Book · 2025 · Political Science
Original Sin
President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again
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In his new book, Original Sin, co-authored with Axios's Alex Thompson, the pair document the behind-the-scenes panic among Democratic officials over Joe Biden's decline.
Megyn Kelly · The Megyn Kelly Show · May 2025 Listen at 3:03 What they say about it
- Coauthored by Tapper and Thompson“Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson”14
- Focuses on Biden decline and coverup“Original Sin: President Biden's Decline”7
The best things said about it
Perhaps most dramatically in Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's new book, Original Sin: President Biden's Decline: Its Coverup, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.
You guys write in Original Sin out today. The Biden coverup may not be unique, but it is arguably the most consequential.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · May 2025 It's coming out, this news, the day before Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book, Original Sin, which is broadly, reparage about the cover up of Joe Biden's mental condition when he was president of the United States.
Speaking of the 2024 election, Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book, Original Sin, about the White House cover up of Joe Biden's decline, is coming out in two weeks.
Tommy Vietor Pod Save America · May 2025 But Jake Tapper is about to release a book called Original Sin here we go and it is about how everyone knew that Joe Biden was a Walking Corpse.
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Original Sin by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson is a political non-fiction book detailing President Joe Biden's political decline, the internal cover-up surrounding his health, and his controversial choice to run for reelection in 2024. The book received extensive discussion and promotion across multiple podcasts. On Pod Save America, Tommy Vietor and Dan Pfeiffer discussed the public reactions and media fallout, noting that the text had been out long enough to provoke major conversations and observing that its detailed reporting refutes claims of Biden being a puppet. Bari Weiss featured the authors on Honestly with Weiss, marveling at dramatic revelations regarding the routine use of note cards even in private cabinet meetings. Conversely, Ian Carroll critiqued the publication on Candace, viewing it as hypocritical media post-election positioning, while Emily Jashinsky referenced the text on Breaking Points to highlight anecdotes involving George Clooney and Kamala Harris's frustrations with tough debate questioning. Throughout these appearances, hosts and guests analyzed the extensive insider reporting gathered from more than two hundred sources.
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Tommy Vietor So, the book has now been out long enough that we get to ask you about the reaction to the book... Everyone… 4
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“Your last book original sin which you wrote with Alex Thompson from Axios made a lot of waves.”
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“So, the book has now been out long enough that we get to ask you about the reaction to the book... Everyone go by original sense.”
Discussed
“I don't know if you've come across any of the excerpts from Jake Tapper and uh Alex Thompson's new book, Original Sin, which is about Biden, his decision to run again, sort of decline and age related issues.”
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“Speaking of the 2024 election, Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book, Original Sin, about the White House cover up of Joe Biden's decline, is coming out in two weeks.”
Megyn Kelly In minutes, I will be joined by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios's Alex Thompson regarding their new book. It's… 12
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“In minutes, I will be joined by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios's Alex Thompson regarding their new book. It's called Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Coverup, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.”
Discussed
“In his new book, Original Sin, co-authored with Axios's Alex Thompson, the pair document the behindthe-scenes panic among Democratic officials over Joe Biden's decline.”
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“First of all, Jake, explain why it's called original sin.”
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“You you had such a visceral reaction to her. And my feeling is that's because you didn't want to hear it. No, that I mean if we can I'm happy to talk about this. I I didn't come here thinking that you weren't going to ask me about this. I'm happy to talk to you about it. No, I know.”
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“Frank Ford came on with a biography about Joe Biden. Frank Ford came on to talk about his bio his biography with Joe Biden and I'm trying to summarize what his conclusions were.”
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“You guys write in original sin out today. The Biden coverup may not be unique, but it is arguably the most consequential. So, what do you mean by that? How how so, Alex?”
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“And here with me today, Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson. They are the co-authors of the new book, Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.”
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“All of this comes as a new book hits shelves today, Original Sin, co-authored by Axios reporter Alex Thompson and CNN's Jake Tapper, who will be on the Megan Kelly show later today.”
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“And it comes just ahead of tomorrow's publication of this book, Original Sin by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson.”
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“They thought they were done with him, but now all these books come uh not letting it die. And the most lady latest the most recent book is the one by um Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson. It's called Original Sin.”
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“CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson set to release Original Sin: President Biden's decline, its cover up, and his disastrous choice to run again next Tuesday, kicking off the media blitz this week.”
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“President Biden is back in the spotlight and how the first details from the book by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, Original Sin, which comes out next week, have hit the public.”
Bari Weiss Perhaps most dramatically in Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's new book, Original Sin: President Biden's Decl… 4
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“Perhaps most dramatically in Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's new book, Original Sin: President Biden's Decline: Its Coverup, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.”
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“and then when I'm reading this book what I discover is that those sort of note cards were used even in like cabinet meetings which I don't know if it was the exact equivalent private even in private cabinet meetings okay so tell tell us a little bit more about that for people that haven't read original sin yet.”
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“It's coming out, this news, um, the day before Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book, Original Sin, which is broadly, uh, reparage about the cover up of Joe Biden's mental condition when he was president of the United States.”
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“and this is where Alex Thompson has a book coming original sin with Jake Tapper. We're going to see a lot of reporting about to what degree inside it was deliberate.”
Emily Jashinsky Um but Clooney and and this is I think reported out in the Tapper Thompson book. 4
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“Um but Clooney and and this is I think reported out in the Tapper Thompson book.”
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“But in more Kamala Harris news, in the Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson book Original Sin, there's there's this anecdote that that says that she was quite angry at Anderson Cooper because for for pushing her so aggressively on why is Joe Biden having a medical episode in front of the entire country during this debate”
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“Ryan, let's move on to the roing controversy over Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's forthcoming book.”
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“in terms of a new book that's being released has put this up there on the screen it was announced yesterday from CNN's Jake Tapper and axios is Alex Thompson it's called Original Sin President Biden's decline its coverup and his disastrous choice to run again”
Dan Pfeiffer Even if if you read all the reporting, you read Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book, which you guys are go… 1
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“Even if if you read all the reporting, you read Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book, which you guys are going to talk about later in this podcast, there is no allegation that Joe Biden is like purely a puppet...”
Ian Carroll Here he is this year plugging his book, Original Sin. Alex Thompson of Axios and I have spent the last seve… 1
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“Here he is this year plugging his book, Original Sin. Alex Thompson of Axios and I have spent the last several months talking to more than 200 insiders and officials and donors and activists more willing to talk post election of course to explain the last couple years in politics”
Phil Labonte but Jake Tapper is about to release a book called Original Sin here we go and it is about how everyone knew… 1
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“but Jake Tapper is about to release a book called Original Sin here we go and it is about how everyone knew that Joe Biden was a Walking Corpse”
Tim Pool What if the forward is Jake Tapper issuing a Maya kulpa then I I don't care not good 1
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“What if the forward is Jake Tapper issuing a Maya kulpa then I I don't care not good”
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“Biden's diagnosis comes in the middle of a news cycle about the extent of his decline in office and his decision to run for reelection in 2024, which is chronicled in Original Sin, the new book by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson that is now out today.”
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Passing
“This just in, uh, CNN's Jake Tapper to write a book highlighting all the lies told by Anthony Fouchy during the COVID pandemic pandemic. It's going to be called Original Sin 2. And he he he's going to argue how could he possibly have known. He did. He couldn't have known. But now it's recently been brought to his attention”
Passing
“Uh later in the episode, you will hear the interview Love It and I did at an event with Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson earlier this week about their book, Original Sin.”
Plugged
“I mean, it was a Biden book, but it was with Simon and Schustster. Um, and they signed the deal in January of 20121, and it was supposed to come out before the election.”
Plugged
“Um and it was really the book was Jake's idea uh about making it focused on this one issue of the Biden presidency.”
Passing
“Our old pal Dean Phillips, the Democrat who mounted a late primary challenge to Biden, uh told the New York Times that he doesn't think it's quote coincidental that this was announced the week that Jake and Alex's book dropped.”
Passing
“Um, it's coming out, this news, um, the day before Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book, Original Sin, which is broadly, uh, reparage about the cover up of Joe Biden's mental condition when he was president of the United States. I wondered if you wanted to comment on all of that and what you think about the president's health, whether”
Passing
“Oddly though, I didn't write a book about it like Jake Tapper, which is now number one on Amazon. You know, good for him. I think that might be I know it's like controversial, but I I haven't read the book yet.”