Mika Brzezinski on Biden Stepping Down: On Many Levels, I’m Really Sad

SCARBOROUGH: “Mika, I’d love first to get your reaction because you obviously have strongly supported Joe Biden, you — you still believe that he would have been the best chance to beat Donald Trump, because he’s the only one who’s done it before. I’m just curious what your thoughts are this morning.”
BRZEZINSKI: “Well, obviously on many levels, I’m — I’m really sad. Joe Biden is a patriot. I love him. I love his family. And I love what he’s done for the country. He had authenticity and touch. Whether you you know, saw it or not, but everything about him even sometimes, the stutter in the bumbling was part of the touch, part of this sort of empathic, very loving, very clear, clear-eyed touch that he had that allowed him and enabled him to be an effective president. But all of that turned against him after the debate for all the reasons that we discussed, and he would say, ‘No time to complain about it. Let’s move on. It’s go time.’ And Democrats really have a moment of momentum here and my hope is that they grab it and run with it, get unified, get organized, get coordinated, no more infighting. Donald Trump is not easy to beat. He is not easy to beat, and anyone who thinks he is, is back in 2016 when they’re laughing at the concept, and you can see how quickly they tried to steal the Unity narrative. And I’ve heard from inside Republican circles and right-wing media that the hate campaign against Kamala Harris has begun, you will notice they purposefully pronounce her name wrong. They say Kamala, they do it all the time. It is on purpose. But the talk is to start that hate campaign and get it going and start it churning. So my hope is that major Democrats and major Republicans from the Obamas to the Bush family, to military leaders get behind the democracy ticket, and we move on. And throughout the show today, we’ll see, Willie, if leading Democrats are going to get on board with Kamala Harris. We’ll be hearing from some for the first time and seeing if there are some endorsements this morning.”