CNN anchor Jake Tapper criticized statements President Joe Biden made about the outcome of the 2024 election as “nonsensical” and claimed Biden had spent months “dissing” Vice President Kamala Harris.

Friday evening, Biden addressed reporters from the White House and claimed he could have beaten Presdient-elect Donald Trump if he had stayed in the race. He also made a declaration about Harris that left some scratching their heads.

Biden said:

I think I would’ve beaten Trump, could’ve beaten Trump. And I think that Kamala could’ve beaten Trump, would’ve beaten Trump. It wasn’t about – I thought it was important to unify the party. And when the party was worried about whether or not I was going to be able to move, I thought, even though I thought I could win again, I thought it was better to unify the party.

On Sunday’s State of the Union, Tapper aired the comments and reacted to them during a discussion with former Biden White House communications director Kate Bedingfield:

TAPPER: Okay, first of all, just I think Kamala would have beaten Trump? She ran against him and she lost so that’s just nonsensical.

BEDINGFIELD: Well, I think was trying to give her kudos for running a strong campaign. I think he was I –

TAPPER: I think he was trying to backtrack after he’s been spending the last couple of months, like, basically dissing her.

BEDINGFIELD: See, I don’t think that’s fair.

[CROSSTALK]

BEDINGFIELD: There is not a politician in the world who’s going to tell you that they couldn’t have won, wouldn’t have won had they stayed in the race. I mean,that’s just that is how they are built. They are – It’s all ego. And so I think what he was trying to do there was acknowledge that she ran a strong race, that he was proud of her. That’s how he articulated it.

Watch above via CNN.

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