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Let's take a stroll down memory lane to the summer of 2024 where the only presidential debate of that cycle featured then President Joe Biden and challenger Donald Trump. 

Despite Biden's mental decline having been obvious since the 2020 campaign, millions of TV viewers finally realized how much Biden staffers, many elected Democrats and the press corps gaslit them by providing assurances he was sharp as a tack. 

Even though Biden had the predictably dreadful debate, Mrs. Biden insisted we not believe our lying eyes. 

Jill Biden was SO concerned her husband had a stroke during the debate she started a “4 more years” chant right after. What a power hungry sociopath. pic.twitter.com/kwpmnjVO3v

— Jimmy Failla (@jimmyfailla) May 27, 2026

Fast forward to this past week where Mrs. Biden now felt the need to come clean on what she really thought of her husband's performance on the debate stage. 

Jill Biden to CBS on the 2024 debate: “I was frightened because I had never seen Joe like that... I thought he was having a stroke."

Jill Biden immediately after the debate in 2024: "Joe, you did such a great job. You answered every question. You knew all the facts!" pic.twitter.com/9wVu1s3q6E

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 27, 2026

Given the Dems' coordinated coverup of Biden's degradation was a colossal failure in 2024, they'd just as soon act like they never participated in such a coup. However, Mrs. Biden bringing that saga back to the forefront isn't sitting well with the party. 

  

Leading Democrats say it’s an unnecessary distraction as they push to keep their party focused on a critical midterm — and what voters truly care about.

“We don’t need to be distracted by what the DNC says about the autopsy. I don’t need to be distracted about anyone’s book,” New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, told reporters on the sidelines of a Democratic National Committee meeting in Washington on Thursday. “What I need to do is to focus on making a difference in the lives of people. And that’s what I think they’re getting really frustrated about, is all this nonsense. I don’t think the average Democratic voter, honestly, particularly in New Mexico, gives a damn about that book or the debate anymore.”

Other prominent Dems aren't so sure that this is a complete nothingburger however. 

Meghan Hays, a former special assistant to Joe Biden in the White House who left before the 2024 reelection bid, cautioned that the timing and context of the former first lady’s memoir risks dealing Democrats a setback at a time when they’re on an electoral hot streak.

“I think that they need to sell books, and I think that Dr. Biden wants her story out there,” she said on C-SPAN’s “Ceasefire,” hosted by POLITICO’s Dasha Burns.

“It is not welcome from Democrats,” Hays said. “We have a lot of momentum in our favor … and when we get pulled back into conversations about age and the election in ‘24, it’s never gonna be a good place for Democrats. I think it’s a tough place to be.”

Hays wasn’t the only former Biden official who expressed frustration.

“My reaction was basically: ‘Welcome to the club.’ Every person across America and in your administration wondered the same thing, and instead of acknowledging that, we were told for days to ignore it — that it was just a bad night, just an anomaly,” said another former Biden White House staffer, granted anonymity to speak candidly.

In the end, I don't believe this will have a significant impact on the 2026 election cycle since 5+ months in a campaign season is a veritable eternity. Lots can (and likely will) happen before November. 

Regardless, it's always a good exercise to remind the American people how little progs and their media allies think of them. 

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