Nancy Pelosi Admits She Pressured Joe Biden to Drop Out
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has admitted her role in pressuring President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race.
During an interview with The New Yorker, Pelosi shed light on reports that have emerged in past weeks, indicating that high-ranking Democrats were working together to persuade Biden to drop out of the race over fears that the president was unable to defeat former President Donald Trump in November.
Sources have indicated that such an effort was led by former President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N) and Pelosi.
Pelosi’s latest comments prove that there was, in fact, a coordinated effort among Democrats to remove Biden from the ticket.
It appears that the effort was launched shortly after Biden’s poor debate performance against Trump in June.
The New York Post reported that Obama, Pelosi and other Democrats had threatened to remove Biden through the 25th Amendment if he refused to step aside.
On Thursday, Pelosi became the first high-ranking politician to confirm as such.
The California congresswoman said that although she holds high praise for the president, she wanted him to make a decision that would benefit the Democratic Party.
“I love him so much,” Pelosi said.
“I think he’s been a really fantastic president of the United States. So I really wanted him to make a decision of a better campaign,” she added.
“Because they were not facing the fact of what was happening,” she continued. “Just a little background. I’ve never been that impressed with his political operation.”
Pelosi was asked to clarify if her comments were about Biden’s political operation.
In response, she said, “Yeah, I’m not. I mean, I just haven’t. They won the White House, bravo.”
“But so my concern was this ain’t happening and we have to make a decision for this to happen and the president has to make the decision for that to happen. Let me just say, I won’t say necessarily I knew what I was doing at that time. I knew what I was doing in the whole thing, not just that ship,” Pelosi said.
The interviewer then asked Pelosi to reveal what her underlying plan was.
“That Donald Trump would never set foot in the White House again,” the California Democrat replied.
Trending Politics noted that the revelation comes as details continue to circulate over the “coup,” as some are referring to it, against Biden.
Obama, Pelosi and Schumer reportedly favored holding a “mini primary” at the Democratic National Convention, at which point the conference would decide on a new nominee.
However, Biden’s decision to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris led the plan to backfire, with Obama angered by it.
“Obama knows she’s just incompetent — the border czar who never visited the border, saying that all migrants should have health insurance. She cannot navigate the landmines that are ahead of her,” a source told the New York Post.
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@beckyromero They are both old time power grabbers and worthy puppets of the deep state. They are cut from the same rotten cloth. The only difference is one may be a bit more rabid than the other. The US has not been well served by its 'elected' officials.
The US has not been well served by its 'elected' officials.
That's a matter of opinion.
Though a Democrat, I've voted for the occasional Republican.
I've voted for young candidates and older candidates. Race isn't an issue for me, either. I look more at the individual's policies, proposals and experience and weigh that FAR MORE than what party s/he belongs to.
Congress is a mess right now and main reason for that is how the extremes of both parties typically win their primaries. That's why term limits won't help. It will just replace one left or right winger with another.
@beckyromero I'm not loyal to any party. I simply look at the way the world now sees the US and it is a very very very far cry from the way it was viewed in 70 or 80 years ago.
@beckyromero The US didn't vanquish the Axis powers. It was a participant along with everyone else. The only theatre of war it was the dominant player was in the Pacific. However the Soviet Union defeated Germany Britain, Canada and the US helped. But following the war under the Marshal Plan the US became highly esteemed. Then It started stupid wars and slowly but with increasing speed has lost any good will the Marshal Plan earned. Korea, Vietnam. Supporting Israel, Each war cost it a lot in international standing. Iraq, Afghanistan and now Ukraine and the conflict in Israel has pretty much reduced the US to pariah nation status where even North Korea is seen as more favourable. Then there is the domestic shenanigans showing the US to be a banana republic. The electoral cheating that took place in 2020 and the persecution of its former president on the thinnest pretexts. The US will have a very very very hard time righting its ship of state.
@beckyromero The war was over. Yes the two socialist groups the Nazis and the communists came to an agreement. They are socialists after all but that then fell apart when the Nazi racism raised its head and the Krauts attacked the commies. The US dithered on the sidelines then when the war was determined came sailing in like conquering heroes. Too Funny. There is an old joke in the Air force. When the Germans flew the British ducked. When the British flew the Germans ducked. When the Americans flew both sides ducked since the Yanks couldn't read a map.
"Yes the two socialist groups the Nazis and the communists came to an agreement. They are socialists after all but that then fell apart when the Nazi racism raised its head and the Krauts attacked the commies."
No, no mention of Nazis. Come on HippyJoe! Read what you wrote.
@beckyromero Your Yankee lack of reading ability is showing again. BTW the Brest Litovsk pact was dictated by Germany which really is not an excuse for the Yankees to invade Russia after WWI ended.
@beckyromero Yes Canada has a proud war heritage and it has some shameful ones as well. The first use of a Gatling Gun in a war took place in Saskatchewan Canada. The Royal Canadian Regiment came from Ontario to put down a Metis uprising. There is an old joke about the Rocking Chair Rangers came west to fight the Indians but couldn't find any that wanted to fight so they hung a half breed. I happened to make friends with a man who was enlisted in the German Army WWII. He said that the army the Germans feared the most was the Canadians. While the Brits had great discipline they lacked innovation. While the Yanks were very innovative they were not very disciplined. The Canadians were very disciplined and very innovative.
The Canadians were very disciplined and very innovative.
Quite true.
It was a shame what happened at Dieppe. That was a British leadership screw-up than a Canadian defeat.
The 1st Special Force was one of the Allied units the Germans feared the most. Made up of Canadians and Americans. Initially they were to go into Norway to sabatoge the Nazis heavy water plant. Then the Brits decided they would do it (and promptly had a disastrous crash with their gliders; eventually mostly Norwegians accomplished what needed to be done.)
So, the 1st SSF was sent to the Aleutians (but the Japanese had largely withdrawn). So then they were shipped off to Italy.
They captured Monte La Difensa in a daring raid, immoralized in the movie "The Devil's Brigade" and worked their way up the Italian peninsula but with very high casualties.
The movie had a lot of fiction in it, but the raid itself was very real.
@beckyromero Yes the Devils Brigade was a real thing and it was a nasty bit of work. However the problem is not fighting wars nearly as much as starting wars. The Yanks have been starting wars since its foundation completely ignoring the sage advice of its first president who told the US to stay home and mind its own business. I have no idea why the US is so hell bent on creating wars. I mean really who in their right mind felt the GWB was a good guy when he started the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
