A former Democratic party fundraiser is naming the "puppet masters" who pulled strings during the Biden presidency, with Jill Biden topping the list.
Lindy Li was a fundraiser for both Joe Biden's campaign in 2020 and Kamala Harris' 2024 campaign. After Harris' defeat, Li defected from the Democratic party and became a conservative commentator.
She is not the only current or former Democrat who is distancing herself from the Biden administration. Biden's former press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, has also left the party as the Biden White House falls under unprecedented scrutiny.
The issue of Biden's cognitive decline had long been ignored by an incurious liberal media, but a glut of post-election reporting has brought about a delayed public reckoning of sorts, with Republicans driving their own investigation in Congress. Perhaps more than any other figure, Biden's wife Jill has been cited as the leader of a conspiracy to hide her husband's condition from the public.
"[Biden is] definitely complicit, but there were a lot of people behind him, like puppet masters. [Former first lady Jill Biden] very much knew what she was doing. What she did was absolutely elder abuse. There is no question in my mind," said Li in an interview with Fox Digital.
Jill's role as a "puppet master" was evident in the aftermath of a notorious debate about one year ago that sent Democrats into a frenzied search for a new presidential candidate. Moments after Joe Biden blew up his campaign on national TV, Jill complimented her frail husband for answering "every question" as if he were a child.
Jill's chief of staff, Anthony Bernal, has also fallen under scrutiny. Widely seen as Jill's loyal right-hand man, Bernal was recently hit with a congressional subpoena after he backed out of a voluntary interview with the House Oversight Committee.
"They deny the cover-up, but I had a front-row seat watching it happen. People like Anthony Bernal. I saw him running the White House like he was in charge, like he was a king. It's just so amazing now to see him dodge a subpoena and completely dodge accountability. He can run, but he can't hide. His name is going to go down in infamy forever," Li told Fox News Digital.
Li also named top staffers like deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed, senior advisers Anita Dunn and Mike Donilon, and domestic policy adviser Neera Tanden as some of the power players who were calling the shots.
Tanden had an "intricate" role in using an autopen when "Biden was manifestly unqualified and unable to prosecute the duties of the office," said Li.
Li also noted Jill Biden's unusually heavy presence on the campaign trail, with Li accusing the former First Lady of "elder abuse" by pressuring her husband to seek a doomed re-election bid.
"Joe was not able to do a lot of campaign events, so Jill would come out on his behalf, acting like the president or the presidential candidate. That's why she graced the Vogue cover three times. She loved it," Li said.
Hunter Biden's legal woes also influenced his father's reckless decision to run again, Li said. Joe Biden capped his ignominious presidency with a controversial blanket pardon of his son, who was prosecuted on tax and gun charges. The pardon was signed by hand, despite the frequent use of an autopen during Biden's term.
"If I were to pinpoint two reasons why Joe decided to run again, it would be two people: Jill and Hunter Biden. Because Hunter Biden's freedom was on the line and Jill's ego was on the line," Li continued.
