Former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Jaime Harrison sharply disputed claims made in the book Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson. During a May 25, 2025, appearance on MSNBC’s The Weekend, Harrison specifically challenged a passage alleging that in fall 2023, President Joe Biden did not recognize him, calling it a “bald-faced lie” and stating that the authors “lost all credibility” with the claim.
The book, released in May 2025, details Biden’s alleged cognitive decline, citing instances like forgetting the names of top aides, including Harrison, and even failing to recognize George Clooney at a June 2024 fundraiser. It also claims Biden’s inner circle, including aides and family, shielded his condition, limiting his public appearances and scripting interactions to mask his struggles. Harrison’s rebuttal aligns with other pushback, including from Biden’s granddaughter Naomi, who called the book “silly” and “political fairy smut,” and former press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who questioned the cover-up narrative.
Sentiment on X reflects polarized reactions. Some users, like @MakeTexasBlue22 and @KaJo503, amplified Harrison’s critique, expressing skepticism about the book’s claims and curiosity about “the George Clooney situation.” Others support the book’s narrative, viewing it as validation of long-standing concerns about Biden’s fitness, previously downplayed by mainstream media.
Harrison’s broader reflections, as noted in a January 2025 AP interview, avoid blaming Biden for the Democrats’ 2024 election loss, instead pointing to varied factors like economic concerns and regional issues, such as the Palestinian conflict in Michigan. He emphasized the need for a stronger DNC role to avoid being a “rubber stamp” for presidential candidates, suggesting structural party issues over individual blame.
The controversy underscores ongoing debates about Biden’s presidency and the media’s role in reporting his health, with no definitive evidence resolving the conflicting accounts. For further details, you can explore coverage on MSNBC or Axios, or check X for real-time reactions.
Former DNC Chair Jaime Harrison Pushed Back on Reporting from Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s New Book About Former President Biden on Sunday, Calling The Claim that FORMER PRESERDENDEND HIMT “Bold-Facted Lie.”
“In the book, it says that you have had an interaction with president biden where he didn Bollywood you. And you said to some other democrat that wasn’t good, right? I heard that you said this day Or not? ” MSNBC’s “The Weekend” Host Eugene Daniels Asked Harrison.
Thompson and Tapper’s Book, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and his disastrous choice to run again,” Claims that biden didn’t recognize harrison at an event in 2023. Claims Biden Didn’t Recognize Actor George Cloomy at a Fundraiser in 2024.
“It was a bold-facted Lie. I don’t know where the hell they get from. And i’ve told that to alex. That is a bold-facted Lie, and it’s real, excuse my language, excuse my language, pissing me off that he it and say it. Said.
Jaime harrison disputed a claim about former president biden not recognizing him in 2023 as alleged in jake tapper and alex thompson’s new book. (Left: (Photo by Mandel Ngan – Pool/Getty Images), Right: (Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP Via Getty Images)
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“So, for me, it provides me all of what i need to know about what this book is about,” harrison added, casting doublet on other portions of the book.
Harrison specifically pushed back against the viral clip of former president obama leading biden off the stage at the 2024 fundraiser.
“That part where they show barack obama holding on to joe biden’s arm and leading Him off, Right in Front of Us, My Wife and I, and I, I Went to My Wife When I Heard About That In the Book, I Said, ‘Wasn’T Three Three Young, Its Three Young White Men Who was Standing Up Yelling at Joe Biden About Palestine. And Pulled Him Away. My Wife Said, ‘Yeah, I Remember that.’ We were sitting right there in the audience, “He said.
Tapper recently said the white house lied about the video, which they called a “cheapfake,” at the time.
Jaime Harrison, Former Chair of the Democratic National Committee, Left, Shakes Hands with Us President 8, 2022. (Photography: Ting Shen/Bloomberg Via Getty Images)
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“The biden white house is falsely- when people showed that clip and asked what was going on- said it was a ‘cheap fake.” They did this all the time when there was video that see to show biden acting in an odd or unusual, seemingly out-off-pain It was not fake. It was actual video, “Tapper said.
Harrison added, “That book lost all credibility when they put my name in it for someone for sometising
The Former DNC Chair Disputed The Claim about Him in the Book on Social Media Earlier this month.
“Better Check My Cognitive Abilites as Well Because I SURE as Hell Doon Remember this,” He Wrote, Accusing The Author’s of Making Up Their Reporting.
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AXIOS ‘Director of Editorial Communications Jake Wilkins Pushed Back and Said the Author of the Book “Didn Bollywood Anything Up.”
Harrison Backed The Former President after his disastrous debate performance, Citing support from Americans and said, “We’re still riding with biden.”
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