Jen Psaki admits Dems think Biden might need to be replaced: 'not a good night'

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Jen Psaki, former White House press secretary for the Biden administration and current MSNBC pundit, had some harsh words for her former boss after his debate performance Thursday night.

"It was not a good night for Joe Biden," Psaki said. "I mean, he was great after he was good at the state of the Union. It wasn't a good debate performance."

Psaki bemoaned that the Biden who turned up tonight was not the Biden who gave a fiery State of the Union update, arguing that Biden "goes out and has a strong couple of weeks, it may not be, but it is incumbent upon the campaign to now dig out of this hole."

"We're all getting on texts on email about whether he should be replaced," Psaki revealed. "That chatter is happening. People are asking questions."

"I don't mean it's from the American public writ large and we don't know how they feel and we won't know for some time, and if you look at history, this may not impact them at all, but the chatter is very distracting and it's going to be very consuming for the campaign," she said.