Democrats wrestle with the reappearance of Biden

Former President Joe Biden has reappeared into the public eye with two conflicting interviews, sharing his diagnosis of the stinging losses of the Democratic Election, maintaining his mental sharpness, which was questioned hard at the end of his term of office, and while determining his version of his political heritage more than three times.
And while some Democrats said there was “a place for Joe Biden at the table,” the others said it was better for him to get out of the spotlight and it repaired his campaign was the party stagnant.
Speaking to ABC “The View” on Thursday, Biden was responsible for the return of President Donald Trump to the White House and pushed back the claim of cognitive decline in his last year in the office. He also discussed the next steps, saying he “got the square trying to find out what the most significant and consequence roles that I can play, consistent with what I have done in the past.”
The part of the reflection will come in the form of a book that he said he began to write now. But some Democrats are torn apart, whether the book and some media appearances are where they want to end up.
The old ally from the former president told ABC News that they welcomed the return of Biden and advocated him to defend with perseverance and define his reputation and achievement publicly.

Former President Joe Biden appeared at ABC News’ The View, May 8, 2025.
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“He has a responsibility and of course the right to maintain his record. Biden will be very crazy just by secretly allowing his records to be interpreted because it has been done last week,” Democratic Republic of Jim Clyburn told ABC News. Clyburn said he could not watch Biden on “The View,” but “happy” to see Biden out there.
Former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Jamie Harrison also said he was encouraged with the appearance of this new biden – the other one was With BBC earlier this week.
“Seeing Joe Biden reminds me that our president can be a good, good, and honest leader. Reminds me that we have a president with a few majority that has been promulgated to protect the environment, stabilize and grow the economy, create new jobs, reduce health costs,” which is invested in our infrastructure and respect our country’s history. I will always be grateful to the President, “which is invested by the President,” the infrastructure and respect the history of our country. I will always thank the President, “Invested Infrastructure and respect the history of our country. I will always be grateful to the President.”
Democratic Veterans Strategy Donna Brazile, a former DNC chairman, said he welcomed Biden back to the public field and appointed Trump’s prayers to the former president as the main reason why Biden had to respond.
Brazile, the current ABC News contributor, added that Biden remained relatively calm for the first 100 days of Trump in this term office, respecting the unwritten presidential tradition, and emphasizing that Biden deserves a platform.
“There is a place for Joe Biden on the table, and we must admit that,” Brazile said. “Just because you are a former president that does not mean that you have to somehow disappear. Former President has the right to speak.”
Brazile does have one concern: that the party will only see one vote to take a signal from this period of rebuilding – a habit that he thinks he found is not wise. Conversely, Brazile said he hoped this would be a time when a “new leader group” appeared.

Former President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden appeared at ABC News’ The View, May 8, 2025.
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Ken Martin, the current Chairperson of DNC, expressed his gratitude for Biden in a statement in ABC: “There is no Democratic president who invests more in party infrastructure than Joe Biden, and I am very grateful for the presidential service not only for our country but its sustainable service for the party.”
Jamie Selzler, a DNC member from North Dakota and former Executive Director of the Democratic Party, did not agree with a few Biden points raised in his interview in “The View,” especially that he could win over Trump.
Still Selzer along with other Democrats said that even though they took a break from Biden’s view of past campaigns, he felt that he had to be part of the party’s future.
“We need more votes in this fight, not less, and President Biden’s voice is a speech,” Selzer said.
Another block from the party was far more critical, with some Democrats told ABC News that they found a former president who was defensive and misdismaning.
A Democratic strategy said they believed Biden handled his role and signed the party.
During the conversation around Biden, strategists, who had experience in the campaign of the congress and president, said, “We cannot move forward as a country or party.”
“He is not really telling his own story. He just fought with everyone about telling his story,” said a strategy expert.
This strategy said they believe that Biden must follow in the footsteps of post-white homes that are less vocal from former presidents such as Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. This person said Biden had to focus his attention on the Library and the President’s Foundation.
“These first 100 days, the first six months, like this first calendar year, everything will be a political question. You don’t need to answer it anymore. You actually can’t answer it anymore,” said a strategist about Biden. “Democrats spoke a lot about how Donald Trump has damaged the norms. Joe Biden is a kind of damaging many norms with how to become a former president today.”
Democratic senior strategist Sawyer Hackett told ABC News that while Biden had the right to maintain his legacy, refer to campaign losses, or in his estimates, “Rewriting political history,” fully does not help and emphasize the party really needs to move forward.
“The Democratic Party works to scratch itself out of the political wilderness left under the supervision of Joe Biden. Really, it is completely delusions and is not very helpful for Biden to direct poetic about how he can defeat Trump, given the difficulties he left our coalition,” Hackett said.
For Hackett, Biden will serve fellow Democrats from wings.
“The most consequence role that can be played by Biden is one outside the stage, far from the domestic political spotlight,” he said.