Jen Psaki defends prep team after family reportedly blames staff for debate performance: 'Biden was bad'

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Former White House press secretary turn MSNBC host Jen Psaki on Monday defended President Biden’s presidential debate prep team, saying that the commander-in-chief’s performance was just "bad."

Psaki's comments came after several reports that President Biden's family is blaming his staff for his shaky debate performance.

"There are a lot of important discussions and debates about this political moment we are in and the path forward, but the notion that the issue at the debate was the prep process done by people like @RonaldKlain and Anita Dunn who have successfully prepped many candidates including Obama, Clinton and Biden is absurd," Psaki wrote on X.

She went on to say, "It was a bad debate. I have no doubt they were tough, strategic and direct. (Believe me I have seen them in action) but prep does not always determine the outcome. Biden was bad. Important convos about what happens next. But if you are directing your ire at ‘prep’ you are not talking about the right things."

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Klain replied on X thanking Psaki for defending him.

On Sunday, Biden's wife, children and grandchildren used a gathering at Camp David to urge him to stay in the race and keep fighting despite his debate performance, and some family members criticized how his staff prepared him for the faceoff, The Associated Press reported, citing