Democrats are slamming former President Biden’s response to a series of investigations of him by Republicans on Capitol Hill and the Trump administration, arguing he is again taking the GOP bait to the detriment of his own party.

At a time when Democrats have sought to go on offense over President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” and the MAGA World furor over the Jeffrey Epstein controversy, party operatives are scratching their heads at Biden’s need to insert himself into the conversation — not to mention his defensive rhetoric.

They say Biden is again helping Republicans with his actions, though they say there are ways for him to engage without interfering in the party’s strategy.

“If he's able to go out and be a spokesperson on the issues that matter to him, if he wants to go talk about Medicaid, if he wants to go and offensively talk about that or other pressing issues, I think that makes sense and that does the work,” said one Democratic strategist. “But I don't think you have that conversation on Donald Trump’s terms. I don't see the logic on what the Biden inner circle is thinking here.”

“You'd have to question a lot of his PR decisions over the last two years,” the strategist added, arguing Biden and his aides did too little to sell his accomplishments in office.

“The selling of his presidency falls short, and this falls short,” the strategist said.

One Democratic consultant, asked about the weekend interview, was blunt: “He is adding nothing. Not a thing. And at this point, he’s making it worse.”

Since Biden left office in January, Democrats have grown increasingly frustrated with the former president as he has taken up oxygen with a string of public remarks and appearances.

In May interviews on the BBC and "The View," Biden shifted........

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