Austin The­ri­ault ques­tions tim­ing of Jared Golden’s Biden crit­i­cism

GOP House hope­ful Austin The­ri­ault, a for­mer NASCAR dri­ver, attempt­ed to cast doubt on Rep. Jared Golden’s (D‑ME) crit­i­cism of Pres­i­dent Joe Biden.
Gold­en, a cen­trist Demo­c­rat, occu­pies one of the most vul­ner­a­ble Demo­c­ra­t­ic dis­tricts in 2024, with the Cook Polit­i­cal Report label­ing the race as a toss-up in favor of Repub­li­cans. Theriault’s cam­paign has inten­si­fied efforts to tie Biden to Gold­en, efforts which reached a fever pitch after the president’s shaky debate per­for­mance.

GOP House hope­ful Austin The­ri­ault, a for­mer NASCAR dri­ver, cam­paigns for Maine’s 2nd Con­gres­sion­al Dis­trict, Wednes­day, June 5, 2024, in Farm­ing­ton, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Gold­en became one of the first few Democ­rats to voice skep­ti­cism about Biden’s reelec­tion path fol­low­ing the debate, even say­ing he believes for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump wil …