Gloomy Nancy Pelosi avoids The Post’s questions on her decision to swap Harris for Biden
as the 2024 Democratic nominee — after getting in a tense discussion with ex- Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile ahead of the vice president’s concession speech at Howard University.
Footage of the exchange shows Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser standing between the two and shaking her head as Pelosi speaks urgently and points her finger. “I decided a while ago that Donald Trump will never set foot in the White House again as president of the United States or in any other capacity,” she added.
“There is no singular reason why we lost, but a big reason is because the Obama advisers publicly encouraged Democratic infighting to push Joe Biden out, didn’t even want Kamala Harris as the nominee, and then signed up as the saviors of the campaign only to run outdated Obama-era playbooks for a candidate that wasn’t Obama,” a Biden ally
“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 … and I thought it’d be a real distraction.”The longtime House Democratic leader reportedly threatened to release internal polling data showing the president he had no path to victory after his
Harris, much like 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, delayed her concession speech until Wednesday afternoon, nearly 24 hours after the polls closed.In a statement posted on X late Wednesday afternoon, Biden stood by his decision to pick Harris as his 2020 running mate.“While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign,” the veep said in a brief, 11-minute speech.
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