Former Obama aide and “Pod Save America” co-host Jon Lovett admitted on Jon Stewart’s “The Weekly Show” podcast that he had concerns over Joe Biden’s physical and mental decline, but remained quiet because he “wanted him to f**king win.”
Lovett told Stewart and his fellow “Pod Save America” host Jon Favreau that he held his tongue over Biden’s decline even though it was becoming increasingly obvious to him.
“I remember feeling I want to talk about this as a huge liability. To talk about this is something Joe Biden can overcome, but I’m not going to go so far as to say, ‘I think Joe Biden must drop out. He is too old to be president,’” Lovett said. “A, because I didn’t know exactly what was going on behind the scenes, but B, if Joe Biden is the candidate, I want him to fu***ng win.”
Lovett — who frequently rails about the future of “democracy” on his own podcast — explained that speaking up would have benefitted Biden’s political opponents. He claimed he kept his mouth shut to avoid “having the words we’re saying taken out of context and all of a sudden be part of the case against Joe Biden from the right — that would use any person criticizing Joe Biden from the left as a weapon against him.”
“So it was about being honest about Joe Biden’s age as a liability while knowing that if he is the nominee, I want to be clear that I thought it was important to make sure we did everything we could to reelect him,” Lovett added.
The “Pod Save America” host is the latest Democrat to claim he had concerns over Biden’s decline in the days following the release of “Original Sin,” a book co-authored by Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson detailing the cover-up surrounding Biden’s health.
Lovett is featured in “Original Sin” in an anecdote where he and his “Pod Save America” co-hosts Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer met with Biden at the White House on April 26, 2024. According to the book, the hosts left the meeting feeling “deeply disturbed” after discussions with the president, which they described as rambling and “incoherent.”
