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Former first lady Jill Biden waved away Democrats\u2019 concerns that her new memoir is setting off a wave of backward-looking infighting, insisting that the party is moving on from the 2024 election.<\/p>\n
\u201cDemocrats have a great future,\u201d she said in an interview on Monday on NBC\u2019s \u201cToday<\/a>,” when asked if she was \u201creopening old wounds\u201d with her tour. \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to winning the midterms. Things are going to move forward. \u2026 And yes, we\u2019re going to look back and learn from the mistakes we made.\u201d<\/p>\n Jill Biden is on tour promoting her new memoir, which has become the latest headache for Democrats<\/a>. Some Democrats privately say Jill Biden\u2019s return to the public eye is a \u201cdistraction\u201d that risks relitigating a painful election for the party when it should instead be focused on winning in the future.<\/p>\n In her book, she opens up about then-President Joe Biden\u2019s disastrous, career-ending debate in 2024. She was \u201cfrightened\u201d watching her husband on stage, and feared he was having a medical episode<\/a> of sorts.<\/p>\n Her confession hasn\u2019t landed well with fellow Democrats and former White House aides, given her relentless defense of Joe Biden at the time.<\/p>\n \u201cI had to lift him up [after the debate]. I’m his wife,\u201d she told NBC. \u201cI’m not going to get out on the stage there and say, \u2018Joe, you really screwed that up.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n The press tour comes as Democrats are still reeling from their long-awaited autopsy of the 2024 presidential election<\/a>. Its botched, typo-ridden release failed to explain Democrats\u2019 defeat \u2014 and skipped over the former president\u2019s age \u2014 but did spark a fresh round of party infighting.<\/p>\n