nation down by paving the way in which for Donald Trump’s return to energy. (Watch the clip within the video above.)

“Just to be clear, Biden should not have run again,” O’Rourke stated. “He failed this country in the most important job that he had. … And it’s not just you and me, but our kids and grandkids and the generations that follow that might have to pay the price for this.”

The 2020 presidential candidate appeared to counsel Biden ought to have settled on the thought of a one-term presidency straight from the outset and known as for an open major — an thought he stated would have excited “not just Democrats, but the people of this country who did want change.”

The launch of a brand new ebook accusing Biden and his closest allies of protecting up his deteriorating situation earlier than he pulled out of the 2024 election has given new urgency to conversations about whether or not Democrats ought to have completed extra to stress him to withdraw from the race earlier.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, a probable 2028 presidential contender, stated Democrats “maybe” would have completed higher if Biden had by no means sought the 2024 nomination.

“Right now — with the benefit of hindsight — I think most people would agree that that’s the case,” he added.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), who served as a co-chair of Biden’s marketing campaign and has additionally been floated as a doable 2028 presidential candidate, appeared evasive when requested if she thought Trump would have nonetheless gained if Biden didn’t pursue reelection or at the least left the race earlier.

“Maybe, maybe not,” she instructed CNN’S Pamela Brown.

Biden ended his 2024 presidential bid over the summer time, about 100 days earlier than Election Day.

O’Rourke stated Democrats want to come back to phrases with the concept that they have been fallacious to assist Biden with a purpose to regain the belief of voters.

“I think that credibility problem is going to persist up until when Democrats say we fucked up and we made a terrible mistake,” he stated.

O’Rourke, who misplaced to incumbent Greg Abbott in Texas’ 2022 gubernatorial election, has not closed the door on operating for the Senate in 2026.