We reported earlier on some of the wildest reactions to the Hunter Biden pardon.
Nate Silver’s reaction was something else, as we noted.
The White House consistently lied about this. Biden’s stubborn insistence on running for reelection was perhaps the singular most important factor in Trump 2.0, and now he’s kicking salt in the wound of the party brand he helped to destroy.https://t.co/7sQi2uNNLy https://t.co/lAwX6QNcqa
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 2, 2024
He said that Biden was a “selfish and senile old man” who had kicked “salt in the wound of the party brand he helped to destroy.” Notice the past tense there. He sees the brand as destroyed now.
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But Silver, who has been a Democrat, didn’t leave it there. He indicated he was on the edge of leaving the Democrats.