Biden and Harris campaign battleground director Dan Kanninen said Wednesday that President Biden being on the presidential ticket wouldn\u2019t have changed the outcome of the 2024 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think that if he was the top of the ticket, versus Kamala Harris,<\/u><\/a> who did an excellent job performing over 107 days, I don\u2019t see how that changes the outcome,\u201d Kanninen told NewsNation\u2019s Blake Burman on \u201cThe Hill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n During a recent USA Today interview, the outlet asked the president about his chances of securing the White House again in the last election, to which Biden responded that he was<\/u><\/a> capable of doing so. Biden added that his view came from polling he had seen, but the president did not provide any details about the data\u2019s origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last July marked the end of Biden\u2019s reelection campaign following a rough debate performance against Trump that raised questions about his age and ability to recapture the White House among fellow Democrats. But Kanninen cast further doubt on this view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe wasn\u2019t toxic to the American people,\u201d Kanninen said of President-elect Trump. \u201cHe had the highest approval ratings in this campaign, higher than he had when he was President, when he ran the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd that was not the proposition we thought would be entering in the campaign,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CNN\u2019s Harry Enten said President Biden\u2019s recent comments about possibly<\/u><\/a> securing a victory in the last election against Trump if he had not left the 2024 race are \u201cflat-out bonkers\u201d in a video posted to the social platform X on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJoe Biden\u2002<\/u><\/a>in his exit interview with USA Today claims that he could have beaten Donald Trump\u2002<\/u><\/a>had he stayed in the race,\u201d Enten said in the video. \u201cSo, this begs the question, could Biden have won the 2024 election had he [stayed] in the race?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTruthfully, I categorize his statement as flat-out bonkers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Enten cited Biden\u2019s polling struggles and Trump running ahead in battleground states as well as Biden\u2019s low approval rating to back up his reasoning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Hill has reached out to the White House, Harris\u2019s office and the Trump transition team for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n