At a campaign event in New Hampshire, Jill Biden gave the opposite of a ringing endorsement for her husband
Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Jill Biden finally said what many of us have been thinking about her husband, 2020 presidential “frontrunner” Joe Biden: other candidates are simply “better … than Joe is.”
She also invoked that spectral qualifier that has haunted us since 2016: “electability.” “But I want you to think about your candidate,” Biden said, “his or her electability, and who’s going to win this race.” The sentiment is echoed in a campaign add that is currently airing in Iowa: “We have to beat Donald Trump, and all the polls agree Joe Biden is the strongest Democrat to do the job,” says a voice-over narrator. “No one is more qualified.
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