 In a New York Times op-ed, the longtime Democrat said he recently hosted a fundraiser for Biden and noted that he was not the Joe Biden of 2010 or even the Joe Biden of 2020. He then referenced Biden's shaky debate performance, saying party leaders need to stop telling us that 51 million people didn't see what we saw. He closed, saying this is the opinion of every senator and congressmember and governor that he has spoken with in private.