But Trump gets away with it better than Biden ever did. Biden is still enough of a politician that people expect him not to say stupid things. With Trump they get to blow it off with "He's not a politician!"

But yes, in retrospect, if we'd known the blue wall would crack, I agree Biden likely would have done better, especially in PA. But we can't pretend the Republicans wouldn't have still pulled out all the stops to paint him as an effete Delaware senator and "more of the same."