Former President Joe Biden is viewed by many Americans as being both directly and indirectly responsible for President Donald Trump's re-election, and that is a measure of accountability that Biden is unlikely to shed any time soon, if ever.

Now, as Biden has re-emerged in public for his first media interviews since leaving office in January, some Democrats are trying to push the unpopular ex-president out of the spotlight and back into the forgotten post-politics shadows, if only for the good of the Democratic Party, Breitbart reported.

Those Dems appear to believe that Biden is now a liability instead of an asset for the Party, and worry that his continued public presence will only serve as a reminder of why Trump was re-elected while also making it that much harder for Democrats to reclaim power in future elections.

Biden back in the spotlight again

Over the past several days, former President Biden sat for his first post-presidency interviews with the BBC and during an appearance on ABC's "The View" alongside his wife, former first lady Jill Biden.

Neither of those interviews went particularly well for the elderly ex-president, who sharply criticized his successor, President Trump, for how he is attempting to fix the myriad problems created or exacerbated by the failed policies of the Biden-Harris administration.

Biden also stridently denied the many claims about his increasingly obvious cognitive decline, even as his inarguably reduced mental capacity and capabilities were clearly on display in both instances.

Biden's public presence is "not helpful" for Democrats

The Hill reported on Friday that several named and unnamed Democratic strategists have begun to speak out against former President Biden's re-emergence in public, and have argued that he should simply fade away into history rather than continue to serve as a drag on his fellow Democratic politicians.

"Elections are about the future. Every time Joe Biden emerges, we fight an old war," Democratic strategist Anthony Coley said. "Every interview he does provides a contrast to Trump that’s just not helpful for the Democratic brand, which needs trusted messengers and fighters who can reach independents and moderates and inspire the base. Joe Biden ain’t that."

The strategist appreciated that Biden appeared to accept some responsibility for Trump's return to office in the recent interviews, but lamented, "Honestly, what good does that do now? Many Democrats -- from elected leaders to the party faithful -- are just ready to turn the page. I just don’t think he understands how wide and deep this sentiment is."

Time for Biden to accept responsibility and go away

Coley is far from alone in calling for former President Biden to disappear once again from the political and public realms, as one unnamed Democratic strategist told The Hill that Biden needed to accept even more responsibility for his role in President Trump's re-ascension and to "own up to the fact that he caused Democrats to lose."

"I don’t think there’s a willingness to cop to the fact that he should never have run again in the first place," the strategist added of the belated and controversial mid-campaign handoff to former Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's nominee. "Why can’t he come out and acknowledge that part of this is on him?"

To be sure, Biden still has a few defenders among Democrats, including those who are blindly loyal and see no faults, as well as those who admit there were problems but believe the elderly ex-president can rehabilitate his image and popularity by engaging in non-political humanitarian work, ala former President Jimmy Carter.

That said, another unnamed Democratic strategist told The Hill that Biden's obvious cognitive decline and the way it was handled will continue to be an issue for the party, and surmised, "There’s a good chance that the most significant litmus test for any Democrat in the 2028 field will be how and if they admonish Biden for the political judgment in the final 18 months of his political career."

There are also concerns that Biden's continued public presence will obstruct new and younger party leaders from emerging, as strategist Jon Reinish said, "I don’t know who’s asking for this. I actually think that a lot of people are starting to pay much more attention to a younger generation of Democrats, free of baggage, and who are finally starting to move the party away from folks who stayed too long at the fair."