Washington has never seen a week quite like it. On Sunday, President Joe Biden took himself out of the presidential race. By Tuesday, his vice president, Kamala Harris, had picked up the torch and was on the campaign trail.

The pace at which this story has unfolded across the US media has left liberal commentators gasping for air. They quickly dispensed with their criticism of Biden for selfishly clinging to power and started eulogising him for his selfless change of heart. What is next now that Harris is the presumptive nominee?

Contributors:

Alex Shephard – Senior editor, The New Republic
Sabrina Siddiqui – White House reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Akela Lacy – Politics reporter, The Intercept

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For months – even years – much of mainstream US media downplayed or ignored the obvious – the unmistakable signs of Biden’s cognitive decline.

One commentator who can fairly say he dissented from mainstream opinion and saw this coming is Cenk Uygur. The host of The Young Turks spoke with us about why the liberal media got it wrong on this story.

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Cenk Uygur – Co-creator and host, The Young Turks