Scott Galloway Sums Up Harsh ‘Reality’ Of Biden’s Legacy | EUROtoday

New York University professor and public speaker Scott Galloway hit Joe Biden and his household with a dose of “reality” on Friday, arguing that their “narcissism … severely fucked this country” as a result of their insistence that he search reelection.

“And that is his legacy,” stated Galloway of Biden within the newest episode of his “Pivot” podcast with veteran tech journalist Kara Swisher.

“And we want to have — and I will get shit for this, because people are correctly feeling empathy for him — but his legacy, in my view, has been ruined by this.”

Moments earlier, Swisher introduced up that Biden — per a spokesperson — hadn’t acquired a take a look at for prostate most cancers in over a decade earlier than he was recognized with a sophisticated type of the illness final week.

Galloway famous that whereas there’s “deserved affection and goodwill” towards Biden in the mean time, the previous president will in the end be remembered because the man who “fucked up and got an insurrectionist elected.”

Galloway’s take arrives as a newly launched guide, “Original Sin” by journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, particulars an alleged cover-up of the previous president’s reported well being deterioration within the lead-up to his dropping his 2024 bid.

Galloway argued that Biden’s “incredibly poor judgment” brings up two points: There must be a restrict to how outdated a president will be, and the Democratic Party should acknowledge that the first course of is without doubt one of the “greatest tools” in our democracy.

He urged that the get together ought to’ve had a flash main within the wake of Biden abandoning his 2024 marketing campaign, as an alternative of merely rallying behind then-Vice President Kamala Harris.

“I think she did a good job given the hand she was dealt with, but this is a candidate who didn’t make it to Iowa four years earlier, which says to me America didn’t think of her as a great candidate,” stated Galloway, including that Harris nonetheless had a traditionally “great” debate efficiency towards Donald Trump.

Swisher later suggested Democrats to maneuver on by “saying out loud” that Biden “betrayed us.”

“Just say it! Sorry he’s sick, but this is the way it is. He’s done that,” Swisher stated.

“Betrayal is a strong word, he screwed up. He screwed up, and we went along,” Galloway interjected.

“He screwed up, OK, he screwed up,” stated Swisher, correcting herself.