Friday, July 12, 2024 - Nancy Pelosi is reportedly concerned about chances of Joe Biden beating Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
The former Speaker of the House is said to have been working with some House Democrats to try and come up with a plan to make Biden reconsider and step down as the party’s nominee heading into November.
One Democrat lawmaker anonymously described her as 'very concerned' about
Biden and not necessarily making it clear that 'we're sticking with
[Biden]'.
Another said Pelosi's message was:
'The stakes are so high. We can't afford to do anything but have our best
possible opportunity to win'.
She's reportedly concerned that the Biden
campaign's response to the disastrous debate in Atlanta that began this
controversy two weeks ago was not 'an honest reckoning' or 'an objective
analysis'.
Another anonymous Democrat said:
'It's very clear that she doesn't think that this matter is settled and
that Joe Biden's statement - 'I'm running; shut up' - she said, 'No, we're
still talking about this.'
Pelosi is rumored to be representing
members who feel Biden continuing in the race is being 'rammed down their
throats'.
'Team Biden made it clear what their
strategy was: ignore the problem, run out the clock, and force the rest of us
to live with it,' said Adam Smith of Washington, who called on Biden to drop
out.
A spokesperson for Pelosi
told The Hill a similar message to the one she delivered on MSNBC
Wednesday.
'Speaker Pelosi fully supports
whatever President Biden decides to do. We must turn our attention to why this
race is so important: Donald Trump would be a disaster for our country and our
democracy,' Ian Krager said.
Asked if Biden has her support on
MSNBC's Morning Joe, the former speaker said: 'It's up to the president to
decide if he's going to run. We're all encouraging him to make that decision
because time is running out.'
Reminded that Biden has made up his
mind, Pelosi said: 'I want him to do whatever he decides to do.'
'Whatever he decides, we go
with.'
Biden wrote in a letter to hill
Democrats on Tuesday: 'I want you to know that despite all the speculation in
the press and elsewhere, I am firmly committed to staying in this race, to
running this race to the end, and to beating Donald Trump.'
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