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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton just handed Democrats another public spat to squawk about. Speaking onstage with David Remnick in Manhattan, she called Former President Joe Biden’s decision to run in 2024 “a terrible mistake” and said that “whoever emerged” from a Democratic primary would have beaten President Donald Trump. That tidy little indictment comes with all the moral clarity of someone who keeps failing upward — and it deserves a straight, conservative response.
Clinton’s blunt verdict: Biden cost the party the White House
At the New Yorker editor’s event, Clinton did not hedge. She said Mr. Biden “made a terrible mistake for himself, his legacy and for the country” by seeking reelection, and argued that any other nominee — a vice president, a governor, a senator, “or anybody else” — would have prevailed over President Trump. Reporters say a Biden spokesman declined to comment. The sound bite will now live in media loop-land and inside the latest chapter of the Democrats’ never-ending public autopsy.
Why her comment matters to the Democratic narrative
This isn’t just insult therapy for political junkies; it ties directly to the ongoing DNC autopsy and the broader debate about electability, age, and party strategy. Democrats are still parsing the 2024 loss, and Clinton’s comment thrusts the blame game back into the spotlight. Her claim tries to settle the counterfactual — that a different nominee would have beaten President Trump — but it’s just that: a claim, not evidence. Still, it pokes at the raw nerves of a party that looks fractious and directionless.
The irony and the larger lesson
Let’s be blunt: Hillary Clinton is not exactly the neutral arbiter here. She lost a presidential race to President Trump and has spent years offering strategic advice from the high perch of hindsight. Her certainty that “whoever emerged” would have won is rich coming from the architect of 2016’s upset. The larger point is simple — the Democratic Party has structural problems that one speech won’t fix. Finger-pointing at a single decision ignores decades of messaging failures, platform confusion, and leadership fights that voters smell a mile away.
So where does that leave Republicans? Enjoy the show. Democrats are busy arguing about who to blame and how to reinvent themselves while conservatives can keep selling practical solutions and economic competence. If Clinton wants to spend her time diagnosing Democratic failures, she’s welcome to it. The voters will be the final jury, and right now the Democrats’ case looks like it’s full of holes — and plenty of self-inflicted wounds.
