Jill Biden has launched a book tour for her new memoir, View from the East Wing, in what appears to be an effort to salvage her husband's political legacy after his 2024 campaign collapsed following his disastrous debate with President Trump.Instead, she's reopening a wound Democrats spent two years trying to let heal. Now, former aides, party operatives, and even friendly media figures are speaking out.Last week, the former first lady sat down with CBS News correspondent Rita Braver and claimed that when she watched her husband onstage opposite Donald Trump during last year's debate, she feared the worst. "I was frightened, because I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since, never," she told Braver. "I mean, as I watched it, I thought, 'Oh my god, he's having a stroke. And it scared me to death.'"NEW: Former First Lady Jill Biden says she thought her husband was having a stroke during his 2024 debate against Donald Trump.
Jill famously boasted on stage with Joe Biden after the debate about how he did "such a great job."
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- Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 27, 2026However, many are pointing out that after the debate, she praised his performance. That contradiction now defines her memoir rollout, and virtually nobody on the left is happy about revisiting it."It feels unfair, essentially, at this point, to the party, that if you want to cement any piece of your husband's legacy, let people move on from this and win some more elections, and then they can point to things and say, like, we're building on the successes that we saw under the Biden administration," Democratic strategist Jessica Tarlov said on Fox News last week.🔥NEW: @greggutfeld *TORCHES* Jessica Tarlov after she complains Jill Biden hurting Dems by reminding Americans about Biden's decline
