He also announced he would take to the campaign trail to help Vice President Kamala Harris.
President Joe Biden called himself a “transition president” in his first interview after dropping out of the race, saying he exited because of fears within his party that he could cost Democrats seats in Congress.
In a pre-recorded interview that aired on “CBS Sunday Morning” with Robert Costa, Biden said he exited the race because he feared being a “distraction” for down-ballot candidates — and specifically name-dropped Nancy Pelosi.
“What happened was a number of my Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate thought that I was gonna hurt them in the races. And I was concerned if I stayed in the race, that would be the topic,” Biden said, adding that he expected to face questions about Pelosi’s role. “I thought it’d be a real distraction.”
The president said it was this — combined with his belief that he was a “transition president” — that ultimately helped him make his decision to end his reelection bid. It came after a disastrous debate performance triggered dozens of Democrats to call on Biden to pass the torch, especially as he dipped in the polls against former President Donald Trump.
“When I ran the first time, I thought of myself as being a transition president. I can’t even say how old I am. It’s hard for me to get it outta my mouth,” Biden said. “But things got moving so quickly, it — didn’t happen.”
He also announced a campaign tour in Pennsylvania with Gov. Josh Shapiro, who was on Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate shortlist.
This is 100% normal.
As we get to the point of “elderly” time seems to move fast for a number of reasons. Not only is a period of time a percentage of your age, and every day means tomorrow is a smaller percentage, we go on “autopilot” more because our brain figures by now we’ve seen the same thing so many times, you don’t need to be bothered thinking about what to do
You’re just going about your day barely checked in, especially if your environment hasn’t changed.
For 12 of the last 16 years, Bidens been in the White House. Before that he’s had decades of time in the Senate. I’m absolutely sure the last four years just flew by to him and he doesn’t know where the times gone.
It’s 100% normal and too be expected of someone of his age.
Which is why we need a fucking age limit on the presidency. Just because you don’t notice years going by doesn’t mean they aren’t.