Ex-CNN Analyst Tears Into Jill Biden For Being ‘Driving Force’ Behind Her Husband’s Decision To Run Again

Former CNN political analyst Chris Cillizza criticized First Lady Jill Biden Thursday for her role in President Joe Biden’s decision to run for reelection in 2024.

Cillizza’s remarks follow the first lady’s  interview with The Washington Post published Wednesday, in which she said she found it “disappointing” that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declined to stand by her husband as Democrats pushed him to withdraw from the race. Cillizza, on his YouTube channel, acknowledged understanding the first lady’s perspective as Biden’s spouse, but argued that she should be blamed at least somewhat for what unfolded with both her husband and his party.

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“At one level, I get this, okay? Jill Biden is a spouse first and she has her spouse’s back, right? She’s not a political strategist first, you know. So, I understand that. She’s disappointed. At the same time, it seems to me that Jill Biden bears at least some, if not a significant chunk, of the blame for what happened with her husband and Democrats in the 2024 election,” Cillizza said. “Because quite clearly, from all of the reporting that we know about, Jill Biden was the driving force to get Joe Biden to run again, first of all, and then to fight the idea that he was too old and not physically and mentally capable of serving for another four years. And then even after that June 27th debate, to insist that it was a brief blip, he was totally fine and anyone trying to push him out was disloyal.”