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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Just like she and the Democrats pressured him to run. I don’t like Biden or his administration, but I would never wish anything bad on him. They took four years away from him when he could have spent the past four years of peace that he will never get back
I see Jill as evil. I would never allow my husband to live the four years that she allowed and appears that she forced him also
Hillary? WTF! Pelosi did what she could to STOP Hillary from getting the nomination in 2008 by silently backing Obama.
Had Biden withdrawn early on, Pelosi would have favored perhaps Newsom or Lizzy Warren after some sort of mini-primary. Something that Biden understood would destroy any chance of victory in Novemeber, which is likely why he waited and waited and when he did withdrawl from the race, gave the Dems no choice but to nominate Harris (who was intensely loyal to the end). Biden showed he understood presidential politics in a way the back-stabbers did not.
As far as the First Lady, I think the President's performance in the debate was hindered by as he said, he had a cold.
But also poor preparation by his campaign staff. Debate prep filled his mind with numbers and practicing responses. And, Biden, being polite, actually addressed the questions posed by Tapper and Bash. Whereas Trump just said whatever the hell he wanted, lying half the time.
You can't be polite when a jackass like Trump is your opponent. You need to use your time to refute everything the a-hole says, nevermind trying to recite figures and recalling a practiced response.
@beckyromero You are kidding , “ a cold “ The man has dementia, and even Democrats know this. I’ll say it again the first lady was cruel. She has allowed him to miss out on five years of just being with his family before he has gone into full dementia. I don’t like his policies, but I have never wished anything bad on him and I feel sorry for him.
I don’t agree with everything conservative stand for and I do believe in some of the liberal policies, but President Trump supports a couple of things that I consider the most important. I don’t agree with how he says things and how he is quick to say things without sometimes thinking about it.. but he talks in a way that people understand it and believe in.
Harris might have been loyal to her party, but she didn’t do a damn thing, except giggle when she was ass a tough question.
I’m not going to refute anything. Maybe you’re the one he needs to refute.
