US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in an interview with New York Times podcast said that President Joe Biden’s letter from last month, which reaffirmed his intention to remain in the 2024 presidential race, “didn’t sound like” him.
“I mean, there are some people who are unhappy with the letter. Let me say it differently. Some said that some people were unhappy with the letter.I’ll put it in somebody else’s mouth. It didn’t sound like Joe Biden to me. It really didn’t,” Pelosi said during an interview with Ezra Klein on the podcast.
“I didn’t accept the letter as anything but a letter,” she added.
Joe Biden on July 8 addressed a letter to Democratic congressmen following a fumbling debate performance that raised doubts about his ability to win the election. In the letter, he said: “The debate about me running is over. I’m running. I was voted for by 14 million people in the Democratic primary. Are you trying to take away their voice? We’re done with this.”
Despite this initial stance, Biden eventually yielded to the ongoing pressure from his supporters and stepped down from his position and cleared the path for Vice President Kamala Harris to assume the role of leading the Democratic ticket in the upcoming election.
The letter came up when Klein questioned Pelosi about her widely-discussed appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” In that interview, the former speaker expressed her support for whichever decision Biden made regarding his political future.
Pelosi said: “I wanted to see a campaign that could win. Because I had made a decision that I stayed in Congress to defeat what’s his name, because I think he is a danger to our country. It’s not like a Bob Dole or a George Bush or something like that, where you have a difference of opinion,” New York Times reported.
Pelosi said that she wanted to use her appearance on “Morning Joe”to urge, “Stop saying things,”as NATO leaders were gathering in Washington, DC, that week.
“If you have something to say, save it for later, until they’re gone. “Because this is a big deal the summit of NATO, which he has strengthened, grown, and now is hosting. And they’re doing great things, and he’s the center of it all. Save your comments for later,” Pelosi added.
In a recent CBS interview, Biden, after exiting the US presidential race, specifically mentioned Pelosi as he explained his reasons for ending his re-election bid.
“A number of my Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate thought that I was going to hurt them in the races. And I was concerned if I stayed in the race, that would be the topic — you’d be interviewing me about why did Nancy Pelosi say [something] … and I thought it’d be a real distraction,”he said.
“When I ran the first time, I thought of myself as being a transition president. I can’t even say how old I am — it’s hard for me to get out of my mouth,”he added.
The statement aligns with journalist Seymour Hersh’s report, which claimed that Barack Obama threatened Joe Biden with the 25th Amendment, asserting that he had “Kamala’s approval” to remove him from the race, Collin Rugg said in a post on X.
“I mean, there are some people who are unhappy with the letter. Let me say it differently. Some said that some people were unhappy with the letter.I’ll put it in somebody else’s mouth. It didn’t sound like Joe Biden to me. It really didn’t,” Pelosi said during an interview with Ezra Klein on the podcast.
“I didn’t accept the letter as anything but a letter,” she added.
Joe Biden on July 8 addressed a letter to Democratic congressmen following a fumbling debate performance that raised doubts about his ability to win the election. In the letter, he said: “The debate about me running is over. I’m running. I was voted for by 14 million people in the Democratic primary. Are you trying to take away their voice? We’re done with this.”
Despite this initial stance, Biden eventually yielded to the ongoing pressure from his supporters and stepped down from his position and cleared the path for Vice President Kamala Harris to assume the role of leading the Democratic ticket in the upcoming election.
The letter came up when Klein questioned Pelosi about her widely-discussed appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” In that interview, the former speaker expressed her support for whichever decision Biden made regarding his political future.
Pelosi said: “I wanted to see a campaign that could win. Because I had made a decision that I stayed in Congress to defeat what’s his name, because I think he is a danger to our country. It’s not like a Bob Dole or a George Bush or something like that, where you have a difference of opinion,” New York Times reported.
Pelosi said that she wanted to use her appearance on “Morning Joe”to urge, “Stop saying things,”as NATO leaders were gathering in Washington, DC, that week.
“If you have something to say, save it for later, until they’re gone. “Because this is a big deal the summit of NATO, which he has strengthened, grown, and now is hosting. And they’re doing great things, and he’s the center of it all. Save your comments for later,” Pelosi added.
In a recent CBS interview, Biden, after exiting the US presidential race, specifically mentioned Pelosi as he explained his reasons for ending his re-election bid.
“A number of my Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate thought that I was going to hurt them in the races. And I was concerned if I stayed in the race, that would be the topic — you’d be interviewing me about why did Nancy Pelosi say [something] … and I thought it’d be a real distraction,”he said.
“When I ran the first time, I thought of myself as being a transition president. I can’t even say how old I am — it’s hard for me to get out of my mouth,”he added.
The statement aligns with journalist Seymour Hersh’s report, which claimed that Barack Obama threatened Joe Biden with the 25th Amendment, asserting that he had “Kamala’s approval” to remove him from the race, Collin Rugg said in a post on X.
Source : Times of India
