\n\tOriginal Sin, subtitled President Biden\u2019s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, was cowritten by Tapper and Axios journalist Alex Thompson. It\u2019s already a bestseller online, currently sitting at #4 on Amazon<\/a> and the top 25 of Bookshop.org\u2019s charts<\/a>. <\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tOriginal Sin: President Biden\u2019s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again\t\t<\/p>\n \n\tThe book arrives on May 20 from publisher Penguin, just days after Biden announced an \u201caggressive\u201d prostate cancer diagnosis<\/a>. <\/p>\n \n\tWhile Biden\u2019s disastrous June 2024 debate performance set off alarm bells and prompted calls for Biden to drop out of the race<\/a>, the book alleges that Biden\u2019s cognitive problems began much earlier, with Cabinet meetings following scripts as early as 2021.<\/p>\n \n\tSome Democrats on social media have criticized Tapper for not focusing on the incumbent\u2019s calamitous presidency<\/a>, while conservatives argued that Tapper\u2019s coverage of Biden during the campaign was part of the cover-up. Biden\u2019s granddaughter Naomi ripped into the book\u2019s authors, calling it \u201cpolitical fairy smut for the permanent, professional chattering class.\u201d Biden\u2019s office released a statement last week that read, \u201cWe\u2019re still waiting for someone, anyone to point out where Joe Biden<\/a> had to make a presidential decision or make a presidential address where he was unable to do his job because of mental decline.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tDespite the backlash, some prominent Democrats have conceded that Biden staying in the race was a mistake. <\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n \n\tSenator Chris Murphy told NBC\u2019s Meet the Press, \u201cIt was a mistake for Democrats to not listen to the voters earlier and set up a process that would have gotten us in a position where we could have been more competitive that fall.\u201d Former Representative Beto O\u2019Rourke told Pod Save America, \u201cJust to be clear, Biden should not have run again. And to be even more clear, he failed this country in the most important job that he had.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tJake Tapper and Alex Thompson are currently on a book tour through June. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3938],"tags":[3444,77,714,38187,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-115672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-joe-biden","11":"tag-rs-recommends","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114537305698457458","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"'Original](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\")
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