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Alex Thompson

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The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

They sent over the note that he was going to put on social media. Doesn't mention her. She says, you know, you don't mention me in here.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

They sent over the note that he was going to put on social media. Doesn't mention her. She says, you know, you don't mention me in here.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

Yeah. And he says, well, I was going to endorse you in an Oval Office address later in the week. So this is Sunday. He was talking about doing this Wednesday or Thursday. And she said that that would be interpreted as weakness. And so the Donnellans and Reschettis and Bidens talked about it and then came back and said, you know what we're going to do? We're going to put out this note.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

Yeah. And he says, well, I was going to endorse you in an Oval Office address later in the week. So this is Sunday. He was talking about doing this Wednesday or Thursday. And she said that that would be interpreted as weakness. And so the Donnellans and Reschettis and Bidens talked about it and then came back and said, you know what we're going to do? We're going to put out this note.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

Yeah. And he says, well, I was going to endorse you in an Oval Office address later in the week. So this is Sunday. He was talking about doing this Wednesday or Thursday. And she said that that would be interpreted as weakness. And so the Donnellans and Reschettis and Bidens talked about it and then came back and said, you know what we're going to do? We're going to put out this note.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

And then like 15, 20 minutes later, we're going to put out the note endorsing. And so they did do that. Harris had made calls and was ready to go. Um, she decided she wanted to call, in addition to, obviously, the Clintons and the Obamas, and the Democratic leadership, she wanted to call any possible rival, anybody who might throw their hand into the ring.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

And then like 15, 20 minutes later, we're going to put out the note endorsing. And so they did do that. Harris had made calls and was ready to go. Um, she decided she wanted to call, in addition to, obviously, the Clintons and the Obamas, and the Democratic leadership, she wanted to call any possible rival, anybody who might throw their hand into the ring.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

And then like 15, 20 minutes later, we're going to put out the note endorsing. And so they did do that. Harris had made calls and was ready to go. Um, she decided she wanted to call, in addition to, obviously, the Clintons and the Obamas, and the Democratic leadership, she wanted to call any possible rival, anybody who might throw their hand into the ring.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

And the first person she called, because the one they were the most concerned about, or maybe the one they thought was the most eager or ambitious, was Governor Shapiro of Pennsylvania. They called him, but he's on board immediately. And then they call around. The only two of the prospective Democratic...

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

And the first person she called, because the one they were the most concerned about, or maybe the one they thought was the most eager or ambitious, was Governor Shapiro of Pennsylvania. They called him, but he's on board immediately. And then they call around. The only two of the prospective Democratic...

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

And the first person she called, because the one they were the most concerned about, or maybe the one they thought was the most eager or ambitious, was Governor Shapiro of Pennsylvania. They called him, but he's on board immediately. And then they call around. The only two of the prospective Democratic...

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

possibilities who don't endorse her that day are Gretchen Whitmer, who is kind of like taken aback by all of it, And J.B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois. Pritzker kind of calls around that day, is anybody going to run? I think if anybody else had run, maybe Pritzker would have run.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

possibilities who don't endorse her that day are Gretchen Whitmer, who is kind of like taken aback by all of it, And J.B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois. Pritzker kind of calls around that day, is anybody going to run? I think if anybody else had run, maybe Pritzker would have run.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

possibilities who don't endorse her that day are Gretchen Whitmer, who is kind of like taken aback by all of it, And J.B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois. Pritzker kind of calls around that day, is anybody going to run? I think if anybody else had run, maybe Pritzker would have run.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

But he certainly was not going to be the only one running against the incumbent vice president, the first ever black woman vice president in history. So by the next day, it was a done deal. Whitmer and Pritzker were on board. Obama announced that he was on board, and that was that.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

But he certainly was not going to be the only one running against the incumbent vice president, the first ever black woman vice president in history. So by the next day, it was a done deal. Whitmer and Pritzker were on board. Obama announced that he was on board, and that was that.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

But he certainly was not going to be the only one running against the incumbent vice president, the first ever black woman vice president in history. So by the next day, it was a done deal. Whitmer and Pritzker were on board. Obama announced that he was on board, and that was that.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

They still hate her though, the Bidens.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

They still hate her though, the Bidens.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on President Joe Biden’s Decline, and Its Cover-Up

They still hate her though, the Bidens.