A former top aide to former President Biden�s 2020 campaign declared she felt �lied to� over bombshell revelations that Biden was �fatigued, befuddled, and disengaged� in the days leading up to Biden’s disastrous performance in the June presidential debate, where he squared off against Donald Trump.

Ashley Allison, who served as a senior official on the Biden-Harris campaign, voiced her fury on CNN Wednesday, following the release of excerpts from journalist Chris Whipple�s forthcoming book. The most damning of those excerpts includes testimony from former Biden White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, who reportedly said he was �startled� by Biden�s exhaustion and that the president seemed �out of it.�

�Do you feel lied to?� host Abby Phillip asked.

�Yes,� Allison responded. �If the people around him knew that he was not capable, it is unacceptable to me that they allowed him to go onto that stage. I deserve better as a voter � not even as a Democrat � as a voter and as an American. I do.�

According to Whipple, Klain confessed Biden had veered dramatically off course during debate prep � wandering away to nap by the pool before the highest-stakes moment of his re-election campaign.

On CNN NewsNight, Phillip turned to Biden ally and The View co-host Ana Navarro, pressing her on the shocking account.

�This is the middle of debate prep,� Phillip said. �He took a nap by the pool. This isn�t even governing � this is just campaigning. The right decision, it seems pretty unequivocally, is that he should not have run for reelection.�

Navarro, who maintains a personal relationship with Biden, tried to walk a fine line � defending her longtime friend while conceding something was clearly wrong that day.

�I�ve known Joe Biden for over 25 years. The Joe Biden today is not the Joe Biden of 5, 10, 20 years ago,� she admitted. �But something happened in those days around the debate that was not the case the day after. He was a completely different person.�

Navarro said she had been in contact with Klain, who, she claimed, told her his comments were �taken out of context.� But her defense did little to quell the growing chorus of alarm.

Republican strategist Shermichael Singleton didn�t mince words: �This was a cover-up.�

Even Allison, who once helped carry Biden to victory, couldn�t disagree.

�The night of the debate was terrifying,� she said. �It hurt my heart, but it was very clear that might not have been the first time this happened. And I find that unacceptable. I would find that unacceptable in a Trump administration. I would find that unacceptable in an Obama administration. And I find it unacceptable now.�

(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)