First Lady Jill Biden says it’s “disappointing” that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has refused to endorse her husband, President Joe Biden, as Democrats urge him to withdraw from the 2024 race. said.
In an MSNBC interview on July 10, Pelosi discussed whether she would support Biden’s re-election following the disastrous June 27 debate in which nearly 40 Democrats urged the president to resign. declined to answer. The California Democrat denied in an Aug. 6 interview that he was at the forefront of the Democratic Party’s push to drop Biden from the race, but since Biden’s decision to resign on July 21, He admitted that he had not spoken to him.
first woman said In an interview published Wednesday, The Washington Post called Pelosi’s actions “unfortunate” since they have been friends for decades.
“As I said, I’ve been thinking a lot about relationships,” Biden told the Post. “We’ve been friends for 50 years. It’s a shame.”
Left: Washington, DC – Vice President Kamala Harris and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Pelosi reportedly worked behind the scenes to join her party’s efforts to oust Biden from the race, with sources telling Politico in July that Pelosi had no plans to run for president. He reportedly told them that he could withdraw from the campaign in either the easy or difficult way. She later blamed Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss to President-elect Donald Trump on Biden’s delay in withdrawing from the race in a Nov. 9 interview with the New York Times. interviewsuggests that with more time on the campaign trail, Harris and other Democratic candidates would have been better equipped to make their case to the American people. (Related: ‘Do I speak English?’: Pelosi slams reporters who question Biden’s ability to serve second term)
After resigning, Biden reportedly held Pelosi was the most angry, but she also expressed frustration with former President Barack Obama and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. The president is expressed regret In an interview with the Washington Post, he said he thought he could have defeated Trump by withdrawing from the race.
Pelosi’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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