{"id":2318711,"date":"2024-08-03T15:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T19:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-denies-making-phone-calls-to-organize-biden-ouster-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-03T15:51:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T19:51:58","slug":"pelosi-denies-making-phone-calls-to-organize-biden-ouster-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-denies-making-phone-calls-to-organize-biden-ouster-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi denies making phone calls to organize Biden ouster- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpelosi-denies-making-phone-calls-to-organize-biden-ouster-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2318711&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has denied leading a \u2062pressure campaign to persuade President Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024\u2063 Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">presidential race<\/a>. In a CBS interview, \u200cshe stated,\u2063 &#8220;No, I wasn\u2019t the leader of any\u200d pressure\u200d [campaign]. I didn\u2019t call one person.&#8221; This\u200b follows reports suggesting that Biden was frustrated with\u200b Pelosi over her lack of \u200cpublic support during\u200b this period, with some Democrats, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-believes-kamala-harris-could-cast-deciding-vote-for-scotus-nominee-psaki-says\/\" title=\"White House Believes Kamala Harris Could Cast Deciding Vote For SCOTUS Nominee, Psaki Says\">including close allies<\/a>\u200c of Pelosi, reportedly encouraging \u200dhim to step aside. While Pelosi expressed her affection for Biden, she refrained\u2064 from\u200b discussing her private\u200b discussions \u2064with him. Despite\u2063 her denials, her earlier comments on MSNBC have \u200cled many Democrats to \u2064believe she indirectly suggested \u2064a need \u200bto address concerns about Biden\u2019s age and\u2064 capabilities, as they awaited \u200dhis\u2063 decision\u200b on running for reelection.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Pelosi denies making phone calls to organize Biden ouster<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1706642\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nancy Pelosi<\/a> is downplaying reports she led the pressure campaign to push President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> to step down as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 Democratic nominee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, I wasn&rsquo;t the leader of any pressure [campaign],&rdquo; Pelosi told CBS in a clip of an interview that aired on Saturday. &ldquo;Let me say things that I didn&rsquo;t do: I didn&rsquo;t call one person. I did not call one person. I could always say to him, &lsquo;I never called anybody.&#8217;&rdquo; <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;I did not call one person.&rdquo; Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks with Lesley Stahl about her role in President Joe Biden&#8217;s decision to drop out of the presidential race. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BtvgDUKdYf\">https:\/\/t.co\/BtvgDUKdYf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cnJ8ywR5sU\">pic.twitter.com\/cnJ8ywR5sU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CBS Sunday Morning &#127774; (@CBSSunday) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSSunday\/status\/1819735050851656046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In the snippet, Pelosi also responded to reports Biden was &ldquo;furious&rdquo; with her regarding her role in the pressure campaign and not publicly supporting him, with Democrats, including close allies to her, such as Reps. Jared Huffman (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/adam-schiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Adam Schiff<\/a> (D-CA), instead encouraging him to stand aside. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He knows that I love him very much,&rdquo; she said, declining to share other details of her discussions with Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Pelosi&rsquo;s denials, ones her aides have made before, many Democrats interpreted her comments on MSNBC after Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a> with former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> as providing a permission structure for them to express concerns about Biden&rsquo;s age, mental acuity, and electoral prospects.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s up to the president to decide if he is going to run,&rdquo; Pelosi told the network<em> <\/em>shortly after Biden said he had no intention of dropping his reelection bid. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short. The, I think, overwhelming support of the caucus, it&rsquo;s not for me to say. I&rsquo;m not the head of the caucus anymore, but he&rsquo;s beloved, he is respected, and people want him to make that decision. Not me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He has made the decision,&rdquo; MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire said. &ldquo;He has said firmly this week he is going to run. Do you want him to run?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want him to do whatever he decides to do, and that&rsquo;s the way it is,&rdquo; she replied. &ldquo;Whatever he decides, we go with.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pelosi spoke with Biden at least twice amid the pressure campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-no-charges-will-be-filed-against-officers-in-daniel-prude-case\/\" title=\"BREAKING: No Charges Will Be Filed Against Officers In Daniel Prude Case\">reportedly telling<\/a> him during one call that he could lose the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House<\/a> for Democrats. In response, Biden became defensive, with Pelosi asking Biden adviser Mike Donilon to present her with positive data for the president.<\/p>\n<p>Although Pelosi may not have made any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oakland-city-council-votes-to-reallocate-police-funding-despite-spike-in-violent-crime\/\" title=\"Oakland City Council Votes To Reallocate Police Funding Despite Spike In Violent Crime\">calls related<\/a> to Biden, she reportedly was on the receiving end of several, including from former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Barack Obama<\/a> and House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hakeem Jeffries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1706642\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1706642\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pelosi refutes claims of organizing Biden&#8217;s exit Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is minimizing reports suggesting she spearheaded a campaign to persuade President Joe Biden to withdraw as the 2024 Democratic nominee. In an interview clip that aired on CBS, she stated, \u201cNo, I wasn\u2019t the leader of any pressure [campaign].\u201d She emphasized, \u201cLet me clarify what I didn\u2019t do: I didn\u2019t call anyone. I did not call one person. I can always say to him, \u2018I never called anybody.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In the same segment, Pelosi addressed allegations that Biden was &#8220;furious&#8221; with her for not publicly supporting him and for her involvement in the pressure campaign. This included encouragement from fellow Democrats and close allies like Reps. Jared Huffman (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) for him to step aside. She remarked, \u201cHe knows that I love him very much,\u201d but refrained from disclosing further details about her conversations with Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Pelosi\u2019s denials\u2014echoed by her aides previously\u2014many Democrats interpreted her comments on MSNBC following Biden\u2019s debate with former President Donald Trump as a signal allowing them to voice concerns regarding Biden\u2019s age and electoral viability. She stated on MSNBC shortly after Biden affirmed his intention to continue his reelection bid: \u201cIt\u2019s up to the president to decide if he is going to run&#8230; We\u2019re all encouraging him because time is running short.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>When asked if she wanted him to run after he had already declared his intentions, she replied, \u201cI want him to do whatever he decides&#8230; Whatever he decides, we go with.\u201d Reports indicate that Pelosi spoke with Biden at least twice during this period of pressure; during one conversation, she warned that Democrats could lose control of the House under his leadership. In response, Biden became defensive while asking advisor Mike Donilon for positive data regarding his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Although Pelosi claims not to have made calls concerning this issue herself, it has been reported that she received several calls from others including former President Barack Obama and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2318712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nancy-pelosi-speech-israel.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,16569,3928,32603,32076],"class_list":["post-2318711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-ouster","tag-pelosi","tag-political-news","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nancy-pelosi-speech-israel.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2318712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}