In his final televised interview before he leaves office and closes the book on more than five decades in American politics, President Joe Biden expressed concern about the state of America’s democracy and lamented his failure to sell his administration’s accomplishments in a way that could have helped him retain enough public approval to have won a second term in the White House.
Speaking to MSNBC anchor Lawrence O’Donnell in a pre-taped interview that aired late Thursday, Biden said his decision to use his farewell address to the nation to warn about the rise of a new “oligarchy” fueled by the fortunes of technology barons was driven by “a sense ... of serious concern” over the state of American democracy.
