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Buttigieg: Biden Should Not Have Run in 2024

His remarks echo Kamala Harris’s memoir excerpt labeling the reelection decision as “recklessness.”

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg calls on an audience member to ask a question during a town hall hosted by VoteVets on May 13, 2025 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Overview

  • In an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press, Pete Buttigieg said Democrats might have been better off if Joe Biden had opted out sooner, while stressing the choice was solely Biden’s.
  • Buttigieg said he was not included in discussions over whether Biden should seek another term and did not play a role in that decision.
  • His comments align with excerpts from Kamala Harris’s forthcoming memoir, 107 Days, which fault the deferential approach to Biden’s 2024 decision.
  • Former Biden aides criticized Harris’s account in comments reported by Axios, accusing her of shifting blame for the 2024 defeat.
  • Biden exited the race in July 2024 after a poor debate, endorsed Harris, and she lost to President Donald Trump in November; Buttigieg is frequently mentioned as a possible 2028 contender.