The Democratic Party is under fire after its official X account marked Easter weekend with a nostalgic post about "Better times at the White House" featuring Barack Obama, while conspicuously excluding President Joe Biden.
According to Fox News, the Saturday post from the Democratic National Committee showed Obama from behind, standing beside someone in an Easter Bunny costume with the Washington Monument in the distance, overlaid with the caption, "Better times at the White House." Biden was neither pictured nor mentioned, prompting immediate speculation that the partys own messaging team preferred to look backward to the Obama years rather than highlight the sitting Democratic president.
Critics on social media quickly seized on the omission, questioning why the DNC would sidestep Biden in favor of a former president at a moment when Democrats insist their 2024 standard-bearer is strong and capable. "Why are yall skipping over Biden?" Christian influencer Renatta Oxendine asked pointedly, echoing a wave of replies that saw the post as a telling snub rather than a harmless holiday throwback.
Fox News Digital columnist David Marcus characterized the move as a glaring self-own by Democrats, calling the post a "brutal smack down of Joe Biden." For conservatives, the episode reinforced a growing narrative that even within the Democratic Party, there is unease about Bidens political viability and his ability to inspire enthusiasm heading into a high-stakes election year.
The controversy mirrored an earlier flare-up involving Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsoms press office, which urged users to repost "if you miss having a President with a functioning brain," alongside an image of Obama. That message, too, conspicuously left out Biden, despite Newsoms repeated public expressions of support for him as the partys leader.
Online critics highlighted the pattern, with conservative podcaster Stephen L. Miller dryly observing, "They skipped someone," as others piled on with commentary about the recurring absence of Biden from Democratic nostalgia posts. The Republican Partys official account joined in by resurfacing a previous Newsom press office birthday greeting to Biden that read, "Happy birthday, President @JoeBiden! We miss having a president who has physical stamina and a functioning brain," adding its own jab: "We know you cant read but remember posting this?"
After the backlash, Newsoms team attempted damage control by posting a follow-up message praising Bidens "empathy," but the original slight continued to circulate widely. The DNCs Easter post has now been folded into that broader conversation, with users debating whether these are mere missteps or signals of deeper doubts about Biden within his own party.
The uproar comes as the Supreme Court hears arguments in a major case on birthright citizenship, where justices are scrutinizing efforts to reinterpret the 14th Amendment and potentially curb automatic citizenshipan issue that underscores the stakes of who occupies the Oval Office. Fox News Digital reached out to the DNC for comment on its Easter message and the omission of Biden, but did not immediately receive a response, leaving critics to draw their own conclusions about what the partys social media choices reveal about its confidence in the current president.
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