Former President Barack Obama’s one-time adviser David Plouffe hammered the idea that his boss was the reason Joe Biden didn’t get to run for president in 2016.
Plouffe told the New York Times that Biden’s claims that Obama prevented him from making a 2016 presidential run were inaccurate.
“This notion that there was a red carpet available that, you know, Barack Obama blocked is just not based in reality,” Plouffe said. “Joe Biden would have run for president for the third time, for the nomination, would not have succeeded, and would have never been president.”
According to Plouffe, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I‑VT) were already considered strong contenders for the Democrati …