{"id":2486417,"date":"2025-09-14T16:25:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T20:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-says-we-might-have-been-better-off-if-biden-exited-race-sooner\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T16:25:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T20:25:53","slug":"buttigieg-says-we-might-have-been-better-off-if-biden-exited-race-sooner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-says-we-might-have-been-better-off-if-biden-exited-race-sooner\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttigieg says &#8216;we might have been better off&#8217; if Biden exited race sooner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbuttigieg-says-we-might-have-been-better-off-if-biden-exited-race-sooner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2486417&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stated on NBC News&#8217; *Meet the Press* that President Joe Biden should not have <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >sought reelection<\/a> in 2024. Buttigieg echoed sentiments from Vice President kamala Harris&#8217;s upcoming book, *107 Days*, which criticizes Biden&#8217;s decision to run again as reckless rather than graceful. Buttigieg clarified that the decision was ultimately Biden&#8217;s alone, but expressed the view that if Biden had decided earlier not to run, it might have benefited the Democratic Party and the country. The piece also notes that Harris is promoting her book about her brief presidential campaign and that Buttigieg is considered a potential Democratic contender for the 2028 presidential nomination. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Buttigieg says &lsquo;we might have been better off&rsquo; if Biden dropped reelection bid sooner<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2229562\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Transport Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3404057\/pete-buttigieg-democratic-messaging-lays-2028-groundwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pete Buttigieg<\/a> said on Sunday that former President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3800280\/harris-tense-relationship-biden-team-new-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">should not have run for reelection<\/a> in 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg agreed with the allegations in former Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s new book, <em>107 Days<\/em>, where she writes, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s Joe and Jill&rsquo;s decision. We all said that like a mantra as if we&rsquo;d all been hypnotized. Was it grace and recklessness? In retrospect, I think it was recklessness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3803548\/kamala-harris-impossible-bind-direct-criticism-joe-biden-new-book\/\">Kamala Harris in &#8216;impossible bind&#8217; when it comes to directly criticizing Joe Biden<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;[Biden] should not have run, and if he had made that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-criticizes-biden-for-not-threatening-to-withhold-weapons-to-israel-earlier\/\" title=\"Psaki blames ... for delayed weapon threat to Israel\">decision sooner<\/a>, we might have been better off,&rdquo; Buttigieg said on NBC News&rsquo;s <em>Meet the Press<\/em> on Sunday. &ldquo;But it literally was his decision. Nobody else was able to make that decision.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3125664&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=e1bf152a59ef6a15a810a89d2da17f97\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;I was not included in the process of deciding whether the president should run. Again, he made that decision,&rdquo; Buttigieg said. &ldquo;I think I&rsquo;m not alone in believing that he should have made the decision not to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-raid-has-solidified-trumps-clout-in-gop-ahead-of-expected-2024-run-observers-say\/\" title=\"FBI Raid Has Solidified Trump\u2019s Clout in GOP Ahead of Expected 2024 ..., Observers Say\">run sooner<\/a>, but, look, we are where we are as a country and as a party right now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris is releasing a book about her brief campaign Sept. 23. As part of promoting her book, Harris is currently touring the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3803763\/kamala-harris-moves-shift-blame-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>KAMALA HARRIS MOVES TO SHIFT THE BLAME IN NEW BOOK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The stakes were simply too high. This wasn&rsquo;t a choice that should have been left to an individual&rsquo;s ego, an individual&rsquo;s ambition,&rdquo; Harris wrote of Biden.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220326\/five-democrats-prime-position-face-party-2028\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">floated among those vying for the Democratic nomination for president<\/a> in 2028. Before he was nominated to Biden&rsquo;s Cabinet, Buttigieg was the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and also ran to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buttigieg: Biden should have quit 2024 race earlier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2486419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25134014183472.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[32431,3620,4943,32171,32378],"class_list":["post-2486417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-2024-election","tag-biden","tag-buttigieg","tag-political-commentary","tag-presidential-race"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25134014183472.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2486417"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2486421,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486417\/revisions\/2486421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2486419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2486417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2486417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2486417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}