Mike Bloomberg slams Democrats for concealing Bidens decline: Probably wasnt great to cover up infirmities

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg hit out at the Democratic Party for concealing President Joe Biden’s condition all the way up through the middle of this year before tapping Vice President Kamala Harris as a replacement White House candidate just months before Tuesday’s election.Bloomberg wrote an op-ed in his eponymous media outlet on Thursday analyzing a second Trump presidency following Donald Trump’s resounding victory over Harris on Tuesday.The former mayor suggested that Democrats “might ask themselves how exactly they lost to Trump,” who he called “an ailing 78-year-old who much of the country despises.”“It probably wasn’t great to cover up President Joe Biden’s infirmities until they became undeniable on live TV,” Bloomberg wrote in the op-ed.He added that it wasn’t “ideal” for “party elders” to replace him with Harris, “a nominee who had received no electoral votes and had failed decisively in a previous presidential run.”Biden, 81, ended his reelection campaign in July, weeks after an abysmal debate performance sent his party into a spiral and raised questions about whether he still had the mental acuity and stamina to serve as a credible nominee.But polling long beforehand showed that many Americans worried about his age.Some 77% of Americans said in August 2023 that Biden was too old to be effective for four more years, according to a poll by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs.The president bowed out on July 21 after getting not-so-subtle nudges from Democratic Party powers, including former President Barack Obama and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California.Biden endorsed Harris and handed over his campaign operation to her.Last month, The New York Times reported that Bloomberg donated $50 million to a nonprofit that was supporting Harris’ presidential bid.The former mayor who unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic Party nomination in 2020 was reluctant to make the donation, which was far less t...