Lincoln Project co-founder says Biden campaign in 'death spiral' following questions on president's age

Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt offered a stern warning about President Biden's re-election chances on Monday, suggesting his campaign is currently in a "death spiral" with less than nine months until the 2024 election.

In a Substack post titled "There will be no excuse for surprises this time," Schmidt criticized the Democratic Party and said the vast majority would rather get in line, stay in line and smile in line rather than tell the American public the truth about Biden.

He also called the notion that Biden is the strongest candidate to defeat former President Donald Trump "absurd."

"The reality is that the Biden campaign is entering this week in a death spiral. This is as serious a moment an incumbent president has faced this far from an election since Lyndon Johnson in 1968, who announced his intention to withdraw from the race in March of 1968," Schmidt said.

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Last week, Biden held a last-minute press conference to dispute concerns about his memory and mental acuity detailed in Robert Hur's Special Counsel report. Shortly after insisting that his memory was "fine," Biden proceeded to refer to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi as the "president of Mexico."

The media excoriated the press conference, with The New York Times hailing the event as a "political disaster." Subsequent defenses from the White House about Biden's fitness for office did little to diminish the worries of the media.

Schmidt said the White House response to the Hur report has been "shocking, inept, lost and utterly incompetent" and has only worsened since Biden's press conference.

"The White House staff is belligerent and angry at the overwhelming