Comedian Andrew Schulz said during a podcast released Thursday that public trust in the Democratic Party has deteriorated following revelations that party leaders and staff concealed Joe Biden’s decline ahead of the 2024 election.
Speaking on The Brilliant Idiots podcast alongside co-host Charlamagne Tha God, Schulz addressed the fallout from reports detailed in the book Original Sin, authored by CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios political reporter Alex Thompson.
The book, released in May, alleged that top Democrats—including White House staff, cabinet officials, and lawmakers—actively concealed Biden’s physical and cognitive decline in an effort to protect his reelection campaign.
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“I could be wrong with this, but I think that, like, the legacy Democrats still believe that people believe them,” Schulz said during the episode.
“And they are the last ones that believe that. Do you know what I mean? Like, the jig is up. Like, we get it now. Like, we understand that you guys will lie and manipulate to maintain power.”
Schulz continued, “And you will protect the other elites that are around you and the other people in positions of power that are around you. And you will do it at any cost. And now we know that. And, you guys, it’s probably better for you if you recognize that we know it.”
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“I think that, like, the legacy Democrats still believe that people believe them — and they are the last ones that believe that.”
“The jig is up. Like, we get it now. Like,… pic.twitter.com/B62Mt6fbZO
— Jason Cohen (@JasonJournoDC) June 7, 2025
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The comments came days after Charlamagne interviewed Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on The Breakfast Club, during which Swalwell appeared to deny prior knowledge of Biden’s decline.
Charlamagne responded on the podcast by saying Democrats hoping to lead the party in the future must stop defending the former president’s condition.
“Anybody that wants to be the future of the party has to throw the Biden shit under the bus,” Charlamagne said.
“Now, Eric and all of these guys will be like, ‘Well, we didn’t know.’ You gotta cut it the f**k out.”
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“Eric and all of these guys will be like, ‘Well, we didn’t know.’ You gotta cut it the f*ck out!”@DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/qx6PClljuQ
— Jason Cohen (@JasonJournoDC) June 7, 2025
Charlamagne’s remarks were in reference to Tapper and Thompson’s reporting in Original Sin, which includes accounts of Biden failing to recognize longtime allies and struggling to complete public events.
The book claims these episodes were deliberately downplayed or hidden from the public and press by campaign staff and senior officials.
Earlier this year, Schulz also addressed the issue of perceived elitism within the Democratic Party during an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience in March.
He said he believes party leadership often talks down to the public.
“I feel like there’s a lot of this, like, top down on the left. It’s like, you can’t talk down to people,” Schulz said.
“There’s this, like, Ivy League pretentiousness in the Democratic Party I feel where they’re like, ‘We know better and just, you must be stupid if you don’t agree with us.’ And it’s like, all right, well, I’m stupid.”
Schulz continued, “I’m dumb then, so why doesn’t somebody meet me where I’m stupid and start at least making me feel like I’m not an asshole.”
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“You can’t talk down to people. There’s this, like, Ivy League pretentiousness in the Democratic Party I feel where they’re like, ‘We know better and just, you… pic.twitter.com/ybOSb1FUaY
— Jason Cohen (@JasonJournoDC) March 6, 2025
Recent polling has also reflected a sharp decline in public confidence in Democratic leadership.
A March poll conducted by NBC News showed the party’s favorability at just 27%, while a CNN/SSRS survey conducted the same month found it at 29%—record lows for both organizations’ polling in recent years.
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The Dems lies have finally caught up to the whole shebang – Legacy Media – Washington Swamp – Democrat Senators – all of them.
Sure needs a clean clearout to start again and to maybe regain some small credibility.
Dems have overplayed their hand, underestimated the voters, and spectacularly crashed and burned…and as someone who’s been waiting forty years for this to happen, I’m here for it on the front row, popcorn in hand.
Dems won’t change. They’ll just rebrand.