The liberal hosts behind “Pod Save America” have dismissed President Biden’s Jan. 6 Washington Post op-ed as “lame” and criticized Democrats for “showing virtue” after Vice President Kamala Harris declared Donald Trump’s election on Monday had certified.
“There’s a whole language that Democrats should just throw in the trash, like ‘institutions,’ ‘democracy,’ ‘this is sacred,'” said Jon Favreau, one of former President Barack Obama’s speechwriters.
Biden warned Monday that America risks a repeat of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot if the history of the day is forgotten, and called on the country to “commemorate” the incident annually.
“But we must not forget it. We must remember the wisdom of the adage that any nation that forgets its past is doomed to repeat it. We cannot accept a repeat of what happened four years ago.” Biden wrote.
“Pod Save America” is co-hosted by ex-Obama aides Tommy Vietor, Jon Lovett and Jon Favreau. (Getty Images)
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Podcast co-host and former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett claimed that Biden had misunderstood the quote about history repeating, coined by philosopher George Santayana, going so far as to liken Biden to a “stubborn old man.”
“If you’re too stuck in the past, if you become stubborn like an old man, then you’re also doomed to repeat yourself,” Lovett said.
“That’s pretty annoying,” said co-host and former Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor.
The hosts called the op-ed appalling because it would be out of step with the American electorate, and admitted that the majority of voters did not care about the events of January 6.
“Biden’s op-ed said nothing,” Favreau said. “An op-ed about January 6 is the perfect summary of how crappy everything feels right now.”
The Democratic Party has faced increasing calls to change the way it communicates with voters, with critics claiming it relies on overly “woke” and academic rhetoric that alienates ordinary people.
Clinton campaign member James Carville called on Democrats to tone down “idiotic NPR jargon” as he spoke to voters in an interview Sunday with MSNBC host Jen Psaki.
Joe Biden and Donald Trump. (Getty Images)
‘Let’s be authentic and to the point’ Carville said.
The hosts continued to bash Biden’s op-ed for not offering concrete steps to fight back against what they see as an “attempted coup” by Trump.
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“Our party is one sad op-ed,” Vietor said.
“Democrats showing virtue and explaining over and over again why the insurrection is so terrible didn’t work. This style of politics is not working,” Lovett said.
Vietor claimed the piece made him “really frustrated with Joe Biden for running for re-election.” The trio were part of the liberal pressure campaign against the president not to run for re-election after a period of re-election dismal debate performance against Trump in June.
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Although there were indications that Biden was in decline during his first term, Democrats and the mainstream media regularly reported on his declining mental state.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media after signing the Social Security Fairness Act at the White House in Washington, DC, January 5, 2025. (CHRIS KLEPONIS/AFP via Getty Images)
“His mental acuity is great. It’s fine. It’s as good as it’s been over the years. All this right-wing propaganda that his mental acuity has declined is wrong,” the then-senator said. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told “Meet the Press” in February.
Vietor called Biden and his closest aides “delusional,” after which the Washington Post reports this they believed he would have won the election had he stayed in the race.
On a November episode of the podcast, Favreau claimed that Biden’s internal polling got him lose the elections with “400 electoral votes.”
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Biden is not the only Democratic politician accused of being tone deaf. After Harris’ campaign bosses appeared on a post-mortem episode of Pod Save America in November, listeners accused them of “not take responsibilityfor her loss.
