Hilary McGann

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435 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 3 Sep

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The Claire Byrne Show · An insight into Jill Biden's new memoir · 4 Jun 2026 podcast

And I haven't seen him like that since.

And I think that caught a lot of people by surprise.

And people were saying, do you really feel that way?

Because over here in the US, Claire, a lot of Democrats feel that they were gaslit in that last election and the run up to President Biden dropping out of the race.

Because they were saying, you know, we've seen clips like this where he looks confused and we can't just, I know what the polarized society over here is so political, but we can't just constantly say, oh, Fox News edited a clip in a misleading way.

And so a lot of Democrats that I've spoken to say, stop gaslighting us.

And I think that this in one way

I can appreciate her reasoning for wanting to write a book, but it does definitely reopen old wounds.

And it raises a lot of questions about the honesty Democrats had in their approach towards voters at such a critical time.

I wasn't surprised, but I will say that it seems to fall, it's not down party lines.

Actually, when you look at some of the Democrats that are speaking out the most heavily, they tend to be lawmakers from swing states.

And so a lot of this actually, to understand the reactions of politicians, you kind of have to understand where in the country they're coming from.

So it tends to be almost the case that if you're a Democrat in a blue state, that's always one Democrat, you're not worried about your future in these upcoming midterms.

They kind of haven't been as critical, whereas it tends to be more where somebody's seat is up for grabs.

They're saying, why are we relitigating this?

At the same time, I will play devil's advocate here and say there have been so many books written, including a book by former Vice President Kamala Harris.

talking about this presidential election.

And I can understand and appreciate that for a historical record, the former First Lady wants to get her words out there.

I wouldn't be surprised if President Biden also released a book.

And when it comes to the timing, it's one of those things where

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