Ashley Etienne, once an aide to former Vice President Kamala Harris, said on Sunday that she believed the release of audio from former President Joe Biden’s interview with then Special Counsel Robert Hur would ultimately help Democrats and could even be good for Biden.
The audio, which was released on Friday afternoon, painted a picture that reflected Hur’s assessment — that Biden was an elderly man who was at best, forgetful. The consensus across much of the media was that it only reinforced claims that Biden had been diminished long before the White House or even other Democrats and members of the press admitted it.
But according to Etienne, who appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, the release of the audio was far less damaging than it could have been primarily because it would be out of the news cycle long before any of the Democrats who’d defended Biden’s…
