Biden Tells 'the View' He Wasn't Surprised Harris Lost, Blames Sexism And Racism

Former President Joe Biden said he wasn't amazed that erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris mislaid to President Donald Trump successful nan 2024 statesmanlike election, blaming nan nonaccomplishment connected sexism and racism.

Co-host Sara Haines asked nan president if he was amazed Harris mislaid to Trump successful November, noting optimism among Democrats aft Biden decided to exit nan race. 

"I wasn’t surprised, not because I didn’t deliberation nan vice president was nan astir qualified personification to beryllium president. She is. She’s qualified to beryllium president of nan United States of America. I was surprised, I was amazed because they went nan way of, nan sexist route, nan full route. I mean, this is simply a woman, she’s this, she’s that. I mean, it really, I’ve ne'er seen rather arsenic successful and a accordant run undercutting nan conception that a female couldn’t lead nan country, and a female of mixed race," Biden responded.

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Former President Joe Biden appeared connected ABC's "The View" connected Thursday.  (Screenshot/ABC)

"Anyway, make a agelong communicative short, each kidding aside, deliberation astir it. Liberal democracies mislaid past clip out, each crossed America. I deliberation we underestimate nan phenomenal antagonistic effect that COVID had, and nan pandemic had connected people, connected attitudes, connected optimism, connected a full scope of things, truthful I was very disappointed and – but I wasn’t surprised. The only point that amazed maine was nan excess to which they’ve gone successful immoderate of nan attacks they’ve made," Biden continued. 

After Biden exited nan title connected July 21, astir a period aft a disastrous statement capacity against Trump, he endorsed Harris to return his spot connected nan ticket. 

Biden was asked if he had spoken to Harris lately astir her adjacent steps. The erstwhile president said Harris has sought his sentiment connected nan adjacent step, but would not uncover what it is.

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Biden told nan co-hosts of "The View" that he "wasn't surprised" erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris mislaid to President Donald Trump. (Screenshot/ABC)

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Biden's sit-down pinch "The View" came aft nan president sat for an interview pinch nan BBC, during which he said astir Trump's overseas argumentation arsenic good arsenic his determination to time off nan title erstwhile he did. 

The erstwhile president told nan BBC that it wouldn't person "mattered" if he sewage retired of nan title sooner. 

"We near astatine a clip erstwhile we had a bully candidate," Biden said, speaking of Harris.

"It was a difficult decision," Biden told nan outlet of his determination to exit nan race. "I deliberation it was nan correct decision. It was conscionable a difficult decision."

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Biden based on his word was truthful successful, it was difficult to manus complete activity to a caller procreation immediately, arsenic he'd initially intended. 

"What we had group retired to do, nary 1 thought we could do," he said. "I'd go truthful successful successful our agenda, it was difficult to say, ‘I’m going to extremity now.' I meant what I said erstwhile I started, that I'm preparing to manus this to nan adjacent generation, nan modulation of government. Things moved truthful quickly that it made it difficult to locomotion away."