Pelosi punts responsibility for role in Biden ouster: 'I won't answer that question' - Washington Examiner
By: Brady Knox (Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress the President and the Federal Government)
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ByBrady Knox August 8, 2024 8:53 am .
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) isn't taking the credit or the blame for being a key factor in pushing President Joe Biden out of the 2024 race.
Pelosi is widely believed to have been one of the deciding figures in Biden's decision to drop out of the race despite his repeated insistence he had no plans to withdraw. But while she implicitly acknowledged her leading role in the affair, speaking with a small group of reporters as part of a book tour, she refused to admit she ever directly asked Biden to drop out, lest former President Donald Trump win, according to the Washington Post.
"I won't answer that question," she said when asked if she ever directly told Biden he needed to drop out or Trump would win.
Pelosi said she was pushed to nudge Biden to drop out after seeing no path to victory.
"Now, I was really asking for a better campaign," she said. "We did not have a campaign that was on the path to victory. Members knew that in their districts."
Those members, possibly "hundreds," calling her to express their concerns about winning in November were reportedly at the center of a tense conversation between the former speaker and the president.
She told reporters that accounts of her getting into a fight with Biden about polling and demanding Mike Donilon, a top adviser, on the phone to talk instead of the president never happened.
More than wanting Biden to remain in the White House, Pelosi appears to have preferred seeing another figurehead if it meant a defeat for Trump.
"My goal in life was that that man would never set foot in the White House again," she said, referring to Trump. She predicted "an unfolding of events that were just putting rose petals in front of him to go there."
Overall, the former House speaker declined to give any specifics about her conversations with Biden, with whom she has been friendly for 40 years.
"So, we are friends for a very long time. I love him so much. We pray together. I cry over it, I lose sleep over it and the rest, but that's what evolved," Pelosi said.
She added that the two haven't spoken since shortly before he stepped down as the Democratic nominee.
However, Pelosi has attempted to remain in Biden's good graces since his ousting and recently suggested that his face should be added to Mount Rushmore.
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What happened to the right wing Biden was too old and in cognitive decline? I don't understand why he stepped aside matters? Did it not go as you guys planned?
The desperation is palpable!
What desperation is that?
Like all partisans in an election year they are throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks. Maybe they'll find something like the Howard Dean yell, but I'm pretty sure it won't be this. This sounds more like Q-Anon conspiracy recruiting propaganda than anything else. LOL!
Lol. You can't understand why it might matter why a sitting President who ran for and secured renomination suddenly decided to give it up?
Joe proved that to be true and the dems could not hide the big lie anymore
It doesn't matter at this point but it is interesting what the final nudge was after he was insisting to stay in the race 24 hours before quitting.
I seem to recall alot of Trump supporters wanting Joe to stay in because they thought he would be easier to beat. And lots of them wanted him out. So what was the plan you are talking about?
It would if it was a plot hatched two years ago, the first time he fell while mumbling, "How do we get Harris through the Whitehouse back door?"
Same thing that happened to Democrat denial that Joe wasn't mentally fit for office for the last 4 years.
Democrats lied and denied that the vegetable they put the White House was fried.
Now that they have all abandoned his ship they are first to cry "I didn't do it!"
who cares ?
This election is about keeping a deranged wannabe authoritarian out of the White House, and little else.
Lots of people
Not for everyone. Not everyone even agrees that a "deranged wannabe authoritarian" is even running.
The Republican nominee runs against the Democratic nominee. The final match up does not occur until both parties have certified their ticket.
Trump and friends have nothing to complain about, and yet cant stop complaining.
R U sure you wish to admit that ? as it doesn't reflect very well, nut hell, who9 cares right ...?
someone forgot to inform Trump. He wants old Joe back, so he doesn't feel old senile and crazy all by himself
Are you suggesting people should not point out Harris and Walz deficiencies until they are officially nominees?
You are the last person to talk ….
Which is exactly why the Democrat party went from wondering how Biden could replace the most unpopular and ineffective VP to loving everything about Harris.
And he stepped aside.
"...suggested that his face should be added to Mount Rushmore."
Leave the guy alone - he's fallen down enough.