Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi continues to deny she played a direct role in pushing President Joe Biden to end his re-election campaign, claiming now that she wanted an “open process” to replace him on the ticket.
“He made the decision about how we would proceed, and I respect him for the decision. His selflessness is something that the American people admire greatly, and the reaction that people have had to it, I hope, is satisfying to him in return,” she said of Biden in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal.
The 84-year-old who is running for re-election stood by her actions while praising Vice President Kamala Harris for taking advantage of the opportunity presented to her when the president announced he was stepping aside.
“Many of us who were concerned about the election wanted to have an open process. It was an open process—anyone could have gotten in,” Pelosi said.
“She had the endorsement of the president, and she, politically astutely, took advantage of it and shut down—not shut down, but won the nomination,” she said of Harris who clinched the nomination without having any actual primary votes cast in her name.
“But anybody else could have gotten in,” the Democrat leader insisted.
She acknowledged that this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which would have handed Biden the nomination, is “different” than what was expected.
“The convention is, of course, a different one than was envisioned one month ago, and it’s one that is going to be enthusiastically attended,” Pelosi told the WSJ, adding that the credit “goes to the president.”
Indeed, the event has largely moved past the president who many feel was disrespected on Monday when he was set to essentially deliver his farewell speech.
DNC organizers serve up doozy of an excuse for Biden’s speech being so late https://t.co/DvZwSPTDXg via @BIZPACReview
— BPR based (@DumpstrFireNews) August 20, 2024
Pelosi continues to deny she played a part in any kind of pressure campaign on Biden, telling CNN’s Jake Tapper this week that she did what she “had to do” for the party.
“You know what?” Pelosi said. “I had to do what I had to do. He made the decision for the country. My concern was not about the president, it was about his campaign. As he has seen with the exuberance, the excitement that has come forth in our country.”
‘I had to do what I had to do’: Pelosi admits to strong-arming Biden out of race https://t.co/3jxuBgzt4V via @BIZPACReview
— BPR based (@DumpstrFireNews) August 20, 2024
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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