BURSTFormer “Meet the Press” moderator and NBC News analyst Chuck Todd knocked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for dodging a question about former President Biden's mental acuity ahead of the 2024 election.
"He is among the people that are responsible for this," Todd said during an appearance on CNN on Tuesday.
"The leaders of the Democratic Party, the staff of the White House — and I have to say, I find everybody now talking to these authors, get outta here," he told host Kasie Hunt in the interview, highlighted by Mediaite. "Go home. You’re part of the problem. Now you tell us."
New books in recent weeks have detailed the extent to which top aides to the former president were concerned about his mental stamina in the months ahead of the 2024 election — even before he dropped out and endorsed former Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the Democratic ticket.
The revelations have led to a flood of finger-pointing and sparring among top Democrats as the party prepares to take on Republicans in the coming midterm elections. The tension has also spilled over since Biden returned to the spotlight with his recent interviews with BBC and ABC's "The View."
Democrats, Todd argued, have "less credibility" than they did six months ago, based on how Biden's presidency ended.
"Because of this distrust, because of this, frankly, what the public feels as if the party leadership let them down and let them let this happen," he said.