Heather du Plessis-Allan: I'm shocked by Biden's behaviour following his decision to drop out

Do you know what’s surprised me the most about Joe Biden quitting this morning?

It's obviously not that he’s quit - I mean that was predictable, it clearly needed to happen. But what’s surprised me is that he’s been so badly behaved about it.

First of all, it shouldn’t have taken him more than three weeks to quit. It should've been obvious to him immediately after the debate that it probably wasn't survivable.

But if you give him the benefit of the doubt and say he deserved to at least try to fight to stay - fair enough, but come on.

When George Clooney and Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi made it pretty obvious nearly two weeks ago that they did not back him, he should've pulled out then. But no, he dug his heels in and dragged it on.

And then, to endorse Kamala Harris on his way out just feels really bratty. I would argue he shouldn't have done it.

For a start, she's going to struggle to beat Trump, she's one of the most unpopular VPs in a long time, if not in history.

And he must know that - he himself privately expressed that sentiment according to reports, which is part of the reason he didn’t want to quit.

He should not have endorsed her, because other senior Democrats clearly do not want her to be anointed by him like this. Neither Barack Obama or Nancy Pelosi have endorsed her yet, and it's been a few hours. That says a lot.

So it feels like what he’s just done is given them a massive middle finger, possibly in retaliation for forcing him out. He's entitled to do that if he wants to be a brat - but what he’s just done is laid out how divided and shambolic the Democrats are right now.

I’m sure there are a lot of people in the Democracts who would've hoped the division would end the minute that Biden stepped down.

But by endorsing Kamala Harris, he’s just made sure it goes on for potentially weeks until the party’s National Convention next month.

People have made a lot of Biden in the last few hours - they've sung his praises, they've hero-worshipped him, they've said he's one of the best Presidents they can remember. But he has just demonstrated what a brat he can he be.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ever duplicy, Ellen, you know what surprised me the most
about Joe Biden quitting this morning. And it's obviously not
that he's quit, because that was entirely predictable, wasn't it,
And that obviously needed to happen. What surprised me is
that he's been so bloody badly behaved about it. I mean,
first of all, obviously it should not have taken him
more than three weeks to quit. It should have been
obvious to him immediately after the debate that the thing

(00:21):
was probably not survivable. But if you give him the
benefit of the doubt and you say, okay, he at
least deserved to try to fight, to be able to
stay fair enough, Come on, when George Clooney and Barack
Obama and Nancy Pelosi made it really obvious around about
two weeks ago that they did not back him, Surely
at that point he should have seen the writing was

(00:41):
on the wall and pulled out. But no, he decided
to dig his heels in and drag the thing on.
And then today to endorse Karmala Harris on his way
out just feels really bratty from him. He should not
have done that. I mean, it's really obvious. For a start,
she's going to struggle to beat Trump. She's one of
the most unpopular vice presidents in a long time, if

(01:02):
not in history. But he must know that, right and
and he does because he's privately expressed that sentiment according
to reports, which apparently is part of the reason why
he wanted to stay there. But set that to one side.
He should not have endorsed her because clearly other senior
Democrats did not want her to be endorsed by him.
They did not want her to be anointed like this.
Neither and this says a lot, neither Barack Obama nor

(01:24):
Nancy Pelosi have endorsed her yet. And it's been a
number of hours. So it feels like, I mean, and
he knew that because that was expressed to him. That's
been all over the papers, So it feels like he's
just given them a massive middle finger, possibly in retaliation
for forcing him out. Now he's entitled to do that
if he wants to be a brat, But what he's
done is he's laid out for all of us to
see how divided and shambolic the Democrats are right now.

(01:46):
I am sure that there would have been a lot
of people in the Democrats who would have hoped that
the division would end the minute that Joe Biden stepped down,
right steps down, finally put the thing to rest, get
on with it and try to find the next person.
But what he's done by endorsing Karmala Howrus is he's
just made sure that this goes on for potentially weeks
until the party's national convention next month. Now, people have

(02:07):
made a lot of Joe Biden in the last few hours.
That sung is praise, that hero worshiped, and the said
he's been the best president that they can remember in
their lifetimes. Whatever, he's just demonstrated what a brat he
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