Matt Welch

Well, there's so much culpability to go around here. I mean, you could talk about Joe Biden's responsibility and the fact that he shouldn't have run and that his administration tried to protect him. But Schumer and other prominent Democrats were well aware of Joe Biden's deficit. Totally. Very, very early on. We were having conversations about this back in 2016, to be totally frank.

There were questions about his ability to keep up with this job, to do this job, to run an effective campaign. He did manage to squeak one out prior. But four years later, no one was surprised when he couldn't really do it. Had Schumer had the courage to say something, the opportunity to field a better candidate wasn't after a debate. It was during the primaries. And they didn't do anything.

There were questions about his ability to keep up with this job, to do this job, to run an effective campaign. He did manage to squeak one out prior. But four years later, no one was surprised when he couldn't really do it. Had Schumer had the courage to say something, the opportunity to field a better candidate wasn't after a debate. It was during the primaries. And they didn't do anything.

There were questions about his ability to keep up with this job, to do this job, to run an effective campaign. He did manage to squeak one out prior. But four years later, no one was surprised when he couldn't really do it. Had Schumer had the courage to say something, the opportunity to field a better candidate wasn't after a debate. It was during the primaries. And they didn't do anything.

You heard radio silence from prominent Democrats. I don't want to hear any of the nonsense about, well, he's the president. He gets to make the call. You people are supposed to be in leadership positions. You're supposed to be dedicating yourselves to a life of service.

You heard radio silence from prominent Democrats. I don't want to hear any of the nonsense about, well, he's the president. He gets to make the call. You people are supposed to be in leadership positions. You're supposed to be dedicating yourselves to a life of service.

You heard radio silence from prominent Democrats. I don't want to hear any of the nonsense about, well, he's the president. He gets to make the call. You people are supposed to be in leadership positions. You're supposed to be dedicating yourselves to a life of service.

And if you see someone who is clearly incapable of doing the job in a meaningful and serious way, fielding this person anyway is going to have consequences for your party, as it well should. You should be out of power. You should find yourself in the wilderness for a period of time, and certain people should probably get fired.

And if you see someone who is clearly incapable of doing the job in a meaningful and serious way, fielding this person anyway is going to have consequences for your party, as it well should. You should be out of power. You should find yourself in the wilderness for a period of time, and certain people should probably get fired.

And if you see someone who is clearly incapable of doing the job in a meaningful and serious way, fielding this person anyway is going to have consequences for your party, as it well should. You should be out of power. You should find yourself in the wilderness for a period of time, and certain people should probably get fired.

You know, one thing I think is important to mention here with respect to like the Correspondents Association and the speech that Alex gave there is that them finding religion and him saying clearly we missed the mark here. We made some mistakes. It's not obvious. They don't have to do this. There's a world where you just try to ignore this, where you just don't talk about it anymore.

You know, one thing I think is important to mention here with respect to like the Correspondents Association and the speech that Alex gave there is that them finding religion and him saying clearly we missed the mark here. We made some mistakes. It's not obvious. They don't have to do this. There's a world where you just try to ignore this, where you just don't talk about it anymore.

You know, one thing I think is important to mention here with respect to like the Correspondents Association and the speech that Alex gave there is that them finding religion and him saying clearly we missed the mark here. We made some mistakes. It's not obvious. They don't have to do this. There's a world where you just try to ignore this, where you just don't talk about it anymore.

That's the world that we live in when it comes to a lot of the mistakes made during the pandemic. That's the world that we live in when it comes to the insanity of 2020. That's true.

That's the world that we live in when it comes to a lot of the mistakes made during the pandemic. That's the world that we live in when it comes to the insanity of 2020. That's true.

That's the world that we live in when it comes to a lot of the mistakes made during the pandemic. That's the world that we live in when it comes to the insanity of 2020. That's true.

on through the end of the year. In fact, right up to January when we had some similar craziness on the right, which we seem to imagine happened in a vacuum. But no, we all kind of lost our minds there. And we do not talk about it. We don't talk about the political failure. We don't talk about the failure of the media during those periods.

on through the end of the year. In fact, right up to January when we had some similar craziness on the right, which we seem to imagine happened in a vacuum. But no, we all kind of lost our minds there. And we do not talk about it. We don't talk about the political failure. We don't talk about the failure of the media during those periods.

on through the end of the year. In fact, right up to January when we had some similar craziness on the right, which we seem to imagine happened in a vacuum. But no, we all kind of lost our minds there. And we do not talk about it. We don't talk about the political failure. We don't talk about the failure of the media during those periods.

Those are things that happen and have still continued to happen. So the fact that people are actually talking about this, that some of them are even willing to look in the mirror, accept some responsibility for having gotten this wrong, is important and worthwhile to bear in mind.