Overview
- In CBS Mornings interviews Monday, anchors Tony Dokoupil and Gayle King pressed her on why she never perceived a decline in Biden’s acuity.
- Jean-Pierre said she “never saw anyone who wasn’t there,” describing Biden as “always engaged” and policy-focused, a position she also affirmed in House Oversight testimony last month.
- Excerpts from Independent quote her decision: “I’m going to become an independent… I don’t think I can stomach being in the Democratic Party anymore.”
- She criticizes party leaders for a post-debate “firing squad” that she says pushed Biden to leave the 2024 race against President Donald Trump.
- The memoir is out Tuesday, with a media tour underway that has drawn sharp skepticism from interviewers and criticism from some former Democratic colleagues.