Chuck Todd Claims Biden's Team Set Him Up On Purpose To Fail At Debate

Chuck Todd says he’ll ne'er beryllium capable to shingle nan belief that erstwhile President Joe Biden’s squad purposefully group him up to neglect against Donald Trump during past summer’s campaign-altering statesmanlike debate.

During nan latest section of "The Chuck Toddcast," nan ex-NBC anchor told The Atlantic's Mark Leibovich that he’s judge that Biden’s soul circle scheduled nan first statesmanlike statement past twelvemonth successful June truthful that nan erstwhile president would look bad and nan statement would ditch him successful clip to tally his replacement.

"Look, I will spell to my sedate believing that nan statement was intentional for that," nan big said.

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Chuck Todd precocious declared that erstwhile President Biden's handlers sabotaged him pinch his statement against then-GOP campaigner Donald Trump past summer.  (Getty Images)

Biden’s disastrous capacity successful past summer’s statesmanlike statement is wide seen arsenic nan decease knell for nan erstwhile president’s re-election campaign. Less than a period aft nan spectacle, wherever Biden looked anemic and cognitively challenged, he announced his withdrawal from nan run and endorsed then-Vice President Kamala Harris to switch him arsenic nan nominee.

Biden’s cognitive diminution has been nether much scrutiny successful caller months arsenic CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios newsman Alex Thompson’s recently published book, "Original Sin", alleged that members of Biden’s White House engaged successful a cover-up of nan president’s condition. 

In nan clip flagged by The Daily Caller, Leibovich prompted Todd’s declaration by bringing up a erstwhile speech they had astir immoderate members of Biden’s soul circle utilizing nan statement arsenic an opportunity to punch done nan cover-up and show nan world that Biden was unfit for office.

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Former President Biden's statement against Donald Trump successful 2024 opened nan floodgates to criticisms complete his intelligence acuity.  ((Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) | (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) | Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images))

The journalist mentioned "the thought that location were really group wrong nan White House, wrong nan Biden run who thought it would beryllium a bully point to create immoderate benignant of daylight for nan world to spot what they were dealing pinch connected a day-to-day basis."

Todd followed up by saying that nary matter what Biden’s erstwhile elder advisor Anita Dunn and run co-chair Jen O’Malley Dillon say, he thinks they were trying to expose his frailties.

"Anita Dunn and Jen O’Malley Dillon will contradict it till they’re bluish successful nan face, and if I were successful their shoes and I did it, I’d contradict it until I was bluish successful my face, OK?" Todd said.

"Of course, you’d contradict that," Leibovich agreed. 

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Todd added, "It’s for illustration whoever nan hellhole helped Reagan hold nan hostage release, OK? It’s ne'er going to beryllium admitted. It’s excessively convenient," referring to nan January 1981 merchandise of American hostages held by Iran, aft Jimmy Carter had already mislaid his re-election effort to Reagan.

Going backmost to nan alleged crippled to expose Biden, Todd continued, "There was nary different reason. This idea, ‘Well, we needed to shingle up nan race.’ In precocious June? Who shakes up a title successful precocious June?"

"They knew erstwhile nan information was going to beryllium and they knew they needed to woody pinch this pinch an opportunity to make a alteration if it was necessary," Todd added. "I will ever judge this." 

Reps for nan erstwhile president did not instantly reply to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

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