Overview

• On The Chuck Toddcast, Chuck Todd said he will “go to his grave” convinced that Biden’s senior advisers arranged the debate to make him look unfit.
• He said the late-June timing was chosen to force a swift decision on the party’s nominee if Biden faltered.
• Biden’s subsequent poor showing triggered his withdrawal from the 2024 campaign and his endorsement of Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee.
• A recent book by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson claims White House staff concealed evidence of Biden’s declining cognitive health from the public.
• Named advisers Anita Dunn and Jen O’Malley Dillon deny any deliberate role in the debate planning and will likely continue to reject Todd’s allegations.