A section of the new book, “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future” by Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin, obtained by Fox News Digital, declare that Richmond, a former House member, made the remarks regarding Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., to a friend.
According to the book, which will be published next Tuesday, Richmond was the most vocal of President Biden’s advisers who were preparing for a Progressive party mutiny, denounced the Democrats’ left-wing for misreading the 2020 campaign results and not having political savviness in a phone call to a Louisiana ally after his appointment was declared.
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Richmond had been targeted by the Progressive activist group the Sunrise Movement over his fossil fuel industry connections and was not too happy with Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, and the other “Squad” members, going as far as to call them “f---ing idiots.”
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Counselor to the President Steve Ricchetti also had words for “the Squad,” albeit less harsh than Richmond, telling a Capitol Hill Biden ally that the “problem with the Left is they don’t understand that they lost.”
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Ricchetti’s comments came as Progressives targeted both Democrats and Republicans over the COVID stimulus bills, regarding them as not giving enough money to citizens and denouncing the lack of funds going to state governments.
The reporters’ new book delves into first lady Jill Biden’s frustration with Vice President Kamala Harris being tapped for the position after attacking Biden in the 2019 Democratic primary debates.
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“‘There are millions of people in the United States,’ she started, according to the book. “‘Why,’ she asked, ‘do we have to choose the one who attacked Joe,’” the authors wrote of a conversation Jill Biden had after discovering Harris became a leading candidate to serve as Biden’s running mate.
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However, several from Biden's inner circle backed Harris on the ticket. Ron Klain, now the White House chief of staff, had been entrusted with vetting vice presidential candidates and, according to the book, told Biden early on that Harris was the most qualified for the job as she had sought the presidency herself. The White House and the offices of Tlaib and Ocasio-Cortez did not respond to requests for comment.
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