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Former Democratic National Committee (DNC) acting chair Donna Brazile was not interested in talking about former first lady Jill Biden’s comments about being “scared” to see her husband at the 2024 presidential debate.
Jill Biden recently told CBS that while watching her husband’s debate against President Donald Trump, she feared he was suffering a medical emergency and thought he might be having a stroke. His comments renewed attention on concerns about then-President Joe Biden’s age and health, which intensified after his widely scrutinized debate performance.
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“I don’t want to talk about Jill Biden right now,” Brazile said when asked by Fox News Digital to share her thoughts on the former first lady’s recent comments about her husband’s debate.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden speak to supporters at a CNN presidential debate watch party in Atlanta, June 27, 2024. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Fox News Digital pressed Brazil to respond as conversations about the 2024 election and what went wrong have been circulating, particularly after the request and release of the 2024 DNC autopsy report, an internal review of the party’s 2024 defeat and the factors that contributed to it.
Brazile, referring to herself in the third person, called on Democrats to reject any calls to look to the past and instead focus on the future of the party and the upcoming elections.
“Donna Brazile will not focus on the past,” he said. “Donna Brazile wants to focus on the future“.
He argued that Democrats already made their decision in 2024 when Biden ended his re-election bid and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.
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There has been widespread criticism over how Democrats handled concerns about Joe Biden’s age and cognitive health, and whether that affected the party’s performance in 2024. (Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)
““We made that decision in 2024, when the then president decided to resign and pass the torch to Kamala,” Brazile said.
A longtime Democratic strategist, Brazile served as acting chair of the Democratic National Committee in 2011 and again in 2016. She has remained an influential voice within Democratic politics throughout multiple presidential election cycles and has frequently intervened in the party’s direction following major electoral setbacks.
There has been widespread criticism over how Democrats handled concerns about Joe Biden’s age and cognitive health, and whether that affected the party’s performance in 2024.
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Jill Biden recently told CBS that while watching her husband’s debate against President Donald Trump, she feared he was suffering a medical emergency and thought he might be having a stroke. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)
There has been ongoing debate within the Democratic Party over how it handled concerns about Biden’s age and cognitive health for office before he ended his re-election campaign and endorsed Harris.
Brazile’s comments highlight a divide between Democrats seeking a more complete explanation of the events that led to Biden’s withdrawal and the party’s defeat in 2024 and those who believe the focus should shift toward rebuilding ahead of the 2026 midterm elections and future presidential contests.
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But Brazil made its position clear.
“Whoever focuses on the past does not focus on the future,” he said. “I’m actually focused on 26, 28, 32.”