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Democrat Alleges Party Blacklisted Him for Criticizing Biden's 2024 Campaign Strategy
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"If you in 2023, if you were saying the quiet parts out loud, and I just want to remind you, I wasn't saying Joe Biden shouldn't run. I felt like we did a lot of good things and he earned the right to do that. Whether it was politically smart is a different situation. I was really mad that they were ignoring the polling. They weren't doing anything different. He wasn't running a campaign. They were trying to run out the clock. But by saying those things on CNN, you know, got me blacklisted from CNN, um, because the White House had finally had enough. They smeared me in a British tabloid and, and horribly— horrible thing to do to me and my family at Christmas."
Michael LaRosa, a Democratic operative and former White House aide, claims he was blacklisted from CNN and smeared in British media by the Biden White House after publicly criticizing the president's lackluster 2024 campaign strategy in 2023. LaRosa says he warned that Biden needed more TV interviews and to take polling seriously, but was treated as disloyal for speaking candidly. He also says he lost friendships of over a decade for breaking ranks on party messaging.
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