He was the Democrat nominee in 2024, and all the shills were saying[0] he was extremely competent and focused still. It's only when he actually finally appeared on television suddenly Kamala Harris - not even a 2024 nominee, I don't think, and got zero votes in 2020 - was pushed in to replace the democratically nominated representative with a party elite-anointed one.

[0] https://nypost.com/2025/05/20/media/msnbcs-joe-scarborough-f...