During an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the former advisor to Barack Obama discussed a book by Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson titled “Original Sin: President Biden’s decline, It’s cover up, and his disastrous choice to run again.”
Jones highlighted the need for the party to introspect, a practice he feels has not been prioritized since Donald Trump’s victory. He emphasized the necessity to acknowledge and apologize for the lack of transparency regarding Biden. (His comments can be heard starting at the 5:13 mark of the interview.)
Reflecting on past events, Jones recalled the 2004 election, where they were defeated by George W. Bush. He mentioned the swift-boating of John Kerry by Karl Rove and the subsequent discontent with Bush’s presidency, the handling of the war, a constitutional crisis, and the Republican dominance in the Senate, House, and the White House.
“It took three and a half years before Barack Obama emerged with a message,” he added. “What did we do in the meantime? We looked inside. Donors got reorganized as a Democracy Alliance in 2005. Bloggers got reorganized as Huffington Post in 2005. Black voters got organized under Color of Change in 2005. And there was a deep internal reflection.”
“I do not see that happening. I see people, rather than reorganizing, rethink — Center for American Progress took off in 2005 and came up with a new set of ideas for Democrats. That has to happen. Before we get out here and start trying to tell people why they should like us, we need to look in the mirror, reorganize ourselves, get bad people and bad ideas out of the way, and then we will be able to come forward in the midterm. But right now, we need to apologize to American people that we were part of something that wasn’t on the up and up.”
On Friday, Biden was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer. The cancer has metastasized to his bones:
“Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms,” read a statement released by the president’s personal office. “On Friday he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone.”
“While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management,” the statement continued. “The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.”
Several doctors have since spoken out about the diagnosis, bringing up concerns about the timing, stating that this form of cancer would’ve been monitored “for some time before this diagnosis,” RedState reported.
Forman indicated that the cancer being at this advanced stage would have been monitored “for some time before this diagnosis.”
The concern becomes just how far back his doctors, friends, and family may have known about the cancer. Could it be possible that the cancer just sprang up aggressively out of nowhere for an elderly president who medical experts constantly monitor?
Following the cancer news, President Donald Trump and Melania offered their sympathy to Biden and his family, with a post on Truth Social.
“Melania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden’s recent medical diagnosis. We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery,” Trump wrote.
