Pelosi knifes Biden AGAIN as she flips and blames him and Kamala for Democrat losses
The San Francisco Democrat wanted an open primary after she forced Biden to drop out
By JON MICHAEL RAASCH
Daily Mail
Nov 8, 2024
Pelosi was seen in a heated conversation with Democratic insiders at Harris' concession speech. Above she is seen in a tense moment with Donna Brazile, the former DNC boss, as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser watched on
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi twisted the knife even further into President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris Friday by suggesting Democrats should have gotten the opportunity to pick another candidate.
The 84-year-old also said that if Biden had dropped out earlier, the party she has led for decades would have had time to weigh its options.
The devastating comments from the California lawmaker to the New York Times come as civil war has erupted in the Democratic Party - and between the Biden and Harris camps - over Donald Trump's rout.
Pelosi's admission that she did not want Harris to automatically become the nominee after Biden's mid-July drop-out appears to be damage control by the longtime Democratic kingmaker after this week's embarrassing loss.
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives as supporters wait to hear Vice President Kamala Harris concede the election, at Howard University on November 06, 2024 in Washington, D.C.
The veteran lawmaker admitted that she wanted the president's campaign cancellation, which she helped orchestrate, to go a different way.
'Had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race,' Pelosi said.
'The anticipation was that, if the president were to step aside, that there would be an open primary.'
That primary would have allowed many different Democratic candidates to throw their hats in the ring and make their case to the delegates.
An array of candidates appeared to be in the offings, some floated Michelle Obama, others said Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Newsom denied that he had would replace Biden earlier this year when pressed by DailyMail.com, though many reports indicate he is a top prospect.
Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris reacts as she delivers remarks, conceding 2024 U.S. presidential election to President-elect Donald Trump
Pelosi and Biden sat far away from each other at Ethel Kennedy's funeral last month
But that primary never happened.
Immediately following Biden's announcement on July 21 that he would not be seeking reelection after all, he endorsed his vice president.
Reports indicate that Pelosi's plan was to have the party march forward with the primary, and Biden's rapid and unexpected endorsement derailed Pelosi's plan.
'And because the president endorsed Kamala Harris immediately, that really made it almost impossible to have a primary at that time,' Pelosi shockingly admitted.
'If it had been much earlier, it would have been different.'
'That didn’t happen,' the lawmaker said. 'We live with what happened.'
Pelosi said Harris may have won the open primary, though it would not have been a certainty.
'And as I say, Kamala may have, I think she would have done well in that and been stronger going forward,' Pelosi continued. 'But we don’t know that.'
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, walk together
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on February 26, 2020
The former speaker, who just this week won her 20th consecutive House race, also bashed progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., for his damning critique that Democrats are abandoning working-class voters.
'Bernie Sanders has not won,' she said.
Sanders famously came in second to Hillary Clinton during the 2016 Democratic presidential primary. He also ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2020.
'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.'
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