Seven years after Biden predicted a GOP ‘epiphany’ over Trump, Democrats are moving on

Seven years ago, Joe Biden boldly proclaimed that Republicans would have an “epiphany” after Donald Trump lost the election. That didn’t pan out.

Seven years ago, on the campaign trail in New Hampshire, Joe Biden boldly proclaimed that Republicans would have an “epiphany” after they lost the 2020 election — they would move on from President Donald Trump and work cooperatively with Democrats.

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Many Democrats bought into it then. But after Trump stormed back into the White House with a popular-vote win and an Electoral College thumping four years later, Democratic voters are abandoning that vision in favor of a more combative style of politics.

“Every elected official who believed that has either retired, lost or is about to lose,” said Democratic strategist Rebecca Katz, who named her firm Fight Agency after the GOP sweep in 2024.