The 2024 elections were defined for many by damning allegations that then-President Joe Biden was not only experiencing mental and physical decline, but that his inner circle was obfuscating the true severity of his health challenges. As Democrats eye a return to the White House in 2028, those allegations have resurfaced — this time haunting a party split over how to regain voters’ trust. While some have advocated for a full postmortem to enable the party to move on once and for all, others insist the Democrats should focus on the future without relitigating the past.
‘Renewed questions’ are ‘sending shivers’ through the party
Democrats face a “fresh reckoning” over Biden’s health, with “potential presidential contenders” avoiding debate on whether the party should have “forcefully called on him to abandon his reelection bid earlier,” said Politico. Whether or not to criticize Biden or to address his camp’s insistence that he was fit for campaigning is “fast becoming the first real litmus test of the 2028” race, given how many Democrats “with 2028 ambitions” were “defending him at the time.”
