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Martin Pengelly in Washington

Democrats worried over Biden chances are ‘bedwetters’, ex-Obama adviser says

Joe Biden and Barack Obama at a rally for Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman in November last year.
Joe Biden and Barack Obama at a rally for Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman in November last year. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Democrats worried about Joe Biden’s re-election prospects are “fucking bedwetters” and should not worry so much, the former Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said.

“Historically, we’re fucking bedwetters,” Messina told Politico. “We grew up in the 80s and 90s when Republicans won elections all the time. Democrats had their hearts deeply broken when Hillary [Clinton] lost [to Donald Trump in 2016] and people didn’t see that coming. And so, you know, we continually believe every bad thing people say.”

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