Pelosi and Biden are at odds. They once were strong allies, but those days are long gone.
And Nancy Pelosi has stabbed Joe Biden in the back for this crazy reason.
Pelosi Blames Biden for Harris’s Loss, While Democrats Seek Answers for Trump’s Triumph
In a surprising turn, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has pointed fingers at President Joe Biden following Vice President Kamala Harris’s loss on Tuesday, a defeat that crushed Democratic hopes of blocking President-elect Donald Trump from returning to the White House.
While Pelosi has historically supported Biden, tension between the two began to surface earlier this year when Biden’s campaign faced growing uncertainty.
Reflecting on Harris’s loss, Pelosi voiced her frustrations in an interview with the New York Times, suggesting that Biden’s hesitation to end his presidential campaign may have hindered the chances for a stronger candidate to step forward.
If Biden had dropped out sooner, Pelosi argued, “there may have been other candidates in the race,” possibly creating a path for Harris to build momentum in an open primary and improve her chances against Trump.
“The anticipation was that, if the president were to step aside, that there would be an open primary,” Pelosi explained. “Kamala may have, I think she would have done well in that and been stronger going forward. But we don’t know that. That didn’t happen.”
Pelosi further claimed that an earlier decision by Biden to end his reelection bid could have allowed Harris—or another Democratic contender—to engage more deeply with voters and ultimately fend off Trump. Yet, Biden waited until late July to concede, after a troubling debate performance with Trump in June that sparked fresh public doubts about his fitness for office.
When Biden finally withdrew, he swiftly endorsed Harris as his successor. This endorsement, Pelosi noted, effectively eliminated any chance for a primary, as it “made it almost impossible to have a primary at that time. If it had been much earlier, it would have been different.”
Pelosi’s critique of Biden’s timing comes amid broader debates within the Democratic Party. While Pelosi has laid some of the blame at Biden’s feet, other prominent voices argue that the loss goes beyond individual candidates and speaks to the party’s disconnect with voters.
Radio host Charlamagne tha God, who had endorsed Harris, offered a candid assessment on The Breakfast Club, saying, “I know today Democrats are going to be looking for someone to blame. Let me be the first to tell you it’s not just one thing… Donald Trump speaks to people’s grievances better than Democrats do.”
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who aligns with Democrats and has twice nearly clinched the party’s presidential nomination, shared similar criticisms. “It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working-class people would find that the working class has abandoned them,” he said in a post on X.
Sanders argued that Democrats’ focus on maintaining the status quo left working Americans feeling neglected and frustrated, ultimately pushing them toward a candidate like Trump.
https://x.com/BernieSanders/status/1854271157135941698
However, Pelosi was quick to defend the Democratic Party from accusations of neglecting the working class. She acknowledged Sanders’s longstanding commitment to economic reform but disagreed with his characterization.
“With all due respect, and I have a great deal of respect for him, for what he stands for, but I don’t respect him saying that the Democratic Party has abandoned the working-class families,” Pelosi asserted.
As Democrats look toward a post-election future, Pelosi’s remarks add a new dimension to the complex conversations within the party. Her criticisms of Biden and reflections on Harris’s missed opportunity highlight lingering questions over leadership, strategy, and the path forward.
And as long as this in-fighting within the Democrat Party continues, Republicans can feel pretty good about their chances in upcoming elections.
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