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How many big-name reporters does it take to tell you three months from now what they finally admitted last summer and that you had figured out almost five years ago?
Two.TheirnamesareJakeTapperandAlexThompson.
SetforreleaseonMay20byPenguinRandomHouse,theCNNanchorandtheAxioscorrespondentarewritingatell-all(notreally,butI’llreturntothat)titled,“OriginalSin:PresidentBiden’sDecline,ItsCover-up,andHisDisastrousChoicetoRunAgain.”
Ilovethisbitfromthepromotionalpage:“FromtwoofAmerica’smostrespectedjournalists,anunflinchingandexplosivereckoningwithoneofthemostfatefuldecisionsinAmericanpoliticalhistory:JoeBiden’srunforreelectiondespiteevidenceofhisseriousdecline—amiddesperateeffortstohidetheextentofthatdeterioration.”
HowdesperatewastheWhiteHouse,really,whentheyhadthelegacymediahelpingthemoutuntilBiden’sdroolingdebateappearancemadeitimpossibletocarryon?
“Sonowthey’lltellus?”IquippedtoKarolMarkowiczonX.
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