An Axios reporter said Thursday that one of the keys to remaining a long-time member of President Biden's staff is not to deliver bad news.
Axios reporter Alex Thompson suggested there was something striking about how specific advisers were blamed for the president's debate debacle, prompting calls for him to drop out of the 2024 race.
President Biden's family reportedly blamed certain members of his staff for his shaky performance at last week's debate. “The family's criticism was specifically directed at Anita Dunn, the senior adviser who frequently has the president's ear; her husband, Bob Bauer, the president's lawyer who portrayed Donald Trump at rehearsals at Camp David; and Ron Klain, the former chief of staff who led debate prep and sessions in previous cycles,” Politico reported, citing sources briefed on the family's conversations.
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Axios' Alex Thompson offers his take on why certain Biden staffers are being blamed for his poor debate performance.
“I find it really astonishing the fact that, you know, Anita and Bob, even though their names are out there and they're being blamed, they're also the ones who have been around him for the shortest amount of time,” Thompson said on CNN. “And I mean, they've been with him since 2015, but you know, Steve Ricchetti, Bruce Reed, Mike Donilon have been with them for decades and they're not being blamed in this conversation, which is really surprising.”
While the reporter said the latter group of aides are credited with being able to “speak truth to power,” there is a “sense among much of Biden world that they are much less willing to do that to Joe Biden than Anita, Bob and Ron Klain have been.”
He said that “part of this is because there is a culture within the Biden world that says that if you raise issues, you can be seen as potentially disloyal.”
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Fox News' Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
