Former Pres. Biden tells #TheView he "wasn't surprised" by Pres. Trump's win in 2024

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https://www.theroot.com/biden-breaks-silence-on-why-trump-defeated-kamala-harri-1851780029

I know I sound like a broken record on this subject. But that is because so few people are willing to speak about it - and I get that. You know how many MAGAts say there's no such thing as racism, and if you say there is, you're the racists. People who want to - need to - address misogyny get the same pushback - only not just from MAGAts - also even from some Democrats.

I also knew this would happen, for the reason(s) he cites. It's why I cried for a week when Joe stepped down.

According to the former president, Harris’ defeat didn’t come as a shock. “Not because I didn’t think the vice president was qualified to be president,” he clarified. Biden went on to defend Harris saying she was more than qualified to run the country. But there was two simple yet deeply complex things he believes stopped her from pulling out the final victory.

It’s no secret that Harris is Black woman. But despite making history as the first woman district attorney in San Francisco and the first woman to serve as vice president, Biden said it was her gender and race that many folks couldn’t see past. Plus, it didn’t help that the Republican party basically used her identity against her, just like they did during former President Barack Obama’s campaigns....

The same thing happened in 2016 with the battle between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Trump. Even “The View” host Sara Haines ain.” In the cases of Obama, Clinton, and Harris, each candidate presented a “radical” progressive change in the political system. But while Obama, a Black man, was able to win two terms, the ladies didn’t have the same success. mentioned the 2016 voting frenzy saying Harris’ loss “was like 2016 all over again."

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