▁had ▁also ▁come ▁to ▁believe ▁they ▁had ▁failed ▁as ▁sat ire ▁because ▁"[ i ] n st ead ▁of ▁v ici ously ▁ske wer ing ▁a ▁public ▁figure ▁who ▁des erved ▁scr ut iny , ▁we ▁let ▁him ▁off ▁easy ". ▁ ▁In ▁h inds ight , ▁he ▁said ▁B iden ' s ▁vocal ▁appro val ▁of ▁the ▁character ▁should ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁red ▁flag ▁indicating ▁that ▁their ▁sat ire ▁was ▁in effect ive . ▁He ▁compared ▁their ▁work ▁to ▁Trump ' s ▁appearance ▁as ▁the ▁host ▁of ▁Saturday ▁Night ▁Live ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁and ▁Jimmy ▁Fall on ' s ▁interview ▁with ▁Trump ▁on ▁The ▁Ton ight ▁Show ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁both ▁of ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁critic ized ▁as ▁over ly ▁conc ili atory ▁treat ments ▁that ▁down play ed ▁infl am mat ory ▁and ▁rac ist ▁aspects ▁of ▁Trump ' s ▁mess aging . ▁Garden ▁concluded : ▁ ▁Garden ' s ▁op - ed ▁has ▁been ▁discussed ▁in ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post ▁and ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times . ▁ ▁Ret irement ▁of ▁the ▁character ▁( 2 0 1 9 – present ) ▁ ▁Short ly ▁after ▁B iden ▁announced ▁his ▁ 2 0 2 0 ▁president ial ▁campaign ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁the ▁character ▁briefly ▁re emer ged ▁in ▁a ▁story ▁titled ▁" B iden ▁P ull s ▁Off ▁D ust y ▁T arp ▁Cover ing ▁Old ▁Camp aign ▁Motor cycle ". ▁Since ▁then , ▁The ▁On ion ▁abandoned ▁its ▁formerly ▁warm