Pete Buttigieg makes shock admission about Biden's decision to drop out and whether Joe is 'hurt' over Kamala Harris hype

Pete Buttigieg revealed that he recovered retired President Joe Biden was ending his reelection run successful nan aforesaid societal media station that announced it to nan remainder of nan world.

The Transportation Secretary discussed pinch Daily Show big Jon Stewart really Biden is doing aft he ended his run and turned complete nan reins to Vice President Kamala Harris and whether he felt 'bullied' into doing so.

Buttigieg is being floated arsenic a imaginable moving mate for Harris, though caller reports propose she has narrowed it to 3 different men – Arizona Gov. Mark Kelly, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

Questions proceed to swirl complete nan events that led to Biden dropping retired of nan 2024 title – including whether Harris and others were progressive successful a 'cover-up' of nan grade of nan President's cognitive decline.

'Obviously, you know, she represents a batch of continuity pinch nan values of nan Biden-Harris run and nan Biden-Harris administration, but besides a different messenger, a different style, a different approach, and group are intelligibly really fired up and excited astir it,' Buttigieg said successful nan Monday interview.

'I cognize I am.'

Stewart past asked if this enthusiasm has 'hurt Biden's feelings,' acknowledging it was a 'strange question' to inquire but that location was intelligibly a disagreement betwixt really voters felt astir his candidacy versus his VP's.

'I don't know,' Buttigieg divulged.

'I deliberation moreover now we mightiness beryllium underselling really world-historically uncommon it is to beryllium virtually nan astir powerful personification successful nan world, to laic powerfulness aside,' nan Transportation Secretary continued. 'Just because it's nan correct point to do.'

Biden's announcement connected July 21 was nary daze to astir Americans. It came aft weeks of unit from wrong nan Democratic Party for nan 81-year-old to 'pass nan torch' aft a disastrous statement capacity against Donald Trump, 78, past month.

Harris, 59, quickly took complete Biden's run infrastructure and seamlessly transitioned to nan de facto 2024 Democratic campaigner past week erstwhile she earned capable support from delegates to triumph nan nomination.

Buttigieg told Stewart that he didn't cognize nan announcement was coming. 

'I recovered retired nan measurement everybody did,' he said, adding that his hubby was nan 1 who told him astir it.

'I was really connected a plane, fittingly enough, taxiing in, and Chasten was sitting adjacent to maine and checking Twitter and saw nan post, and truthful we recovered retired nan aforesaid measurement everybody other did, Buttigieg said.

He admitted: 'And yeah, ever since, I deliberation a batch of us, you know, our heads are spinning. So overmuch has changed. But portion of what's changed is this unthinkable power that we person now.'

Stewart asked if Biden was pressured into ending his reelection bid.

'No! I mean, that's nan thing, right? It was his telephone and he made that call,' Buttigieg explained.

'And group whitethorn 2nd conjecture nan mode of it aliases nan timing of it, but astatine nan extremity of nan day, it was his choice, he made that choice, and it must person been an extraordinarily difficult choice, but besides nan correct choice.'

Buttigieg said connected Sunday that he thinks voters are now much concerned astir Trump's fittingness for agency – particularly arsenic he now faces a younger campaigner successful November.

'I'm beautiful judge voters are worried astir nan property and acuity of President Trump compared to Kamala Harris who represents being a procreation younger,' Buttigieg told Fox News Sunday big Shannon Bream. 'And really could anybody not watch nan worldly he's saying, nan rambling connected nan way and not beryllium conscionable a small spot concerned?'

'Americans are worried astir him successful tons of ways and he's not moving against President Biden anymore,' he continued.

Bream pressed Buttigieg connected whether Harris knew nan grade of Biden's intelligence and beingness diminution arsenic a caller canvass revealed a immense number of Americans deliberation nan VP was progressive successful a 'cover-up.'

'We're each alert of really he's doing,' he said. 'Our state has watched our president lead, and yes, we've besides seen nan truth that he's 10 years older than he was years ago.'

'But dissimilar Republicans, right, who successful Trump's characteristic cult will return a look astatine Donald Trump and opportunity he's perfectly good moreover though he seemed incapable to show nan quality betwixt Nikki Haley and Nancy Pelosi, moreover though he's rambling astir electrocuting sharks and Hannibal Lecter, moreover though he is intelligibly older and alien than he was erstwhile America first sewage to cognize him, they opportunity he's beardown arsenic an ox, leaps gangly buildings successful a azygous bounds,' Buttigieg said.

He added: 'We don't person that benignant of warped reality connected our side.'