Kamala Harris’s Biden Burden

The sitting president’s ‘lock him up’ gaffe is the latest example of how he’s a drag on his vice president’s campaign.

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the New Hampshire Democratic Party Headquarters, in Concord, N.H., October 22, 2024.

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Just when Americans had all but forgotten about the senescent apparition haunting the Oval Office, Joe Biden wanders aimlessly in from the wings to remind the voting public of its resolve to usher him out of public life forever.

During a Tuesday pop-in at a Democratic campaign office in New Hampshire, Biden embarked on one of his customary rambling disquisitions. It included a variety of attacks on Donald Trump, including the charge that the former president “thinks he has a right under the Supreme Court ruling on immunity to be able to — if need be, if it was the case — to actually eliminate — physically eliminate, shoot, kill — someone who is, who he needs to be a threat to him.”

Noah Rothman

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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